Life

Life 

Keep the faith; God loves you. 

Always, begin your Day daily in prayer and the reading of God's Holy Word,

And in this special time, praising the Creator for all things given. 

God never consults your past to determine your future. 

God looks back and sees the cross. 

Remember, God and you will always equal a majority. 

Have no room in your life for the resentment of others. 

Never spend time with your past history of hurts or anger. 

Never let them stop the happiness that tomorrow will bring. 

A faithful friend will always make you strong in your time of need. 

True friendship is not what a friend does for you, but what that friend means to you. 

Tell your family daily that you love and care for them. 

Kind words take away hurt and build strong relationships. 

We all make mistakes, admit them, pay the penalty, 

And then clean the slate by asking for forgiveness. 

Prepare to move on with a stronger, healthier, outlook on life. 

Integrity will always bring Honesty and Humbleness into your life. 

Give your all in everything you do in life. 

Run the race; dream your dreams, never give up hope, your dreams will always come true. 

Take time to Live and Love with family and friends. 

For no one has ever been heard to say on their deathbed, 

"I wish I had spent more time at work.” 

Make time and give of yourself to your Church and Community. 

Always, always give to others in their time of need. 

Be kind and take care of every living thing on earth, because we need them, 

Together we make a complete family in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Lord, guide me on my journey of life, 

Martin Lee Vance 

February 2, 2002

Heroes One and All



Heroes One and All, 

Lives given for they heard Freedom's call. 

Giving all to give all to another, 

To bring Freedom to others. 

They will always stand tall, 

Within the hearts of all. 

For no greater love is given for another, 

Than when life is given to bring Freedom to others.

The price of Freedom is never Free. 

Always standing Tall within the hearts of you and me,

Heroes One and All.

Martin Lee Vance 

June 30, 2006 

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:13 

Are you good without God? Millions are.



Sign located on Hwy 540 in Northwestern Arkansas,
Are you good without God?  Millions are.


Yes, but God knows all, saved by His Grace,
That have accepted
And knows and follows the Lord
In Belief through Faith from within,
For in the Book of Life their names are written.
Good is not a condition that God sets down
To build belief through faith in the Lord,
For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God.
Satan knows God and His goodness,
And the promise of eternal life with Him,
To all that receive and follow the Lord.
It is not my good
That I through Christ have eternal life in Him,
It is God's Good!
It is by God's Grace!
God's Good grows within from the Lord's Love,
When the heart is open to believe and receive by faith,
Salvation's completeness in the Lord's Character of Integrity.
God's Good comes from within oneself to others,
When the Lord's Love shines forth
And is given in the time of need of another,
And grows to build them from within!

In Christ, it is not my good but God's Good,
Martin Lee Vance
4/16/2010

A Mother's Love

A Mother's Love 

God, has given us a special place within 

Where a mother's memory is placed, 

And at those times needed, 

They appear again to bring joy that touches the heart, 

Even though they now walk with the Lord. 

They guide from time to time, as they did in life, 

For a mother's love will never depart the memory of their child. 

Because, they cared for as only a mother can, 

They became that loving and sharing part of your heart. 

Lord, thank You for my mother, 

And her memories that touch me from time to time, 

Martin Lee Vance 

5/2/2011 

Check the Heart

Check the Heart

When one sees only the bad in life to transmit to another,

And the good is never seen to be wrapped within and sent with, to be part of,

To insure against a distorted image being received and believed
 By the hearts of others about the events of a life of another.

Those eyes are impaired and possibly controlled by a heart of either indifference or hate,

Be aware of this, when receiving or hearing a point of view
 That is unbecoming and transmitted only to dishonor another.

View with an open heart, check and verify what is received,
 With a clear and open mind having only pure thoughts for others,

Never receive and believe, just because they reinforce what others say of them.

Make sure they did not pick and choose the facts, or wrap truth within half truths or untruths,

Or just communicated plain out right lies, and by doing trapped another into believing as they.

They will try to drowned out all that try to uncover the truth,
By turning on them and doing the same to them,

Hidden within and covered by their words to distort the life of another.

They know that many will not check what they receive
And validate what has been sent by them,

But will receive and believe as truth,

For many in life are pushed by many different things that compete for their time to complete,

And have not the time to check.

When received, never pass on gossip about another,

No matter what position they hold in life or do not hold.

That one wants believed and passed on to others,

Without one thought about if true or not, to place blame where blame should or should not be placed,

That has been caused by or not by another.

For they are transmitted with only one "purpose in mind,"

That of bringing "DISHONOR" to another's life,

By placing and leaving their image of them within the heart of all that receive.

For nothing but bad will be contained within their transmission,

For the good is never seen by the eyes of indifference or hate.

Such a heart that sends them, in time, will become cold and hard,

Until not one thought of love comes forth for anyone else, but the pride of self that hides within.

Because, by this they know, I, the ego of self controls within
 And makes you want to believe what you receive from them.

For their soul within, will turn against all others that do not believe in the gossip they transmit,
 To bring nothing but Dishonor to another,

For the Spirit does not guide such a life.

Know this, indifference or hate, that in time, if either is left to grow unchecked or uncontrolled within,

Will destroy all love completely from within to without for others.

All know within, by God's free will as given to all, to be a moral being within,

That pride of ego, will do anything to distort, and bring dishonor to another's life,

For it will never stop until it is heard and believed by all.

When one communicates to another words to enhance
Or reinforce their feelings or position against another,

That has been given to them, or not, and they transmit to others,
When done this way one creates and builds with nothing,

But the words of gossip to dishonor!

Check your heart and see if you like what lives within, my friend!

Lord, check my heart daily and purify with Your love and build as I follow You,

Martin Lee Vance

8/26/2011

Suffering

Suffering

The main message of the Bible,
God's Word is Salvation.
Salvation in and through Jesus Christ, nothing else,
For God created all of humanity as Free Will beings
By giving all the Freedom of Choice.
If one does not respond to His call of Salvation,
Nothing else in life is really important or has meaning.
For God's purpose of life is the meaning of life.
God foreknew, when he gave Free Will,
Humanity would fail, and fall into sin, if they did not keep and follow His Word.
Allowing His Word to guide and keep the path of life straight within His Light.
We test God at the moment of suffering,
We reach out and blame Him.
Even knowing, deep within, one cannot avoid suffering in this World.
All have suffered or will suffer either mentally or physically.
Suffering comes into our lives through many different avenues,
Sin or mistakes, wrong choices that all have made or will make.
Either by sins choice or by mistakes, either caused by or not by poor judgment,
That brings about a mirror change of the heart within.
The mirror change of everlasting life is death's separation.
Suffering can also be caused by either the greed of another or by wars of others,
That brings about cruelty and hatred.
There are also natural disasters,
Such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, fires, floods,
And many forms of diseases and birth defects world wide.
That can bring about many different forms of suffering,
That can change the heart within.
All tend to blame God for these by default.
Trust Me, says our Lord God!
Follow and I will guide you through the Darkest Night,
But still humanity turns to the left or to the right,
And will not stay the course to follow Him.
He yet stands before with out stretched arms to guide and receive.
Hear His call; it rises above the Darkest Hurt within to bring you to Him.
He will be the same today and tomorrow as yesterday.
Remember, He created the Universe and all that is seen or unseen.
You know the truth lives deep within you.
Seek, for He awaits, reach out to Him.
Before tomorrow's Judgment Day,
When all will stand before God;
When He will judge the Quick and the Dead!
You know the truth lives deep within you,
Salvation in and through Jesus Christ, nothing else,
Nothing else in life is really important or has meaning,
For God's purpose of life is the meaning of life.

Lord, open my heart that I see You in me,
For I know, Your destination makes my journey meaningful,
Martin Lee Vance
9/10/2008

When Friends Are No More

When Friends Are No More

When friends are no more,

And life abounds in loneliness all around.

When today seems as incomplete as yesterday

And the need for tomorrow has faded from memories view.

When hope has been lost and buried within the dust of time,

And the purpose of life has no meaning or significance anymore.

Remember, that God placed the spirit of life within and that it lives there today.

See the Light of Love above, Christ, and the purpose of Calvary's Cross.

See the Lord nailed upon,

View His shed blood as it flows to cover the sins of all,

And slowly removes all life from within Him, given freely by Him, to give eternal life in Him.

Feel the touch of love, the price He paid, to remove the sins of all,

Forever, forgiven and forgotten,

As He gasps for and takes that last breath to bring eternal life,

To be with Him in Heaven, to all that believe and follow Him.

Reach out to Him on knees of humbleness either to receive or renew again life within Him.

In belief, allowing His faith in you, that day at Calvary, to reach out in faith to Him,

And build the hopes of yesterday anew again in Him for tomorrow's day.

Wrap every thought and word within,

Before being expressed,

With the love that comes from Him,

And focus the life that lives within on Him today and everyday.

Build life anew in Him and allow it to grow bright and clean in the Word each day.

Allowing the Holy Spirit within to guide your way,

And the Light of Love, Christ to shine and flow from within.

Reaching out to encourage another in Him and remove their deep despair within,

And by this bring them to view the Cross of Calvary.

View and remember the purpose of the Cross of Calvary.

Build all life in Him and remove the loneliness that lives within to live complete in Him.

Lord, You in me, brings life anew for me today,

I in You, brings life eternal for me tomorrow,

Martin Lee Vance

1/28/2009

Marriage

Marriage

When a Marriage,

Is built by God upon His principles and honored.

Unconditional Love, acceptance as is.

Faithfulness, hearts in total commitment to one another.

Understanding, that honors and values the views and opinions of the other.

Care, it is always there, to build the love between that removes the hurts of life and the world.

Communications, that never allows indifference to come between them.

Protection, that each values the other more than life itself.

Tomorrows, both are daily working to build a life blessed by God.

Forgiveness, is never asking, for it will always be given to heal each other.

Hope, building dreams together for tomorrow's day.

Togetherness, felt in loneliness apart.

Encouragement, both are always building the other and it is never ceasing.

Prayer, both make the time daily to pray for one another and others.

Growth, that builds complete in the Lord, comes from their daily reading of God's Word.

Happiness, both see in a past of remembrances.

A Marriage with a Home Address,

That is Known and Truly Blessed by God.

Lord, guide us daily, and keep the hands helping those in need,

Martin Lee Vance

2/14/2010

God Has His Way

God Has His Way

God, has His way of building endurance

In our life through trials that test the heart.

God, does not tempt us,

Trials of faith, by God, are to build us in His Word.

To either bring back again to Him

Or restructure stronger in His Word.

For the victory by Faith He knows we will win,

And build stronger with His Word within in Him.

By making us stronger in Him, to face the task ahead, for He loves us.

For He knows what we have faced and will face today and tomorrow.

His trials have a special place in our lives,

As "opportunities" to develop endurance.

Endurance, means to hold up under fire,

To persevere through difficulties,

To stick with it though the going is rough and tough.

Endurance, causes us to stay committed

To our convictions even when those convictions

Are tested and tried many times during life, by the world.

It's not how one starts the race of life that matters,

It is how one runs the race of life,

And to whom one stays committed to during and at the end of that life.

Christ, is always there to hear every prayer

And intercedes for us with the Father.

Reach out to Him and build life in His Light,

Stand in Faith with Him and stay committed to

And in God's Word every day to build stronger within in Him.

Lord, You have been more than a friend,

You have been the builder of my life,

May I never stray from Your Light,

Martin Lee Vance

2/23/2008

Gossip

Gossip

Gossip, it is one of the World's oldest forms of conversation,

Written or spoken,

And has become the most common means of passing information.

The implying and sharing of unproven facts and views,

Of another's life and their affairs, that is either trivial or personal.

That is used by many in the secular world,

And even today, reaches into and distorts the faith of many in the religious world.

Remember, many will and have purposely induced errors,

And other variations of truth wrapped in untruths,

To embellish the information that they want communicate to another,

In their personal and twisted way to infect others with what they transmit.

Keep every conversation honest, pure, and out of the lives of others.

Don't become a gossip, the spreader of gossip!

Don't be the one that implies and shares unproven facts and views,

Of another's life and their affairs, that is either trivial or personal.

Gossip only brings blame and shame,

As payment into the lives of all involved,

Because of the transmissions of such nonsense,

That builds only indifference and hate.

Blame, is the outward expression of a penalty,

When one accuses or denounces another,

For what they have heard, of their word or deed, and believe as truth.

Thereby placing guilt upon them, the responsibility and liability,

For such words or deeds passed about them.

The ownership of shame then taken and placed upon them,

And condemning them unjustly, not knowing the truth within them.

Keep your ears from hearing, and your mouth from passing,

And by this, keep your heart wrapped within the purity of the Lord's Love.

Always keeping your eyes upon Him and daily following God's Word,

Seeing all with eyes like His that see all as all in Him.

Speak only words of encouragement to build one another and others within Him,

Reach out and share their load along life's way,

Until that day we walk and talk with Him.

Lord, guide my thoughts and build me within with Your Love for others,

Martin Lee Vance

9/1/2011