You see God in His Creation

You see God in His Creation 

Step out and back away from your box of life, 

And take the time to look around, listen, taste, smell, and feel God's creation. 

All that lies within and throughout all is solely His creation, 

All has been created by God. 

All works and stays together in perfect harmony, form, and position. 

What is seen, heard, tasted, smelled and felt, 

All that is today, that ever was, and will ever be, 

Comes from what He created in Six Heavenly Days. 

A creation that totally reflects the inner most love, feelings, thoughts, 

And spirit of God Himself. 

All shaped, molded, formed and placed by His Touch, 

Created from nothing into a Legacy of Love, 

And given to all freely from the very Heart of God Himself. 

You see God in His Creation.

Keep me humble, oh Lord, keep me humble, 

May I never stop enjoying and seeing the beauty in You and Your creation, 

Martin Lee Vance 

3/14/2005

Oh the Loneliness Felt Within

Oh the loneliness felt within, 

That cries out, 

From the deepest depth of the heart therein,

 At the departing of a love one. 

A love that was so near and so very dear, 

That the heart feels the loss 

At the very moment 

That love steps from life to eternity to be with the Lord. 

The feeling felt within,

It is the loneliness of emptiness

Of a love gone never to return, 

The memory of them.

A love so real and dear, that it tears at the very soul 

The spiritual being therein of the one left behind. 

Remember, that a love so near and so very dear, 

That love was given by God to you, 

It will never depart for it is from the very Heart of God, Himself.

That love will forever be a part of you, 

That is now with the Lord in Him.

Lord, touch my heart and make anew in You every day to see as You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/3/2010

Mom

Mom

Mom, you shared every day of life with me. 

I knowing within, your thoughts and prayers daily for me, 

From the first moment you knew of my existence within, 

To the days, because of my years then, 

You no longer could keep me near. 

Even now your prayer of praise I hear, 

As you stand before the Lord this day. 

Mom, you touched me in ways every day, 

That either guided to teach and build my life the Lord's Way

Or repair and remove the hurts and fears of life. 

You taught me the words that care and share in life, 

That build and encourage others the Lord's Way. 

You even removed from me the ones that have no real meaning that day. 

You were there to support and care for me, 

From my first words teaching me, 

To "The Lord's Prayer," building His Words within me. 

You walked with me until I took my first steps holding onto the stool, 

And remember, when I walked to my first day of school, 

You gave me the courage to make it through that day, 

And by example His Love to build my life the Lord's Way each day. 

Mom, you shared my sadness of life along with all my happiness of life. 

You supported and have been with me every day of life. 

Oh how you loved and received my wife to build and share my life. 

Then the joy from your heart within, 

That day, you received the news of life anew therein. 

Mom, I thank you for all that you did for me every day, 

But most of all, for the guidance and prayers to build me the Lord's Way! 

Mom, even though I miss you with all my heart,

I know your love and prayers they have built my heart, 

For that day we gather around God's Table of Grace, 

And we look upon the Savior's Face. 

Lord, I thank you every day for my Mom, 

Martin Lee Vance 

9/21/2007

Love is Always Given

Love is Always Given

How,

How does one measure Love?

Is it measured by what one receives or gives?

If one gives the very best in life is that it?

Is it caring, kindness, or togetherness?

Is it the same to one as to another?

Is it a feeling, emotion, or both?

Faith and belief in God's Love comes from His Word, 

That is evident to the proof of Love's Integrity.

Love is given from the very Heart of God Himself.

Love is a bond deep within each of us.

Love is both a feeling and an emotion.

Love is faith, caring, hope, trust, reliance, and oneness.

Love never harms it can only care.

Love is the purpose and completeness of life.

Love is protection, honesty, and faithfulness. 

Love is there when there is needed. 

Love is never stopped, because of the fear of or by death's darkness.

Love gives all until all has been given.

Love is measured by the feeling felt from caring and giving in another’s time of need.

Love is always given. 

Lord, I Love You,

Martin Lee Vance

10/15/2005

My Prayer

My Prayer 

That I never reduce God to being my personal fixer, life guard, or gofer, 

Where He is always waiting on me, 

I am here to serve Him, not Him me, 

He is God, The Creator, The Holy One, The Great I Am, 

And that I always make God's priorities my priorities. 

That I am always honest with God, 

And I always remember God knows me better than I will ever know myself. 

I will always, in prayer, acknowledge Christ and the Love given for all, 

By His suffering and the taking of all our sins upon Himself at the Cross. 

That whosoever believes and accepts Him will receive Salvation and Eternal Life, 

And this has allowed and enabled all to come and stand before God, 

In openness and oneness in Christ, in prayer. 

Before I, acknowledging in prayer any praise, problem, or situation, 

I will always thank God for taking care of all, 

I knowing the Integrity of God's Word throughout the Ages of Time, 

And that He knew all before the placement of the foundation of the Universe. 

Picture of my God, 

He is The God, God of All, The Creator of All, The Most Holy One, 

The Supreme One, The Great I Am, 

He is also my Abba, Father. 

He is more than a personal being, who loves me and cares for me, 

God is my deliverer, 

I will acknowledge my trust in Him, 

And that He is all powerful to deliver me. 

We are family, and He wants me to pour out my praise, fears, and needs, 

He wants me to talk to Him daily, show all to Him, and give all to Him. 

I will acknowledge God's presence, I knowing God wants good for me. 

He is always there for me and I will never be alone in my darkest hours, 

I knowing, He will give me the courage to endure, 

And the strength to persevere. 

I will give Him total control on handling all for me, 

And that whatever He does and whatever the outcome or answer, 

It will be well with me. 

I know God will always give me in return, 

A feeling of personal peace, calm, and reassurance within. 

That God's goodness and greatness will be communicated by me to others, 

That He receives all the praise and glory. 

By this, others may come to know and acknowledge Christ, 

And be saved by God's saving Grace, 

And receive Salvation and Eternal Life, 

Because of what our Lord and Savior did and completed at Calvary, Amen.

Lord, give me the strength daily to place myself before You in prayer, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/1/2005

Allow Christ to Control

Allow Christ to Control, 

What lives within is what life is really all about, 

For it controls from within to without. 

It can either build or destroy on any given day. 

I pray the choice you make is for Christ to come to stay. 

He touches the heart and changes what life is really all about, 

When Christ and His Love controls within to without. 

Building, changing, and filling the heart within each day, 

With love that lights the way and brings hope anew to guide and stay. 

Removing fears and worries of what life is really not about, 

When His Love controls from within to without. 

For Love His blood shed to cover all sins upon the Cross that day, 

The Cross of Calvary changed the World for Christ's Love is here to stay! 

What lives within is what life is really all about, 

For it controls from within to without. 

It can either build or destroy on any given day. 

I pray the choice you make is for Christ to come to stay.

Allow Christ to control within to without each and every day, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/20/2005 

Tolerance is not Love

Tolerance is not Love

Tolerance is not Love, for it is the same today and tomorrow as yesterday. 

Love is built between you and another, by knowing, 

And then draws each together with the unconditional acceptance as is. 

It is stronger tomorrow than today, 

For it grows from the Lord's Love of yesterday. 

Love has a value more valuable than the entire World's wealth,

For it has the power to heal from within to without, 

And remove the hurts and fears of yesterday. 

When you allow the Holy Spirit, 

As you walk with the Lord and follow Him, 

To reveal the meaning of God's Word within,

Then tolerance will be replaced by His Loving Grace,

For the Lord's Love was given for all upon the Cross. 

Salvation by God's Grace, that day, 

To all whom believe, receive, and accept, 

As their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

And then following His teachings, 

Built upon the words, "I love and care for you," 

As you walk each day in time with Him. 

Love is strengthened by words of encouragement, 

Through belief in Him, that removes the darkest of sin, 

And grows Love within, which encourages growth within Him. 

His words of encouragement are akin to the rays of sunlight, 

That brightens the day, by removing the darkness,

That promotes growth anew from within. 

Encourage another today, for one does not know, 

The path of life another has walked alone in the dark of night,

 And their loneliness felt within, in facing their fears and worries of yesterday. 

Remember, thoughtless words, of an uncontrolled tongue, 

Will close the heart, of not only another, but of you too! 

By covering His Love then, The Holy Spirit

Sent by Him to guide and teach within, 

With the dust, of this World’s loneliness, wasted time. 

Built of thoughtless words that discourages and hurt,

That will keep another from Him, and turn their heart within away from Him. 

Bring hope and build faith in His Love, 

Encourage another today and tomorrow, 

As you grow in the Lord's Word and follow Him.

Lord, heal the hearts of those that I touched with thoughtless words and discouraged yesterday, 

Then touch my heart and change, to bring forth words of encouragement, 

That will encourage another today and tomorrow and bring them to You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

March 10, 2008

The Marriage Relationship

The Marriage Relationship

The marriage relationship is completeness in oneness,

When both believe and follow the Lord saved by God's Loving Grace. 

It allows the Holy Spirit within to bind their love together in oneness, 

And the Lord then wraps both in completeness in Him, to face the journey of life together. 

Daily prayer, allows God to bridge their journey to make as one and complete their life together, 

Even when the world around makes them stumble from time to time.

No matter the circumstances, big or small, they will face each day in life together, 

For Christ is the light that guides and God's Word makes the path of life straight in Him. 

Daily prayer and the reading of God's Word, to bring within, 

Will build the road map of life Home to Him, 

And it will strengthen, build, and heal the hurts of life from within to without in Him. 

Salvation in Christ is eternal life, for He paid the price upon the Cross for all sins, 

And it is God's Loving Grace, that gives the completeness in oneness in Christ, 

To all who believe by the faith from within and receive then to follow complete in Him. 

Lord, You have been there to touch and heal the hurts of our marriage on our journey of life, 

For those days were long and hard, and we could not have made it without You and Your Love, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/31/2010

Humble

Humble 

Lord, make and keep me humble. 

When my head gets bigger than my heart. 

When self looks only to find satisfaction from within. 

When giving stops and receiving becomes the focus of life. 

When good is no longer seen and bad becomes king. 

When the things of the world become the center of life. 

When I stop seeing God's creation as God created it to be. 

When self feels, "done it on my own." 

When I have forgotten, "God's purpose of life." 

When I no longer see the Cross of Christ, 

And hear His voice and the words, "I love you." 

When I walk alone filled with emptiness, 

Make my voice cry out to You in prayer, 

Keep me humble, oh Lord, keep me humble. 

Keep my eyes looking up into Your Face, 

Keep my ears open to hear Your word, 

Keep my mind ready to receive Your guidance and will, 

Keep my hands helping those in need, 

And keep my voice daily praising Your Glory. 

Keep me humble, oh Lord, keep me humble. 

Lord, make and keep me humble. 

Humble 

Lord, make and keep me humble, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/31/2005

Faith in Christ is New Life

Faith in Christ is New Life

Faith and belief in Christ of the Cross does not take away life. 

It reaches within to bring that life into the light. 

To expose not to shame, but changes needed caused by sins cost. 

His touch will restructure new life with the word of light. 

Bringing hope where hope has been covered and lost, 

And build a heart of love within that will sing again in the dark of the night. 

Dreaming new dreams of life anew in eternities walk with Him, 

By breaking the bondage of sin to walk complete in faith's belief with and in His Light. 

Faith at its highest is praying daily for the lost to receive Him, 

It reaches within to bring that life into the light. 

Faith and belief in Christ of the Cross does not take away life. 

New Life is Faith in Christ.

Faith is the Love relationship of and in Christ, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/1/2006

Don't Hurt

Don't Hurt 

Hurt tears at and destroys the very foundation of character. 

Hurt stays and hides deep down in the dark areas within many of us,

For all have felt the sting of hurt. 

Yes, we all have been on a first name basis with it from time to time. 

Many somehow protect it and keep it there, 

Within a dark special place out of sight and mind,

Some place it there either to help forget the pain, 

Or maybe repay in same someday. 

They visit it from time to time, 

Maybe one dares not reveal it, 

For many cannot stand to encounter again, 

And relive that terrible moment from the past,

For all are pushed and must meet the norm of today. 

If hurt, is not removed when encountered or on a daily basis, 

Hurt will in time create an unfriendly scar, 

A scar called hate, which is fed by its ugly little friend anger. 

A scar, my friend, pray daily you never receive. 

When one acts to repay for that scar of hate, one receives in return what it gives. 

Remember, you don't want what it gives when it takes. 

It replaces what it takes with either one or more of the following, 

Incarceration, loneliness, depression, suicide, early death, separation, different addictions, 

Are another of the many horrors not listed of the evil one. 

Without God the scar of hate from the dark, is to dark for one to handle and remove. 

One needs to pray that God removes that scar of hate and that He sends needed help today. 

For without, the worst might or would happened, complete separation from God forever. 

Christ gave us the power that day at Calvary, 

The power to clean and remove that hurt from that hidden place on a daily basis

 From within each of us,

The Light, the words He used to defeat the building of that place within, 

That dark and lonely day so long ago, 

"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." 

We must on a daily basis pray to forgive, forget, and for God's Armor of Protection, 

And place that hurt when received, where it should be, at the Foot of the Cross. 

Let the Lord take care of it, 

And by doing so take care of us daily. 

 All must daily seek The King, The Redeemer, The Rose of Sharon,

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Lord, keep me near the Cross, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/14/2005

Before God Created Time

Before God Created Time

Before God created time,

By splitting the dark with His light,

Creating that first Day,

Before the beginning,

Existed the Trinity,

In Harmony Three in One,

Complete and Balanced, the Purest of Light,

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,

All Wisdom, Love, and Caring, complete in One, The Trinity,

For God knew the ending before the beginning.

The Universe created He and placed all by His touch,

In paths of balance and harmony,

Controlling the seasons and the movements of the seas,

Allowing the elements to flow free on the wind and the mist

To feed and bring forth from the land, waters, and seas,

All life He would create to be!

All movements above, below, and upon,

That day like the wind, He forever set free.

Then created and programmed the many different 

Plants and trees, to propagate their seeds,

To grow, live, and reproduce all this world would ever see and need.

From before the beginning of time He had planned.

Then created He every creature that would inhabit

The air, waters, and land,

To grow, live, and reproduce all this World would ever see and need.

From before the beginning of time God had planned.

Then He created man in His own image.

With Love and forethought He gave Free Will to man.

Then in sleep He made from man, 

Made He woman a helpmate to man.

Together as one to use and develop by their command,

That, which God had created,

Above, below, and upon, the air, water, and land,

To grow, live, and reproduce to inhabit the land as God had planned. 

From before the beginning of time God had planned.

With Love He gave all to man and woman,

For it has been written within God's Holy Word, The Bible, God's History.

From before the beginning to beyond the ending,

Into eternity, complete within Him,

There before the beginning, three unified as one, the Trinity.

Now reach out to Jesus Christ,

For that Day upon the Cross of Calvary,

Salvation to all by Faith, who believe

By acceptance, receive,

All sins forgiven, forgotten, forever,

By the Grace of God,

Anew, the Holy Spirit within,

Given to guide and learn from to complete life's walk with Him.

From before the beginning of time God had planned.

Lord, guide my life to build Your path to walk,

Martin Lee Vance

March 24, 2008

Lost Is Forever!

Lost Is Forever!

Lost is forever, when one lives in the world blind and deaf to the Word of God. 

The Word, that enables and builds the heart within to love, with the Love of the Lord, 

To see and give to the world in need and to someone else that is not themselves. 

By following in faith, through acceptance by belief, 

Receiving the Lord, Jesus Christ, as Savior to guide and lead them. 

When one is relying only on self, 

And nothing else,

From the dawn of life, all those living, guided by the wisdom of self. 

Daily living and wandering amongst the void of the world within that guides them. 

It is life that lacks the knowledge to seek, 

For it hears and sees nothing, but self!

A heart void of the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, 

Is a heart living within, that beats, with the affection of self, 

And hears and sees nothing else within, but the pride of the love of self. 

It is a life misspent, 

And is doomed to fail, to Hell, 

For the mind within is void of understanding to lead them. 

They hear not or mock God's living Word, the Lord Himself. 

Receive the Word and change life forever within, 

By receiving and following Him. 

Lord, open our hearts by God's Grace, 

In love to receive and allow the Holy Spirit to guide from Your Word of Love within, 

Martin Lee Vance 

6/8/2010 

Fear

“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself" 

FDR 1933 

Fear is a state of anxious concern, 

Alarm or apprehension of harm. 

It can be either the fear of economic loss or physical violence, 

Mentally reasoned or an impeding danger. 

It is humanity's survival mechanism, 

And usually occurs in response to a specific negative stimulus. 

Fear can be described using different terms in relation to its varying degrees. 

Personal fear varies extremely in degree from mild caution to extreme phobia and paranoia. 

It is an emotional response, 

That is based on either a real or an imaginary feeling that is tied to an emotional state. 

The emotional states include, but are not limited to distrust, worry, 

Anxiety, terror, fright, paranoia, horror, panic, persecution complex and dread. 

Fear can not only affect the conscious mind, 

But it can also affect the subconscious and unconscious mind, 

Through nightmares that are built of or by fears. 

Fear may be a factor within a larger social network, 

Within a community, be it local, state, national, more than one nation or world. 

Wherein personal fears are synergistically compounded into mass hysteria. 

You have just watched the results over the past few weeks and months of such fears, 

That have been built and cultivated over a decade or more, 

That have been caused by mismanagement and lack of controls that guide. 

The fear of distrust....has been built....by the greed of affluence. 

Now watch the World over the next few months and years.

For by the Faith built in the Lord’s Light of Love, 

He will always build and reshape what a few have taken apart for self, 

Stronger and more perfect than before to endure until God's Timetable is complete. 

That day has been sealed by Him to be revealed by Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior. 

Remember, fear is not of God for He is pure Love.

Daily keep one's trust in the Lord, 

He will guide and build all for Eternity's Day with Him at God's Table of Grace, 

And by following God's Word, He will keep the path of Life straight each day until then. 

Lord, remove our fears of the past and reshape our hearts to build tomorrow's day in God's word,

Martin Lee Vance 

10/10/2008 

The Best is Yet to Come!

The Best is yet to come! 

We all have wanted at one time or another, 

 To be able to turn back time, 

And to reach back and change circumstances. 

To change one thing or another, 

To take back what has been said, 

To take back what has been done, 

Are just to spend a moment of time, 

To hold and say so many words of meaning, 

To build and give back to another, 

And change those misunderstandings. 

God, in His wisdom, did not give man the way to turn back life to the past, 

He has given the way to change how we view others. 

Life is not in the past, life is today, which builds for tomorrow. 

Find "The Way" and change today. 

Let "The Master" touch and make that change daily. 

Let Him change how you see and view others. 

Let Him change what you see in others. 

Let Him change how you listen to and of others. 

Let Him change how you speak to and of others. 

Let Him change how you give to and help others. 

Let Him change how you make time for others. 

Let Him change how you spend time with others. 

Let Him change the way you value others. 

Let Him take away any resentment for or about others. 

Life will then be a joy to live everyday. 

Then one will always be looking forward to tomorrow, 

Never looking back, wanting to turn back time to the past. 

Always looking to tomorrow‘s day, 

When all will gather for eternity, 

Around God’s Table of Grace,

There to look upon our Savior‘s Face. 

For the Best is yet to come! 

Lord, we learn from the past to complete the future with You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

1/17/2005

Courage

Courage

Courage, comes through daily prayer,

 That builds you within the Lord.  

Knowing His, spirit heals then within. 

That He always gives you, 

In your time of need, 

The courage to endure 

And the faith to persevere. 

Courage is not the absence of fear, 

But rather the facing of fear with faith, 

The Lord's Light of Faith. 

Faith is total trust and belief in Him, 

Then He wraps within the courage,

To give the strength, 

To follow complete in times of uncertainty in Him.

May the Lord's Love build and heal you within daily, 

Martin Lee Vance 

11/03/2008

Lord, Teach Me Today

Lord,

Teach me today

Your Love

For Tomorrow,

That I can give

To another,

And fade away

Their fears

Of yesterday.

Amen

Martin Lee Vance

2/21/2008

Creation, Life, Love, and the Birth of a Child

God Loves, All of Humanity

Creation, Life, Love, and the Birth of a Child

The big bang theory and then the evolution of life, 

It is based on the belief of the creation of life, 

Through an accidental accident happening, without purpose or meaning,

And by this process, developing all the different life forms 

That are seen and known today!

From whence, did the matter come from that was needed to develop that life? 

Protein and the DNA that contains the protein information, 

That allows the reproduction of that protein! 

Let alone that big ball of matter for the big bang, 

And who supplied that life forming pool of water? 

Even one molecule of water and a single cell of life within, 

And the lightning that passed through 

That life reproducing forming molecule of water, 

That would create two forms of life that then could reproduce another life form? 

Even if only one form was created that could reproduce itself 

And then developed through evolution into two forms, 

That then could reproduce themselves. 

Who or whom developed that first protein, 

Life forming protein, 

The basic building block of Life, 

And the DNA that contains the protein information 

That allows the reproduction of that protein 

To be reproduced exactly to form that first complex form of appearing life, 

That now can reproduce itself through the reproduction process. 

Protein and DNA had to be created at the exact same moment of time, 

And by a Creator, 

Because one relies on the other, 

The DNA had to exist to have the information for the Protein within, 

So that the first Protein could be created, 

And the first Protein had to exist for the DNA 

To have that first protein information stored within. 

The existence of both at the same moment of time, 

To complex to exist by an accidental accident happening,

For even one life form, let alone all life forms known to humanity. 

Creation is God's love forming the Universe, 

 By His touch He created all seen and unseen, with purpose and meaning. 

We see the wonder and complexity of it all,

In the union of a man and a woman and the birth of a child!

In Christ, by God’s Grace, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/04/2004

Compassion

Compassion 

Compassion is the Spirit of God. 

If compassion does not live within, 

For God and His creation, 

That allows one to improve and build life in Christ, 

Neither true wisdom nor understanding 

Is the light that guides that life.

For it follows the World, and not our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

The true light that leads us Home, The Light of Life. 

Compassion, the Holy Spirit, opens the heart to see as one in Christ. 

It allows the wisdom of God's word to enter within, 

To heal, build, and reshape the heart therein. 

It brings within the Wisdom and Understanding of the purpose of life,

The Cross of Calvary, 

And the Love that day Christ gave for all, 

When He took the sins of all and covered them forgiven, 

That day so long ago.

O' Holy Spirit, open my eyes and fill my heart with compassion for the needs of others, 

That I look upon all, and give to all, as One in Christ, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/12/2010

The Tests of the Time

The Tests of the Time 

Today, in any conversation it never matters what one says, 

Only what the other person hears, sees, and feels. 

The written word can be reviewed over and over forever 

And the meanings will always change to fit the times. 

But God's words written or spoken, 

Never change, they always withstand the Tests of the Ages. 

We all walk a thin line, 

Between right and wrong, 

At various times during our lives. 

But one’s integrity, 

Which is formed and controlled 

From deep down within our human fiber, 

Gives us the will to stay and stand with the right. 

It never matters how one starts the race of life,

It only matters how and with whom one makes it to the finish line, 

For everyone writes their own life story - no one else can. 

On that day we stand before our Creator, 

He will review with each one of us, 

Our written story of only our race of life. 

May we all stand with heads held high and not low in shame. 

Remember, that mark or space, 

Between the Birth Date and Death Date on ones gravestone, 

Is the mark of life. 

The beginning and ending dates are always in God's Hands. 

God has placed the mark of life under our control. 

I pray that we all complete that mark 

With and under God's guidance and will, 

And that we make His integrity our integrity.

Lord, keep us near the Cross, 

Martin Lee Vance 

7/24/2004

Daily In Life

Respect and Love, for all to give and follow!

Daily In Life 

More people will point to and talk about the wrong done than the right. 

Turn away and remember the walk of Christ's Life. 

Returning good for evil, to carrying the cross, and walking that lonely walk for all of us, 

He was always reaching out in love to bring life anew to someone else. 

Only pointing to bring out the good in that someone's life, 

For He knew they felt the shame within themselves. 

Christ is the one that paid the price, upon that cross, to save and change that lost soul, 

With His touch of love that changes what lives therein. 

Daily, encourage one another and see only the good in life's walk,

For one never knows where someone has just walked, has been, seen, 

And what they faced alone in the dark of night in their life. 

Turn to them and remember Christ's walk of Life. 

Using God's words in love to build anew their relationship with Him, 

To bring back hope, where hope has been covered and lost. 

They growing and changing that heart with the Light of Love. 

Be a friend, giving good in love to build them, because life was given by Him. 

More people then will point to and talk about Christ changing their walk

Daily in Life.

God, I pray all in the World will start reaching out in Love as Christ, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/1/2006

Blessing

Blessing

When all has been taken

It is hard to see the blessing,

Or see that healing will ever take place.

The message was placed within,

The day receiving the Lord changed that heart then,

I Am, I Am and I live within.

 Reach out in all times when weakest to strongest.

Look always into the Face of your Lord,

For all strength within comes from Him.

The valleys are low and the mountains high,

He walks in all places and lights the way.

He never leaves from within from beginning to ending,

And beyond, the arms of the "Beauty and the Light of all of Nature,”

Christ awaits that Homecoming.

Remember, Christ took and paid the price, 

For all sins, upon the Cross of Calvary,

And God sealed you forever, "For Him.”

God's word conveys His Integrity,  

And that He will keep that Bond of Faith, His Covenant with you.

He lives within and awaits that day is the blessing, my friend!

Oh, what a blessing awaits, at Heaven’s Gates,

Martin Lee Vance

10/26/2005

When does one become Old?

When does one become Old? 

You're old when you do not see the joy in living. 

You're old when you remember and speak of only the bad in and of life. 

You're old when you only feel within, the heart therein, the hurts and pains of life. 

You're old when the love within has been removed for others. 

You're old when giving has stopped, and the hands no longer reach out, to the needs of others. 

You're old when you see only the past and have no hope for tomorrow. 

You're old when you find something to complain about each day, 

Even knowing within that each and everyday has been given by God to live and enjoy life. 

You're old when you find indifference and complain about the actions of the young, 

And never see the joy within their eyes when they speak of the years that lie ahead for them. 

You're old when you have turned away from Christ and view life as the World views life. 

Become and stay young within, see life again, rebuild and receive life anew in Christ, 

Then God will see the life that lives in Christ in you, 

And you will view life as He views life in you,

For you will see as God sees when Christ truly lives in you. 

Lord, thank You for today and tomorrow, 

And for being there to light the way for all my yesterdays, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/8/2010

Change My Heart O' Lord

Change My Heart O' Lord

In life, one truly accepts change completely, 

When they control the making of that decision

To make that change. 

I pray, that all of us examine and test the heart within 

And make needed changes today. 

Integrity of Character in Christ, 

Is the greatest asset you will ever own 

And truly possess. 

A possession given freely to you by Him,
At the moment of your Salvation's Belief in Him. 

It is received in life, 

Passes through death into eternity, 

Passing the Tests of the Ages 

Making it Ever True.

Lord, change me today to be like You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

12/31/2005

Secrets of the Heart

Secrets of the Heart 

They are the sins, built of fleshly and carnal wants, 

That are controlled by the appetite of the soul. 

Whatever one imagines 

In the darkness of their heart. 

By dreaming thereby forming images 

And building within an emotional attachment to and for, 

A bond they are becoming 

And in time the sin they will commit to complete. 

After completing, 

The shame, the price, is then hidden 

Within the darkness of the heart. 

Replacing the images that still tear at the mind within them, 

For the appetite of soul the sin will never satisfy, 

Until death takes its toll upon the soul. 

Reach out and look to Christ and the Cross, 

And by God's loving Grace, 

Repent and receive by faith, 

Salvation and in belief the Spirit within, 

And by dying to self cleansing the soul. 

Allowing the Spirit within now to control the soul, 

By daily prayer and the reading of God's Holy Word, 

Seeking God's understanding, knowledge, and wisdom, 

To build within to without in Jesus Christ and live in Him. 

Daily cleanse the soul of its thoughts 

And leave them at the Foot of the Cross.

Lord, guide me and build me God's Way today, 

Martin Lee Vance 

2/3/2011

Rejection

---Rejection Hurts---

Rejection

Rejection, is the personal refusal or denial made
Openly to another or to others,
That is true or untrue,
That attacks the character or origin of an individual,
Either verbally or by physical harm,
Real or mentally perceived,
Purposely done or not, that hurts and tears at the heart within another,
That socially isolates that individual and by mental change makes another feel inferior.
If that individual has experienced rejection by others throughout life,
And the Lord by God's Word is not the total Light that leads them through life.
They will build a wall between them and all others,
They then will withdraw behind,
And protect at all cost, with actions and words,
Either to drive others away, or if not they will become a people pleaser to hide within,
For fear of being rejected again, in someway,
By interpersonal relationships with others.
Rejection, all will face from time to time on their journey of life,
Some more than others,
And even those that are wrapped within God's Word and follow Christ,
 They will still feel the sting and hurt of it.
But remember, we are fully responsible for the harm of those actions or words cause another,
For rejection is not of God, but of Satan.
Reach out as Christ, giving love and help, to bring hope and good to others.
God will bless by changing that heart within,
And bringing you closer to Him.

Lord, thank you for being there for me in my time of need, and my friend throughout life,
Martin Lee Vance
1/27/2011

Relationships

Relationships 

We have an enemy, Satan, 

Especially, when we are one in and follow Christ. 

Be alert, be aware, 

Satan attacks daily are relationships with one another, 

The evil one is after our unity as one in Christ to divide and destroy the Family of God. 

Be the one that prepares the world to know the truth, God's Holy Scriptures. 

As Jesus prepared Himself that day to head to the Cross, 

He prayed, as my heart beats as One within You, 

Protect all followers in Me as one in Thee. 

Remove the world from within and leave discord at the Cross, 

With all other sins to live free in Him. 

You cannot separate yourselves from one another. 

Embrace, living as one together in the spirit, that it will be hard. 

Remember, God created diversity, 

By creating us all different physically and mentally, 

And still He gave all Free Will, 

Knowing the heart that lives within, to live free in Him. 

But that does not mean that one has a right to speak their minds, 

In front of or behind others to gossip about or tear apart another, 

This only causes discord among all. 

Do not try to figure out one another, 

Seek out alone the one that offends you, 

And clarify your position with them. 

If this brings about no change, 

Follow the Lord's words as written 

To make you one again in Him. 

Forgive one another as He has forgiven you. 

See one another as God sees all in Him forgiven. 

How many times does one forgive another? 

For the benefit of Jesus Christ who cares for all, 

Until we are no longer like the world, 

To be as one identified in Him, forever. 

Lord, check my heart continually and keep it in the word, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/16/2009

When God Calls

When God Calls

When God calls a Child of His Home,

And they pass from life to eternity with Him. 

That Special Legacy they leave behind, 

The memories they leave never pass away, 

They just grow stronger within each day walking with Him. 

That special touch they had to let you know they loved and enjoyed everyday of life created by Him. 

Even now when those days are stilled in time, life speaks of them. 

Their voice that echoed words in love to build and give to those in need in their special way,

Now they reach out to be shared with others to bring hope and build their day. 

That smile that brightened the spirit within to grow in love and share all given by Him. 

Shines brighter today to light and guide another’s way and encourage faith deep within them. 

Their laughter that created sunshine will never fade away even in the light of day. 

Not one flicker or ray of light will depart for it is kept within each and every family member’s heart. 

Those eyes that told the world around you're special will never close or turn to depart. 

For that love flowed from a purified heart and built anew the Name of the Lord to change their hearts. 

Until the day all gather again at God's Table of Grace to sing His praises never again to part. 

Memories bring back the past and touch the heart with love again that never parts. 

They just grow stronger within each day walking with Him. 

The memories they leave never pass away,

When God calls a Child of His Home. 

Lord, touch my heart and grow me daily in God's Word, 

Martin Lee Vance 

8/23/2006

The Light of Love

The Light of Love, 

Christ, 

Always used just simple words, 

That touched the heart. 

To bring the message….in such a way, 

That the youngest to the oldest, 

Whose heart is open in faith to believe, receives. 

It takes more, than a heart 

That hurts, fears, are has life needs to believe and receive. 

It takes a heart that 

"Feels the touch of His love" 

And is open in Faith 

To believe and receive.......at that moment 

He is a part of you 

And you are a part of Him - Forever! 

Christmas, the Birth of the Light of Love, Christ,

Martin Lee Vance 

12/25/2005

THE EMPTY CROSS

THE EMPTY CROSS

The Cross that day and forever, 

Shouts, "I love and care for you!" 

Much more than just a tree or symbol of shame 

That was fashioned into The Cross of Calvary that day. 

For He was Scourged to the point of death, 

Then He walked that lonely walk carrying that Cross, 

For you and me. 

Then at the place of "The Skull," Mount Calvary, 

He was nailed to that Cross, 

Then placed high above all that all might see. 

By Crucifixion His shed Blood covered 

The sins of all that day. 

Sins bondage He removed, He cleansed all to set free, 

When His Shed Blood flowed Salvation and Eternal Life to bring, 

Forgiven, Forgotten, Forever, 

For All who by Faith, believe, accept, and receive, 

Christ of Calvary. 

Claimed In His name and sealed by God for Him, 

God's Grace in Completion. 

For Jesus Christ the Son of God, 

Changed the world the Third Day, 

He Arose, The Tomb could not hold, 

The sting of death He removed. 

Christ Blessed by God, 

The King of kings and Lord of lords. 

The Cross and the Tomb empty today, 

The price He has paid. 

Death could not hold, Christ lives and awaits today. 

Reach out to Him Salvation to Receive. 

The Empty Cross, 

Shouts, "I love and care for you!" 

It proclaims the believers belief in Him, 

Life anew, by God's Loving Grace, has been given in Him for Eternity's Day. 

Lord, from the heart, I love You, 

Martin Lee Vance 

5/16/2006