The Gospel According to You

By Gerald Cowan   We write a living gospel,     Adding to it every day     By every thing we do     And every word we say.   We write it in the eyes of those     Who see how we treat each other     And who we think is worthy      To be called a sister or a brother.       We write it in the hearts of those      Who hear us promise as we pray     Then close our hands and hearts     To those who struggle in the way.   Others estimate our wealth     By how we act and live.     They estimate our spirit’s health     By what to man and God we give.   Way of the world and way of God     Is easy to compare.      They know the place we give the Lord     By what our lives declare.   You write a living gospel, and      It may be false or true.     What does anybody read in     The gospel according to you?

- Gerald Cowan, a longtime preacher and missionary, is retired from full-time pulpit preaching. Gerald publishes an e-mail newsletter entitled GERALD COWAN’S PERSONAL PERIODICAL WRITINGS. He is available for Gospel Meetings and he may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com