{"id":2531,"date":"2016-02-06T08:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T08:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2016-02-06T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T08:19:22","slug":"blessed-are-those-whose-transgressions-are-pardoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/blessed-are-those-whose-transgressions-are-pardoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Are Those Whose Transgressions Are Pardoned"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Friedrich
Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, served under King George, who pardoned him for cowardice, and then made him part of the Royal Court for Astronomy, inspiring the poem below (the webpost from the online group is also there…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.<\/strong>
\n~ Psalm 32:1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A boy in the army served
\nOath of loyalty he swore
\nTo King and Country and to Flag
\nAnd uniform he proudly wore
\nAnd thought of adventure
\nAnd the glory of the war
\nBut was unprepared for the reality
\nThe bloodshed and the glar.
\nAnd when the shells were falling
\nAnd the bullets flying
\nHe looked in fear around him
\nAs he saw his comrades dying
\nAnd as he saw the dangers
\nAs to death the wounded bled
\nThis boys nerves deserted him
\nAnd he turned, and in the confusion, fled.<\/p>\n

He now was a deserter
\nHe now was on the run
\nShould he be captured
\nHe now would face a gun
\nThat would be loaded
\nAmong a rank and file of umpteen more
\nAnd he would be dead in an instant
\nHe who was brave before<\/p>\n

But this man had brains and that was known
\nAnd his king sent out the call
\nThis man was needed in his court
\nBut he could not come at all
\nAn envelope to him was handed
\nAnd with fear he opened it wide
\nIt was from the King himself
\nHis pardon was inside
\nAnd so the Coward who fled in fear
\nFor his life was scared
\nAs his King he needed him
\nHis life, once condemned, was spared<\/p>\n

And God he is that King
\nAnd we are the soldier in the fire of life
\nWho deserts the ranks of Gods Army
\nWhen faced with the crossfire of strife
\nTo spend our lives in hiding
\nDreading as death draws near
\nKnowing judgement in inevitable
\nAnd of it having fear
\nBut God loves and needs every one
\nWhen he sees that man is Good
\nThough desert he did in times of trial
\nGod knew that he would
\nFor som men are born soldiers
\nFight and die in glory by the score
\nAnd some are just good on parade
\nProud the uniform to have wore.
\nThose are the churchgoers who wear the uniform
\nWho often fail in the fight
\nBut God shall judge both brave and cowardly
\nAnd Salvation awaits those that He deems Right.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/p>\n

In the My Chicken Soup Yahoo group, the following message was posted, which inspired this verse…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

— On Sun, 13\/7\/08, Kandycares wrote:<\/p>\n

From: Kandycares
\nSubject: [MyChickenSoup] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1
\nTo: MyChickenSoup@yahoogroups.com
\nDate: Sunday, 13 July, 2008, 9:10 PM<\/p>\n

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1<\/strong><\/p>\n

In England a sensitive boy joined the British army, but when the shot and shell began to fly, he deserted. In time he became a great astronomer and discovered a new planet. He was sent for by King George, but the man realized that his life was forfeit to the king for his desertion. The king knew him too; what would he do? Before the king would see him, the man was requested to open an envelope. It was his royal pardon. The king brought him in and said, ” Now we can talk, and you shall come up and live at Windsor Castle.” He was Sir William Herschel.
\n William Herschel was guilty and did not deny it! But King George had mercy upon him and made him a member of the royal household. That is what God promises to do for us. “And He will have mercy upon him. . . for He will abundantly pardon.” To all of us poor, lost, wanton, sinners the Bible says, “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.”
\n The “Prince of Preachers,” Charles Hadden Spurgeon, says of this verse:
\n God, who cannot lie—–God, who cannot err—tells us what it is to be blessed. Here He declares that “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” This is an oracle not to be disputed. Forgiven sin is better than accumulated wealth. The remission of sin is infinitely to be preferred before all the glitter and the glare of this world’s prosperity. The gratification of creature passions and earthly desires is illusive—a shadow and a fiction; but the blessedness of the justified, the blessedness of the man to whom God imputeth righteousness is substantial and true.
\n In Psalm 32:2 David sums it up for me when he says, “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no decit” (NIV). I’m sure Sir William Herschel would say Amen! to that.<\/p>\n

My prayer: Our Father and our God, Author of love, I throw myself upon Your holy grace. Only You, O Lord, can pardon my offenses against You, for it is Your law that I transgress. Thank You for Your undeserved mercy, forgiveness, and love. Thank You for Jesus, who died to redeem me. Amen.<\/p>\n

We ARE ALL just sinners forgiven by the grace of God. When we try to start to judge whose transgression is worse than another’s we start to try to become as God. He is the only pure and righteous judge. Reminds me of a song: Don’t judge your neighbor, Dont judge your neighbor. You’re not the one to say he’s wrong. Clean out your own house, sweep out your own house. There’ll come a great judgement day after all. That’s so true. It’s hard enough to keep ourselves in line with God. Try to help others along the way WITH LOVE, but never try to judge them. It will only turn them farther away.<\/p>\n

Blessings,
\nKandy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. ~ Psalm 32:1 A boy in the army served Oath of loyalty he swore To King and Country and to Flag And uniform he proudly wore And thought of adventure And the glory of the war But was unprepared …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2664,2666,998,2662,2667,2665,2670,2669,2668,2663,336,2671],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-astonomer","tag-cowardice","tag-england","tag-friedrich-wilhelm-herschel","tag-king-fo-england","tag-king-george","tag-my-chicken-soup","tag-psalm","tag-psalm-321","tag-royal-court-for-astronomy","tag-war-2","tag-yahoo-group","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-EP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2970,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/world-war-one-was-the-worlds-bloodiest-family-feud\/","url_meta":{"origin":2531,"position":0},"title":"World War One Was the Worlds Bloodiest Family Feud","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th July 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"One aspect of the war... \u00a0is the close connection among the three principal monarchs of the age, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; King George V of England; and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 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