Cast Your Cares
By George Thurlow
©️2/27/2026
Cast your cares and don’t despair;
You’re not in this trial alone.
Christ Who cares, has heard your prayers:
Help cometh from the throne.
Though troubles great,
And aggravate
They would vex your very soul:
Christ will lift, and the weight will shift
When on Christ your burdens roll.
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1 Peter 5:7
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
Good Cheer
By George Thurlow
January 1, 2026 ©️
I have but one resolution
In the infancy of this year:
Lay all at the feet of Jesus,
Each day be of good cheer.
I won’t let my heart be troubled;
My “life is hid with Christ in God” .
In Him I am triumphant,
And on a higher plane I trod.
Though unknown the path before me,
Blindly I will not roam.
For I’m guided by the Spirit
And do not walk alone.
I will take heart and be of courage;
Choosing faith over dread and fear.
Through Christ an overcomer
With a spirit of good cheer.
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John 16:33
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
John 14:1
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”
Psalm 31:24
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Colossians 3:3
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
Good News
By George Thurlow
©️December 13, 2025
Have you heard the good news
Of the Savior who was born?
Of the prophesied Messiah
Who arrived on Christmas morn?
Prophecy fulfilled from the Foundation of the earth
God’s chosen Lamb of Bethlehem Offering man a second birth.
Reconciliation
Relationship restored
Through the Son of God Himself
To even up the score.
God’s promise of the woman’s seed
To crush the serpents head
Now coming to fruition
With this babe in a manger bed.
What joyous revelation
Herald angels glorified
The arrival of the Savior
This babe who was born to die.
Changing the course of fallen man
Being the remedy for the breach
Pardon and forgiveness
Through celestial outreach.
THE SEASON OF LIGHT
By George Thurlow
©️December 5, 2025
The season of light is upon us With Christmas trees aglow,
Homes outlined with brilliant hues
Reflecting off the snow.
Beautiful, but superficial:
These human efforts to pierce the night,
Man’s feeble endeavor to escape the dark,
Through its own artificial light.
Obsessive strives to illumine the world at its darkest hour:
Ignoring the Truth of the Gospel
That Christ is the true Light and Power.
And this was the condemnation,
For the Light they wouldn’t heed,
Preferring to stay in darkness
Because of evil deeds.
Yet still exists the wise men,
Called out of the dark of night
Surrendering their lives unto Him;
Entering His marvelous Light.
John 3:19
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
1 Peter 2:9
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
Reborn
By George Thurlow
©️November 18, 2025
Have you a heart of Thanksgiving,
When you awaken every morn?
Are you grateful for another day
Has your spirit been reborn?
Or are you shrouded by a personal cloud,
That persists above your head?
Under the weather every day,
Fogged in by gloom and dread?
Are you tired of being Overwhelmed and
Hopelessly depressed?
Confused and agitated,
Persistently distressed?
Let me offer you a remedy
The cure is tried and true:
Guaranteed to bring relief
And drive away the blues.
I present to you my Jesus,
The healer of broken lives.
The Redeemer of all captive souls,
The driver out of sin and strive.
Surrender to the Son of God
The One Who paid the price:
By the shedding of His precious Blood,
He’ll transform your life.
With a heart of Thanksgiving
You’ll awaken every morn;
As a new creation
With a spirit that is reborn!