PLEASE RETURN TO JEHOVAH! ???????

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PLEASE RETURN TO JEHOVAH 

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"CAN WE SPOT THE LOST SHEEP" (Isa. 40:11)

1) She only comes on Sunday, and usually

she's late,

Is she baptized, or inactive?

That's the question for debate!

Few brothers try to know her, some criticize

and stare.

BUT WHO WILL TRY TO DIG DOWN DEEP, AND SEE

WHO'S REALLY THERE?

A funeral program is in her purse, it's

ragged 'round the ears

It's yellow, torn and wrinkled ... it's been

soaked with many tears.

She's looked at it quite often - knows the

resurrection hope

But she mourns her precious daughter;

sometimes she just can't cope.

Many people wonder, but no one made a call

She's just one of the lost sheep sitting in

your Kingdom Hall.

2) Her mate's an unbeliever, and he just

wants to fight her

She knows what she's in for, when she goes

home at night;

Keeps to herself at meetings, tells no one

out of fear,

She's scared and isolated, like a wounded

baby deer.

She trusts her God Jehovah, she knows he'll

help her cope,

Eternal life in paradise: that is her precious

hope.

HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO KNOW HER? She

really needs a call

Yes, she, too, is Jehovah's sheep right in

your Kingdom Hall.

3) She comes to all the meetings, shares in

preaching with the friends,

But once she goes back home each day, the

heartache soon begins;

She grew up in the truth, you see; been

faithful all her life,

But what she always dreamed of was to be a

Christian wife.

Now she's past the bloom of youth, her

dreams have not come true,

She's tempted and frustrated; what can this

sister do?

You likely think she's firm and strong, that

she doesn't need a call;

But is she a lost sheep sitting there right in

your Kingdom Hall?

4) He used to be an elder; his talks were

strong and warm,

He worked hard on the spirit's fruits, he'd

never do you harm;

He hasn't served for years now, since his

children left the fold,

He now feels old and useless, but his love

has not grown cold.

Through disuse he's lost much talent, for

speaking from the heart,

And sitting there unnoticed, he just feels

worlds apart.

He comments and he preaches, and smiles

his "Kingdom smile";

Who'd ever guess his loyal heart is breaking

all the while?

You'd never stop to wonder, if he would

ever fall

But like the rest, he's lost his way right in

your Kingdom Hall.

When working hard from door to door, and

bringing more sheep in

Please don't forget the sheep already in the

pen;

Yes, these are all true stories, of people at

the Hall

So please take time, look closely, and see

who needs a call;

We do remember sick ones, single parents,

and the old,

But can we endeavor to include still others

in the fold?

Remember that Jehovah doesn't want one

sheep to fall

But there may be more than one lost sheep

There in YOUR Kingdom Hall.

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