Fear or Trust?

 

"Wow!" I remarked to Victoria as I saw the 'cold that just won't quit' this morning

and turned the furnace back farther as it rumbled to life in mid-June...

"I don't know what we will do if orchards, fields and gardens fail! 

We always count on them to refill empty bins, freezers and jars!"

The garden shivers and struggles to grow...

(but, the seeds are in which is more than some can say)

Those days we pause to contemplate

The ‘what if’ that is not so great

Beyond the scope we commandeer

Then we must choose twixt trust or fear

The future is a fragile fringe

Upon which hope and heartache hinge

Its ‘wait and see’ wafts like star-dust

All we can do is fear or trust

We owe God everything we have

He owes us nothing; for He gave

The best He had to save the lost

Man’s greatest gain His greatest cost

So, though we do not know what waits

Beyond heart-harboured garden gates

The best we can achieve, my dear

Is to let trust out-muster fear

And offer up to He who grants

Far more than favors wrought by chance

(Lest with our fat cheeks stuffed with food

We forget to pray like we should)

…a heart that hungers to embrace

The Author of mercy and grace

And appeal to Love’s gracious ear

That He would help us trust, not fear

© Janet Martin

 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; 

 let me never be ashamed: 

deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 31:1 KJV


 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, "You are my God."
Psalm 31:14 NIV

 Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.