Showing posts with label The Gaithers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Gaithers. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

But If They Could...




Sometimes we pray for miracles God does not seem to bring
We pray for health and healing for a loved one’s suffering
But in the end God deems it fit to take them from this life
While we are left to mourn the loss of child, husband or wife

…and wonder at God’s perfect way and will we’ll never know
Where “why, God, why”, wafts to the sky as loved ones miss them so
But if they could I’m sure they would from yonder portal call
And tell us Heaven is the greatest miracle of all

© Janet Martin

On Saturday at the wedding, in lieu of traditional wedding favors Jamie and Becca left this;
for so many would-have-been guests, dearly missed...



 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 
How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 
For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, 
OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? 
Rom.11:33-34 

 Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.  
See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

 Ps.139:23-24



Thursday, July 13, 2017

Because God is Love

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, 
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
 Just as a father has compassion on his children, 
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.…
Psalm 103:11-13 



Because God is love
His care for us
Is faithful and secure
Therefore, no matter
Who we are
His promises endure

Then, when contrite
We humbly bow
Before his Throne of grace
His love forgives us
Our sin-stain will erase

© Janet Martin

In the matter of being truthful and accountable,
I had a long and serious conversation today
with three little boys
It ended in tearful confession
....and the assurance of Jesus' forgiveness and love! 

Sometimes we forget what an AWESOME, AWESOME
merciful gift God's grace is!


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Free Indeed




What good, that morbid pity that inflicts our hidden core
And causes us to tremble as if God’s grace needed more
…like abstinence from laughter or the joys that we estrange
In guilt-appointed penance for the things we cannot change

What good to fret about regret and doubt the truth of He
Who said,’ indeed, who I set free will truly be set free’
So then, pray love inspires us to follow where He leads
Not to pay for redemption but to do as His love pleads

What good is vain religion; like an ombudsman for naught
And what is hope if all we grope are gods wrought within thought?
Alas, alas, would be the apex of our numbered days
If Circumstance would dictate when, if or how much man pays

What good would come of anything, without the grace of God
And who of us are more or less; we are equal through blood
…the blood of He who sets us free; then we are free indeed
To serve our Lord and Master through each other’s humble need

© Janet Martin

 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36

  

I esp. love this version of this hymn partly because it features the harmonica, the one musical instrument I learned to play :)