The Known in our Unknowns

Dear Father, I must place my hand in Thine

For oh, You know I do not know the way

A new day breathes on the horizon-line

And what a-waits, God, only You can say

The unknown like a mighty, rolling sea

On which the sailor and his ship must sail

Conceals within its depths life’s mystery

Our vessels without You, oh God are frail

But if You place Your hand beneath the tide

Then we will make it to the other side

Dear Father, keep us in Your constant care

Mortality cannot dissuade the course

Of trials that we all must surely bear

Within life’s storm; it’s cold and bitter force

Would surely toss us to merciless deeps

Where we would sink beneath fear’s murky wave

But with You, God, we trust the One who keeps

His uttered word; God, You alone can save

And in the comfort of Your promises

We press ahead into the misted tress

Dear Father, Captain of our battered bark

And Master of the currents that converge

Protect us from the demons of the dark

And shed Your Light across life’s little surge

The reward of love’s humble diligence

Will someday in Your arms be gratified

So Father, take our hands and lead us thence

Knowing in You our want is satisfied

And though the unknown trembles in the air

Dear Father, oh we know that You are there

© Janet Martin

For J&R K. Please continue to pray for the family which I constantly plead prayer for...they have sent us a letter today confirming their deepest fears and need our prayers more than ever before as they face drastic and sudden unknowns. I do not have the permission or freedom, due to their safety to tell the details of their story, but they are packing as we speak and trusting God to lead.
Here are a few of their specific prayer requests;
You can be praying for:
- saying goodbyes, there are many dear ones whom we will terribly miss and we can only pray that God will meet them wherever they are in their journey with Him
- for the details of packing up 4 years of life here, what to keep, sell, give away etc.
- for our aching hearts, it is hard to say goodbye to a place that we have come to dearly love

And they close with this verse:
 

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25