Forevermore

Forevermore oh God

None canst Thy will dethrone

Nor nullify Thy promises

Where generations groan

Thy faithfulness oh, Lord

Fills morning, noon and night

Then stir in us a sacred awe

And holy appetite

Vile bending of the wind

Thy courses cannot thwart

Nor can rebellion of the mind

Improve upon Thy work

Lord, Thou hast made me glad

Through the work of Thy hands

Our triumph sealed within the scars

That broke Death’s sullen bands

And though the wicked seem

To flourish, they will die

But Thou oh, Lord will ever be

Forevermore, most high

How great Lord, are Thy works

Thy Thought none understands

We cling by faith to promises

‘Triumph through nail-scarred hands’

This flight from morn to night

Where seamless eons pour

Is but a twinkle in the eye

Of God’s Forevermore

© Janet Martin

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:

 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

 O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

 But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore. Ps. 92: 1-8

For Thou, Lord, has made me glad through Thy work:

I will triumph in the work of Thy hands. Ps. 92: 4

I've been reflecting on these verses since someone read them at our worship service on Sunday, then a young man included the phrase 'make us forever grateful for what You have done' in his prayer.

When we think about what His work on the cross, what Jesus suffered for us surely it stirs us to be forever grateful!

...even in this howling 'first snow day' of the season we can remain forever grateful!