But We Have This Treasure in Earthen Vessels...

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;…2 Cor 4:8

Horror and heartache hinge on Hope

Hope, a Rock of Ages

Anchored within the Word of God

Firm while tempest rages

Not by power of the sword

Doth Hope gain its merit

But by the pure and living Word

Such as God declared it

Treasure poured into jars of clay

Holy inundation

Nothing can wash the hope away 

Of blood-bought salvation

Suffering long on sin-cursed sod

Transcending time’s troubles

For those who place their hope in God

Shall rise up like eagles

© Janet Martin