Basking In Sonshine

A lot of us feel like basking in sunshine this bone-chilling time of year!

Thankfully we need no dollars or airplanes to bask in Sonshine each and every day!

Getting
Truth 

from the head

 to the heart 

is often the 

hard part, 

isn't it ?!

There is a world of difference between knowing and believing!
After a week where I fought brutal wars of self-condemnation and blame because action equals consequence etc. I was moved immensely as yesterday morning's message was summed up by the
encouraging 

reminder/

admonition 

that if we truly 

believe in the 

work on the 

cross we should

 'bask in God's

 forgiveness'! 

IT IS 

FINISHED!

Nothing 

and no one 

can change 

this! EVER!

Amen.

Hallelujah! 

Believe it!

Claim it.

The warlords of discord and condemnation never rest

But beat the drums of doom and gloom within the human breast

How hopeless, hope’s appeal where unbelief’s chief demons leer

And in the place of grace erect a monument of fear

How awful to adjust the love of God like pink play-doh

His Word is Truth and in it everything we need to know

The warlords of this world delight in vexing human race

With guilt and shame they heap the heart with blame instead of grace

What’s done is done; no one can change the past; no, not one bit

But ‘it is done’; Jesus, God’s Son once for all, declared it

The seal of His redemption none can break (though lies run rife)

‘Whosoever believes in Him receives eternal life’

Then, oh, how sweet the peace, when we release doubt’s damning rod

And accept without compromise, the promises of God

To bask in glorious Sonshine of forgiveness, full and free

And believe, once for all in the fullness of Calvary

The prison-guard of Self is hard to overcome until

We drink the Living Water and trust in the Author’s will

Then, slave becomes a servant; from death’s chains of torment freed

For if the Son has set you free, you will be free indeed

Do not despair; the ‘getting there’ is fraught with trip and fall

But God, through Jesus saves us, His forgiveness once for all

Then, glory-hallelujah, come what may, Promise prevails

And bids us bask in Sonshine of a love that never fails

© Janet Martin

 
Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. 

Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

John 1:17
For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, 

 how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace 

and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Romans 5:18
Therefore, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, 

so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
Romans 5:21
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness,

 to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.