Look To Jesus...

 In case we've become disillusioned or discouraged...

and because devotion/dedication demands disciplined diligence!

Shoulder to lean on and heart of compassion

Mankind’s Redeemer, salvation secure

His thoughts much higher than ours, purely human

He is no liar; His promises sure

He never leaves us though often we grieve Him

Though doubt persuades us to trust what we see

Just like a loving dad cares for His children

He waits to welcome us back tenderly

His…Ear always open to prayers of surrender

His…Forgiveness free at the foot of the cross

His…Love, never-failing, fills service with splendor

His…Hope heals the hurts carved by longing and loss

Then rise to the race set before us to finish

Look unto Jesus as we climb Time’s stairs

Eyes on the Prize; let love’s Highlight diminish

Sin that entangles and hinders our prayers

Kneel at the feet bearing scars of rejection

(Now through glass darkly but then face to face)

Look unto Jesus; through His resurrection

Death has no sting; we are saved by His grace

© Janet Martin

I Cor.15: 54-58

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality,

 then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable.

 Always excel in the work of the Lord, 

because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.