Anchor Midst Confusion

Sure are a lot of opinions flying about these days 

enough to 'ferhoodle'/bemuddle the best of minds

if we are ignorant or indifferent to what God says!

a brief flare of sunshine before clouds and rain

maintained the weather forecaster's credibility😊

For the word of God is living and powerful, 

and sharper than any two-edged sword, 

piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, 

and of joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts 

and intents of the heart.

Heb.4:12

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11

 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness
 through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises,
so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,
 now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter 1:3-4

Then bid we of lowly estate embraced by Love Supreme

Take up the holy cross of faith with reverent esteem

Though round about, ah, we would doubt, if sight was our guide

And we would fail without A Faultless Compass to preside

Where God so gave the world his Word for both elder and youth

So more than opinion will ground and root us in the Truth

The logic of the mind is tainted by what it perceives

If man’s knowledge is unacquainted with God, it deceives

Pity prideful misunderstanding of love without flaw

Where man’s erring comprehension cannot grasp its Perfect Law

Oh, Holy, holy, holy, God anoints the earth with rain

As lowly, lowly, lowly mankind drinks and drinks again

His cup of mercy overflows, nursing this dying breed

Love’s nail-and thorn-scarred grace bestows the flower to the seed

Where need is mankind’s common ground no matter who or where

And no one is too fit or fine without His Word and prayer

Where sun and rain maintains the garden, field and orchard slope

And Fellowship with God maintains the faith that maintains hope

…then bid we of lowly estate embraced by Love Supreme

 Do nothing for empty conceit but most humbly esteem

The value of each other as Love’s most entrusted Charge

Before we reach the Shore where Soul disembarks from its barge

Where God so loved the world He gave His word to show the way

And anchor us ‘midst the confusion of what people say

© Janet Martin

 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit,

 but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Phil.2:3

Do not be wise in your own eyes; 

fear the LORD and shun evil.

Prov.3:7

He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart 

and with all your soul

 and with all your strength 

and with all your mind'; 

and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Luke 10:27