Awesome Advocate

Jim called a few minutes ago while I was 'finessing' this post

with a cool little reminder of God's goodness, mercy and faithfulness

to wherever we are; even shoveling manure! 

He had just finished cleaning out his trailer with a less

than ideal fork because someone 'borrowed' his good one...

the manure was deep and heavy and

he felt extremely oppressed by despair, fatigue and fuming frustration!

Then his phone dinged; it was the verse of the day;

1 Peter 5: 6-8

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, 

so that in due time He may exalt you. 

7Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 

8Be sober-minded and alert. 

Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, 

seeking someone to devour.…

And it completely changed his focus!

He decided to call and see if by any chance

I was marveling over the morning in poem...😄

The scorner only sees a sky

Where Mercy's fountains brim

To fill the framework of the eye

With Outer Fringe of Him

And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper we hear of him!
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?

Job 26:14

Emblazoned on the heavens, Mercy authorizes dawn 

As dark with gold is riven by a Hand we cannot see 

And from a sacred Ledger, one more page of time is drawn 

To keep the pledge God made to Noah and his family 

‘As long as earth remains… the day and night will never cease’ 

As long as grace sustains the channels of time’s fleeting lease 

We, beneath this divine allotment are all called by Him 

Though He is oft forgotten in the thick of common need 

While celestial inkwells with His Advocation brim 

Where God is ever-faithful in all that He has decreed 

Then ought we not with humble yearning seek to keep our ‘yes’ 

To He who is not slack concerning all His promises 

This precious interlude between the cradle and the grave 

Where tokens of mercy renewed each morning floods the air 

Is far more than The Thinning Dark as night is turned to day 

It is the Ark still open for all to heed and prepare 

Where recompense to our response is drawing very near 

…the extent of Souled audience far more than we appear 

© Janet Martin

Mercies New Every Morning Matt Redman