Impossibility's Absolute

We in North America still have the freedom to free access to God's Word.

May we NEVER take this richest blessing for granted!

Lest, by not knowing what we do not know

(found only in Holy Scriptures)

we lose our way and ultimately faith's inheritance!

Heb.11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him:

 for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,

 and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Psalm 119:103
How sweet are Your words to my taste--

sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Psalm 119:127
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, 

even the purest gold.

Psalm 119:96-98

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

 97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. 

98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,

 for they are always with me.…

Hard to have God’s guidance if we do not know His Word

Hard to have faith’s confidence and courage undeterred

Hard to be obedient and have our conscience pricked

If we do not have his Word to urge, exhort, convict

Hard to do our best without The Best Counsel to train

Hard to have our hope fixed without God’s Word to sustain

Hard to keep in perfect peace the mind, without His pow’r

To calm fear within the storm and light life’s darkest hour

Hard to be as thankful as we ought to surely be

To He who broke death’s sentence with Truth that sets us free

Hard to be as holy, humble, kind, obedient

As we ought, without His Word to counter human bent

Hard to know the goodness and the mercy of our God

If at best we give Him but a cold, courteous nod

If at worst He does not cross the mind or heart at all

Hard to find a lifeline when death’s dire shadows fall

Hard to lay up treasure, not on earth, without His Word

To count more precious than pure gold, love never heard

Hard to find a faith-hold/foothold that will not falter or fail

Or a sure foundation against which naught can prevail

Hard to taste joy inexpressible in its delight

His Word, sweeter than honey, judgments altogether right

Hard to love God first and then our neighbor as our self

If His Word is but a Book on some forgotten shelf

© Janet Martin

The word 'hard' in this poem translates to 'impossible'

Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Revelation 22:18
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book:

 If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy,

 God will take away his share in the tree of life 

and the holy city, which are described in this book.

1 Pet.8:7-9

so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, 

which perishes even though refined by fire—

may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; 

and though you do not see Him now, 

you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 

9now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, 

the salvation of your souls.…