Already Overflowing

But the fruit of the Spirit is 

love, joy, peace, 

forbearance, kindness, goodness, 

faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 

Against such things there is no law.

Gal.5:22-23

Whether ambassadors for Christ or not,

we all prefer being treated with

and surrounded by the fruits of the Spirit

named above,

rather than its opposing counterparts;

hate, misery, worry/war,

impatience, hardness, corruption

disloyalty/dishonesty, violence and rashness

When we view life in light of all the Lord

offers, provides and has provided

our hearts can't help but overflow with humble gratitude

for his everlasting love and faithfulness!

(Sometimes these poems are written to re-remind

my own floundering, susceptible-to-fear faith,

 of God's goodness

so I keep my eyes fixed on a Prize

 beyond all comprehension

and my heart overflowing with worship rather than worry!

Ps.45:1 NKJV

My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a [c]ready writer.

Already overflowing, though cares of life persist

We serve a God all-knowing who sees through morrow’s mist

This constant consolation with His redeeming grace

Attends the restoration where dread could take hope’s place

Through Mercy’s kind bestowing, the heart becomes a sea

Of wonder overflowing shores of eternity

He within us is greater; thus, the heart overflows

To know that our Creator, no power overthrows

No army can defeat Him, no threat can thwart His plan

Therefore, we ought to fear Him rather than schemes of man

And cling with grateful knowing to He who loves us so

His goodness overflowing this world of want and woe

Let us reason together; if God is for us then

His mercy is the tether His kindness metes; amen

His riches are exceeding; how sweet the Spirit’s fruit

(Earth’s storehouses are fleeting; corruption taints its loot)

Sin’s debt paid; nothing owing! The heart is rent with hymns

Already overflowing where thankful worship brims

Already overflowing; the glory of His grace

Like heaven’s halo glowing through tears God’s fingers trace

Where we are undergoing the growing pains of trust

While mercy is bestowing breath-by-breath dust-to-dust

Until, with nothing owing the heart becomes the soul

Already overflowing with faith at last made whole

© Janet Martin

2 Cor.5:20

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, 

as though God were pleading through us: 

we implore you on Christ’s behalf, 

be reconciled to God.

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing