Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Merciful Metamorphosis (or This Cross We Bear)


Without complete surrender we grapple
at times with the goodness of God's higher thoughts and ways!
Oh, may we pray to be like Abraham of old...
Romans 4:19-21,
"And being not weak in faith, he (Abraham) considered not his own body
 now dead when he was about a hundred years old, 
neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. 
He staggered not at the promises of God; through unbelief;
 but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.


This cross we bear of constant care,
Of disciple-obedience
Of hurt and hope’s heart-hungry prayer
Of conscientious diligence
Of yielding Self’s determined will
And forsaking the world for Christ
To suffer for His sake until
Every idol is sacrificed…

…of walking as children of light
Living the way that Jesus did
(For we are precious in the sight
…of proving what is pleasing to
The One who gave His best for we
Cursed with the blight of Eden’s rue
Who benefit from Calvary

Our cross of care pales when compared
To the cross on Golgotha’s hill
Then pray no suffering is spared
Until love works its miracle
And He who sees the heart beholds
Refinement’s glory taking place
As beneath life’s cross God unfolds
Awestruck awareness of His grace

© Janet Martin

Eph.5:6-11

Let no one deceive you with empty words,
for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light
9(for the fruit of the [b]Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
10finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather [c]expose them.






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