Some 'Sure-ances/Assurances For Today

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

John 14:1-6

1“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

2In My Father’s house are many [a]mansions; 

if it were not so, [b]I would have told you. 

I go to prepare a place for you. 

3And if I go and prepare a place for you,

 *I will come again and receive you to Myself; 

that where I am, there you may be also. 

4And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

5Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going,

 and how can we know the way?”

6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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Surely as night turns to morning and as sunshine follows rain..

Quite the deluge pouring from nature's tap today!

So many a-magical rain-drop marvel on display!

Sure as effect follows action heedless of rank or stature

Sure as truth meets confrontation with unflinching caliber

Sure as deed is like seed planted, sure as pride precedes downfall

Sure as every day is granted with a divine beck and call

Sure as summer is enchanted by enticements, autumnal

Sure as moments mete fleet measure that no miser's vault contains 

Sure as we prove what we treasure by what Thought most entertains

Sure as season follows season, sure as present turns to past

Sure as wisdom refines reason, sure as stumbles humble fast 

Sure as hello's sweet reunions, sure as farewell culls its cast  

Sure as the face in the mirror starts to wear Time’s telling strife

Sure as each breath draws us nearer to the finish-line of life

Sure as despair is a canker causing the spirit to groan

Sure as we are prone to hanker after what is not our own

Sure as hope IS a sure anchor in Messiah’s Cornerstone

Surely God’s goodness and mercy graces all that dawns and dims

Surely His kind purpose frustrates futile chase of wishful whims

Surely as night turns to morning and as sunshine follows rain

Surely as He hears hate's scorning, He hears faith's prayer, not in vain

Surely He comforts with warning; surely, *I will come again

© Janet Martin

Psalm 23:6

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,

 and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.