Heb.11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists
and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
What terrible misconceptions we believe,
what deadly mistakes we make
without faith...
'Wow', I commented the other day
'even in the thick of sorrow
other cares don't take a holiday!!'
Aren't you thankful God invites us to cast our care on Him
because He cares for us?!!
1 Pet.5:7
Humble yourselves, therefore,
under God’s mighty hand,
so that in due time He may exalt you.
because He cares for you.
Ps.55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be [b]moved.
Even in the thick of sorrow
Creature care still finds its way
We are not made for tomorrow
God is faithful...for Today
Like a song flawlessly outpoured
The heavens declare, loud and clear
The glory of our loving Lord...
Not by goodness and grace devoid
God’s evidence shouts loud and clear
To keep Hope’s Creature overjoyed
Though Teacher vexes faith’s veneer
Where often sterling Wish is tried
Lest Want protects pride’s stumbling blocks
Lest Self is not humbly denied
Lest sight, not faith is how Boast walks/talks
…while longing’s nameless legions wage
A tug of war twixt fear and trust
And we are apt to prize the cage
Rather than Soul, veiled by frail dust
Not by God’s providence bereft
Nor by His Righteous Eye ignored
From the fissure in Mercy’s cleft
Today is flawlessly outpoured
Like the Lord’s love song undeterred
Hope soars once more, on eagle’s wings
No jot or tittle of God’s Word
Forgot; faith lifts Her voice and sings
With God; then, what more do we need
Than worship, while the miracle
Matures, within faith’s mustard seed
Like a song flawlessly outpoured
The heavens declare, loud and clear
The glory of our loving Lord
Whose favour vexes faith's veneer
Whose mercy, flawlessly outpoured
Fills frames with faithfulness renewed
God unfailingly keeps His Word
Then sing, with joyful gratitude
© Janet Martin
Isa. 40:28-31
(read the whole glorious chapter HERE)
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary;
His understanding is beyond searching out.
29He gives power to the faint
and increases the strength of the weak.
30Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall.
31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength;
they will mount up with wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not faint.
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