For The Sacred Sake of Souls...

Greed, coupled with unscrupulous savvy

 can accrue great worldly wealth,

but at what cost?!

Love, coupled with fear of God

will, through humble generosity

  accrue great heavenly treasure

of unfathomable gain!! 

Which 'wealth' do we pursue?

Who consumes our thought?

Who thrills our soul?

With the word TARIFF weighing on many minds

aren't you SO thankful for Who IS,

FOREVER FAITHFUL/TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE.

You Are Mine

No Friend Like Jesus

All That Thrills My Soul is Jesus

Lest care for temporary gain dictates what we pursue

Lest prayer is a pious refrain or Duty's daily due

Lord, lest we lose faith's fervent love and let it grow lukewarm

With minds set, not on things above, but on earth's fleeting charm 

Lord, for the sacred sake of souls, lest ease becomes a snare

Let trouble take its holy toll to waken us to prayer

Lest we grow blind and deaf and numb to Thy kind faithfulness

Lest heart and soul and mind become consumed with worldliness

Dear Lord, lest pride and greed take root and thus choke out Good Seed

Let trouble waken us to fruit, known by thought, word and deed

Let it expose selfish footholds that grieve You, Holy God  

Lord, for the sacred sake of souls, do not withhold love's rod

Lest our mouth Your praise extols with heart cold and afar

Lord, for the sacred sake of souls, remind us who You are

You are the hope of humankind, You died and rose again!!

All who call on your Name will find rest for their souls, amen 

And You alone know what it takes to make our love more true

You know, tis for Soul's Sacred Sake; trouble draws us to You

Janet Martin

  

Originally I was going to share 

only the last verse of the chapter below

but the whole chapter is so timely and comforting

I changed my mind 🙏💗

Ps.138 NKJV

The Lord’s Goodness to the Faithful

A Psalm of David.

 I will praise You with my whole heart;

Before the gods I will sing praises to You.

2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,

And praise Your name

For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;

For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,

And made me bold with strength in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord,

When they hear the words of Your mouth.

5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,

For great is the glory of the Lord.

6 Though the Lord is on high,

Yet He regards the lowly;

But the proud He knows from afar.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;

You will stretch out Your hand

Against the wrath of my enemies,

And Your right hand will save me.

8 The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;

Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;

Do not forsake the works of Your hands.