With or Without (the Word of God)

We all have a most sacred choice to make;

who we will believe and seek to follow

all the days of our life.

I had almost completed today's post before I

read today's devotion from Streams in the Desert Vol.2

This devotion encapsulates today's post in a briefer,

and beautifully-eloquent read...

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We all, without the Word of God

Would become wise in our own eyes

The truth suppressed by futile thought

Ignorance fostering demise 

Without the Word of God, mankind

Sifts through lesser philosophy 

A world of blind leading the blind

Not knowing that they cannot see 

Without the Word of God we err

Because we do not know the truth

Of He whose love beyond compare

Overflows earth and heav'ns with proof 

© Janet Martin 

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Sometimes I shutter at statements made

by those who do not know what they do not know

because they do not know the Word of God 

so they invent their own gods.

At other times I shutter at all of us

who have free access to His Word,

who have been taught richly from His Word since childhood

yet have never personally found Him to be our greatest delight!

The Word of God is filled with praises and professions

for the excellence of His Word.

One of my favourite meditation 'pastures' is Ps.119 HERE

Below, a glimpse of its goodness

v. 33-40 NKJV

 ה HE

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,

And I shall keep it to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;

Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

36 [a]Incline my heart to Your testimonies,

And not to covetousness.

37 Turn[b] away my eyes from looking at worthless things,

And revive me in [c]Your way.

38 Establish Your word to Your servant,

Who is devoted to fearing You.

39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,

For Your judgments are good.

40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;

Revive me in Your righteousness.

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And this

Isa.55:10-12

As the rain and the snow

come down from heaven,

and do not return to it

without watering the earth

and making it bud and flourish,

so that it yields seed for the sower 

and bread for the eater,

11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

It will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire

and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

“For you shall go out with joy,

And be led out with peace;

The snow has certainly come down from the heavens

in abundance this winter!

So much for leaving the old wicker chair out there,

 thinking I would enjoy an occasional 

outdoor morning coffee this winter 😅

What confidence God's Word imparts

A light unto our path

To guide and shepherd stray-prone hearts

With mercy's rod and staff 

What timeless truth His Word defends

His promises endure

Love's perfect law that never ends

Keeps faith's foothold secure

What sustenance His Word bestows

What sacred Bread and Wine

 To quench our thirst and feed our souls

From love's life-giving Vine 

What joy and peace His Word provides

What Hope no dark can dim

For the Word that IS God abides

With all who trust in Him

How incomparable, God's Word

 Eternal wellsprings pour

As page by page, pray hearts are stirred

To love Him more and more

© Janet Martin 

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

Wonderful Words of Life

Acappella - I love you Lord