For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him.
He only is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken,
On God rests my salvation and my glory;
my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
Trust in him at all times, O people,
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.
Selah
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
In the Secret of His Presence
I love music. I love how it can minister to my soul, and I love how it can tell how I feel better than I can. This song has been a blessing to me and a good rememberence of how sweet Jesus is.
In the secret of His presence how my soul delights to hide!
Oh, how precious are the lessons which I learn at Jesus’ side!
Earthly cares can never vex me, neither trials lay me low;
For when Satan comes to tempt me,
to the secret place I go,To the secret place I go.
When my soul is faint and thirsty, ’neath the shadow of His wing
There is cool and pleasant shelter, and a fresh and crystal spring;
And my Savior rests beside me, as we hold communion sweet:
If I tried, I could not utter what He says when thus we meet,
What He says when thus we meet.
Only this I know: I tell Him all my doubts, my griefs and fears;
Oh, how patiently He listens! and my sorrowing soul He cheers:
Do you think He ne’er reproves me? What a false Friend He would be,
If He never, never told me of the sins which He must see,
Of the sins which He must see.
Would you like to know the sweetness of the secret of the Lord?
Go and hide beneath His shadow: this shall then be your reward;
And whene’er you leave the silence of that happy meeting place,
You must mind and bear the image of the Master in your face,
Of the Master in your face.
In the secret of His presence how my soul delights to hide!
Oh, how precious are the lessons which I learn at Jesus’ side!
Earthly cares can never vex me, neither trials lay me low;
For when Satan comes to tempt me,
to the secret place I go,To the secret place I go.
When my soul is faint and thirsty, ’neath the shadow of His wing
There is cool and pleasant shelter, and a fresh and crystal spring;
And my Savior rests beside me, as we hold communion sweet:
If I tried, I could not utter what He says when thus we meet,
What He says when thus we meet.
Only this I know: I tell Him all my doubts, my griefs and fears;
Oh, how patiently He listens! and my sorrowing soul He cheers:
Do you think He ne’er reproves me? What a false Friend He would be,
If He never, never told me of the sins which He must see,
Of the sins which He must see.
Would you like to know the sweetness of the secret of the Lord?
Go and hide beneath His shadow: this shall then be your reward;
And whene’er you leave the silence of that happy meeting place,
You must mind and bear the image of the Master in your face,
Of the Master in your face.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The Lord uses what he will
I was really glad for Jon Bloom's post on the DG blog, Hopeful Post-Christmas Melancholy . He said, "as long as the beautiful gifts remain unopened around the tree and the events are still ahead of us, they can appear to be the hope we are waiting for. But when the tree is empty and events are past, we realize we are longing for a lasting hope"
This described how I felt on Christmas Day. I had nothing to do. We had celebrated our Christmas the night before, so now there were no presents to open, no stockings to unstuff and no friends to be around. I was bored out of my mind and was longing for more celebration, but it was over and all the anticipation that I had for Christmas was gone and I felt horrible. I was once again left unfulfilled. As I was sitting on the couch not doing anything, I realized that Jesus is my ONLY hope. Nothing else can satisfy me the way that he is able to. He is the one that I pray would be the "strength of my heart and my portion forever". I know that holidays, family, friends and presents are not going to give me the lasting satisfaction that Christ promises. Therefore I can thank the Lord for them and pray that I will focus on and love the Giver of all these things more than the gift itself.
Friends, may we press onward and remember the lasting hope that the Lord promises is greater than all the gifts in the world!
This described how I felt on Christmas Day. I had nothing to do. We had celebrated our Christmas the night before, so now there were no presents to open, no stockings to unstuff and no friends to be around. I was bored out of my mind and was longing for more celebration, but it was over and all the anticipation that I had for Christmas was gone and I felt horrible. I was once again left unfulfilled. As I was sitting on the couch not doing anything, I realized that Jesus is my ONLY hope. Nothing else can satisfy me the way that he is able to. He is the one that I pray would be the "strength of my heart and my portion forever". I know that holidays, family, friends and presents are not going to give me the lasting satisfaction that Christ promises. Therefore I can thank the Lord for them and pray that I will focus on and love the Giver of all these things more than the gift itself.
Friends, may we press onward and remember the lasting hope that the Lord promises is greater than all the gifts in the world!
Monday, November 5, 2007
How did this happen?
Haha! I just created a blog...partially on accident. Sorry if you're reading this. I probably won't ever write on it. But now I can tell people I have a blog!
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