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Sometimes our perceptions don’t quite line up with reality.
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(Updated June 10)
From Psalm 23:4: “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me.”
Darkness shields life’s guiding light
Causing worries to take flight
Life’s trials, too much to bear
Ask, who really seems to care?
World seems to be crashing down
Running dry, emptiness drowns
Words and actions, meek and weak
Ask, who shall one run to seek?
Vacant wilderness, so dark
Crying out, life’s question mark
Heart and soul, feeling hollow
Ask, what voice shall one follow?
Voice answers, restoring hopes
Searching from distant slopes
Good Shepherd, looking for one
Saving His flock, one by one
From John 10:14-16: “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”
Originally published November, 2020.
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As we place our trust in the benevolence of the Good Shepherd, our intimacy with Him matures. The journey ahead fills with the refreshment of His grace.
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(Updated June 9)
The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.
From Matthew 26:24-25: “Then Jesus told His disciples, ‘If any wish to come after Me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.'”
Arthur Walkington (A. W.) Pink (1886-1952) was an English Bible teacher and Christian writer. Following his death, many of his writings were well-received by readers. This turnabout established him as an influential evangelical author.
From Ephesians 5:15-16: “Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.”
Wisdom’s heart
Filling with light
More than being smart
Spirit’s peace comes each night
Wisdom waits
God’s strength shall come
Patience’s blessed fate
Marching to heavens’ drum
Wisdom’s trust
Shared from above
Faith rises from dust
Calvary bears Christ’s love
Wisdom thrives
Apply God’s truth
Choices breathe alive
Life’s depth replaces youth
Wisdom’s grace
Righteousness roams
Salvation’s birthplace
Heaven’s redeeming home
From Ecclesiastes 10:10: “If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.”
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Filled with His divine wisdom, our Creator leaves nothing to chance.
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(Updated June 8)
The battle of the tongue is won not in the mouth, but in the heart.
From James 1:19-20: “You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness.”
Annie Chapman is an American Christian author and musician.
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God helps us to navigate through any storm. Be willing to accept His grace and guidance.
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(Updated June 7)
Hearing
False promises
Enemy in darkness
Truth no longer hidden
Jesus
Embracing
Faithful whisper
Leaving transgression’s darkness
Showered with daily grace
Jesus
Witnessing
Mercy’s forgiveness
Redemption’s Holy covenant
Hope transforms all darkness
Jesus
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
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Faith’s most assured hope arrived with the risen peace from our Savior.
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(Updated June 6)
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