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Monday Memories: Beholding a New Day

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Our Heavenly Father, we rejoice and humbly receive your precious gift of a new day.  Our hopes burn brighter as we give thanks for your blessing of this gift.  Amen.

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Emerging each morning, a new dawn

Waiting outside our door, neatly wrapped

Walking next to us, God understands

Bringing us love, never feeling trapped

 

Designing His gift, a new day calls

Witnessing God’s deeds, each day unfolds

Allowing us, to live out each day

Feeling His Grace, hearts never grow old

 

Guarding us during times of trouble

Opening gates each day, His stronghold

Trusting in God, never forsaken

Singing His praises, humble yet bold

 

Kneeling and praying, as this day ends

Rejoicing, in all our Father sends

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From Psalm 9:10:  “And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.”

Originally published May, 2020.

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Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn something new, to gain fresh insights.

From Isaiah 43:18-19:  “Do not remember the former things or consider the things of old.  I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?  I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Dale Evans (1912-2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter.  She also just happened to be married to one of the most famous of Hollywood cowboys, Roy Rogers.

Puzzle Incomplete

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From Romans 5:5:  “Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”

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Trust’s missing pieces

Empty vision’s space

Puzzle incomplete

Father’s grace, replace

 

Fear’s lack of patience

Filled with anxious space

Puzzle defective

Father’s grace, backspace

 

Shame’s torn-up pages

Tattered, sinful space

Puzzle uncertain

Father’s grace, erase

 

Hope’s shattered darkness

Doubts drain daily space

Puzzle fragmented

Father’s grace, embrace

 

Faith’s empty focus

Lost in prideful space

Puzzle imperfect

Father’s grace, retrace

 

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From Romans 8:27:  “And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

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When I think of God, my heart is so full of joy that the notes leap and dance as they leave my pen; and since God has given me a cheerful heart, I serve Him with a cheerful spirit.

From Proverbs 15:15:  All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.”

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was an Austrian composer.  Some of his most instrumental achievements dealt with the development of chamber music (both string quartet and piano trio).

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God calls us to seek Him daily in order to serve Him daily.

From Psalm 92:1-2:  “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

Sheila Cragg (born 1938) is an American Christian writer.  Her numerous books share a dynamic faith and witness, and she has served as a mentor for other Christian writers.

Both God and Man

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From Hebrews 4:15:  “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.”

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Jesus, Son of Man

Human in every way

Temptation’s darkness

Resisting Satan’s play

 

Jesus, Son of God

Father’s one righteous path

Perfect and sinless

Upsetting evil’s math

 

Jesus, Son of Man

Born in humble stable

Love sent from Father

Sitting at His table

 

Jesus, Son of God

God walking among us

Our steps become His

Boarding heavenly bus

 

Christ, both God and Man

Bridges between each realm

Never bending knee

Steering from heaven’s helm

 

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From John 8:54-55:  “Jesus answered, ‘If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing.  It is My Father who glorifies Me, He of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’ though you do not know Him.  But I know Him.'”

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Without God, we would fail, and our constant companions would be worry and distress.  But with Him, we receive true wisdom and divine power.

From Galatians 5:22-23:  “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  There is no law against such things.

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Understand that God, in His sovereignty, places His hand over our lives and allows us to pass through painful experiences that we would never choose or want.  Accepting and learning from them, we grow deeper in Christian life.

From Ecclesiastes 3:14:  “ I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it; God has done this so that all should stand in awe before Him.”

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The future is as bright as the promises of God.

From Jeremiah 29:11:  “ For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was an American pastor and missionary.  He was one of the first Protestant missionaries in Burma, where he would serve for nearly 40 years.

In His Hands

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From Isaiah 46:3-4:  “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by Me from your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am He; even when you turn gray I will carry you.  I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”

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Praising Father above

Faithful promises speak

In His hands, mercy proves

Forsake idol’s mystique

 

Looking to heavens high

Courage to face trials

In His hands, time stands still

Return from dark exile

 

Reciting Father’s Word

Wisdom from light-filled grace

In His hands, answers found

Holy, this divine place

 

Walking in righteous steps

Troubles fading away

In His hands, peace shall reign

Salvation comes today

 

Believing Father’s Son

Life no longer adrift

In His hands, refuge found

Faith rises from Christ’s gift

 

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From Colossians 3:17:  “ And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”