God is God. He knows what He is doing. When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.
From Psalm 118:8-9: “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.”
From Jeremiah 29:11-12: “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. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.”
Fulfilling His promises
Creating from His design
Cherishing every life
In God’s hands, futures shall shine
Calling upon our Father
Hearing our daily prayers
Listening with faithfulness
Blueprints, He lovingly shares
Restoring life’s direction
Gathering each of His flock
Distributing peacefulness
Spirit works around the clock
Teaching life’s daily lessons
Noting yesterday’s hardships
Offering timeless blessings
Tomorrow, we trust God’s script
Believing with faithful trust
Accepting our Father’s grace
Spending time with Gospel’s Word
Righteous living, life’s new base
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “If we want to discover the Lord’s best for our life, we must trust that His way is better than our plans and desires.”
The cause of disillusionment is putting one’s complete hope and trust in people. What’s the cure? Putting our complete hope and trust in the living Lord.
From Psalm 71:5: “For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”
In midst of life’s storms
Lord’s encouragement builds hope—
Blessed hand of grace
Led by the Spirit
Born into new life through Christ—
Righteousness brings hope
Growing in our love
Finding hope’s meaning of life—
Believing in Christ
From Psalm 23:1-3: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for His name’s sake.”
No matter how life plays out
Encountering sea of waves
Big, small . . . quiet, turbulent
Sin’s cunning waits to enslave
No promise of easy life
Struggles crashing, day by day
Never learned how to ride waves
Grace anchors hope at each bay
Thankfully, never alone
Riding God’s steady surfboard
Trusting Him, surfing each wave
Building up faith, love’s reward
Healing our souls from darkness
Guiding us through stormy waves
Refreshing peace from God’s Word
Navigating, His grace saves
Walking on calmest waters
Shepherd’s mercy comes to save
Protecting from evil’s doom
Faith conquers incoming waves
From Acts 4:11-12: “The stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”
We realize that the Lord is our strength and shield. Our hearts can fully trust Him.
From Psalm 28:7: “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.”
Anchor
God’s Word
Answers life’s doubts
Steadies each shaky step
Grace
Wilderness
Testing faith
Facing certain adversity
Christ walks with us
Strength
Guideposts
God’s wisdom
Growing in trust
Before life reaches new
Crossroads
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.
God provides for those who trust.
From Isaiah 41:10: “See, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm rules for Him; His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
There are four words I wish we would never forget, and they are, “God keeps His word.” You can trust Him.
From Psalm 145:9: “The Lord is good to all, and His compassion is over all that He has made.”
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “When we trust God to provide the stamina for the work He calls us to do, we are clothed in power.”
Walking these roads for so long
Sin short-circuits dusty steps
Trust’s gauge running on empty
Darkness knocking at doorstep
Facing life’s tall shortcomings
Empty promises sell short
Holy Spirit calling now
Time to seek Father’s support
Hearing faithful promises
His Spirit brings fortitude
Truly believe, seeking Him
Bread of Life, God’s daily food
Turning to Jesus Christ
Living water quenches thirst
Savior clothes with grace-filled love
His promises, always first
Strengthening life’s weaknesses
Holy promises bring light
Eyes open, hearts enlightened
New life trusts in Father’s might
From Luke 24:49: “And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
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