Your Will Be Done

Why is it that we sometimes feel
What we prayed went unheard,
When scripture tells us, without doubt,
That God would hear each word?
 
I’m not a scholar or a saint,
But what I’ve come to find
Is that we read the bible in
A human frame of mind.
 
We hear “ask and you will receive”,
But miss the bigger goal.
He knows much more than we can know,
The picture, great and whole.
 
With that in mind, we need to pray,
“If this works with Your will…”
Then we must trust His greater plan
Is working for us still.
 
Even before He faced the cross
God’s only precious Son
Prayed to forgo brutal death, but
“Your will, not mine, be done.”  
 
You know God heard His Son’s prayer,
But for our redemption
He had to walk into that death.
Through God’s will, grace was won.
 
Sometimes the answer is just, “No”,
Sometimes it’s so much more.
Though He knows our heart’s strong desires,
There’s often more in store.
 
Therefore, seek His will when You ask,
Knowing that, come what may,
His plans are built upon His love,
And He hears when you pray.
 
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
 
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 

What Did I Just Do?

 

I lift my prayers up to the Lord,
Each sorrow, fear and care,
Then, when I’m done, I pick them up.
I can’t just leave them there.
 
I ask Him to heal what I can’t,
To show me where to walk,
Then say thank You and go my way…
I sure do talk the talk.
 
I think He must just shake His head
And chuckle when I pray,
Knowing He must work around me,
Cause I’ll be in His way.
 
He formed the mountains and the seas,
The stars answer His call,
And here I sit, heart raised to Him…
Until I hit recall.
 
He knows I trust Him more than life,
But that I’m also me,
So, I know He is not surprised
By how I tend to be.
 
I’m grateful that He still listens,
And, though He rolls an eye,
I know He’s there to help me through
Despite how hard I try….
 
Psalm 112:7
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
 
Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Turn Back To Him

 

Each one of us has, at some time,
Turned our backs on His grace
In pursuit of some desire
That we’ve sought in His place.
 
For those sins we have each been judged.
Though we turn back to Him,
The punishment for selfish pride
Is eternal and grim.
 
It’s for our sake He took the cross
To die on calvary.
He paid the price earned by our pride
And set our lost souls free.
 
We all must weigh that sacrifice
Upon our hearts each day
That we might keep our eyes on Him
And not be led astray.

 
Hold out your hand to those you know,
And those met on the way,
That they, too, may walk close to Him,
Not drift further away.
 
This world is full of distractions,
But none of such value
They’re worth losing sight of the grace
That His love bought for you.
 
Hebrews 3:12-13
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

His Black Sheep

 

Though I may be called a black sheep,
My sins have been washed clean,
For, while I was lost in that sin,
I did not go unseen.
 
He did not see my sins, just me,
The lost lamb He held dear.
When He called me, I turned to Him
With no more doubt or fear.
 
My Savior saw me, forgave me,
And called me by my name.
Now, all the mercy my soul needs,
Through Him, is mine to claim.
 
I may still be called a black sheep
By those who knew me then,
But He still sees me as He did
When He cleansed me of sin.
 
Romans 5:8-9
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

Family, Travel and Blessings

 

The road was long before us, Lord,
But Your grace brought us through
With lots of joy and family
And praises raised to You.
 
We gathered there to celebrate
The new couple to be
And all the little additions
To the family tree.
 
We spent the weekend rejoicing
Then once more hit the road
Carrying with us in our hearts
The blessings You’d bestowed.
 
You brought us safely home, at last,
Our travels, now complete,
I take my thanks, my joy filled heart,
And lay them at Your feet!
 
Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Where I Focus

 

The road lies dark before me now,
It twists beyond my sight.
Yet, I know that however dark,
I’ll walk it in Your Light.
 
I will not let the vast unknown
Scare me off of the road
That leads me straight back to Your throne,
Your heavenly abode.
 
This world can weigh heavy on me,
Dragging me to my knees,
But in Your Word I find the peace
That brings heart and soul ease.
 
That’s when I take “poor little me”
And put You in my place.
With my focus on You, not me,
I see, not grief, but grace.
 
What matters is not what I face,
But where I place my gaze.
If I am focused on You, Lord,
Then You make straight my ways
 
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Unfading Beauty - Re-posted

While I am nothing much to see,
Even I look quite grand
When I am nestled in the world
Created by His hand.
 
For every creature, dull or great,
Was formed within God’s grace
And each has beauty of its own
In heart or soul or face.
 
Don’t look at others as they seem,
But see them through God’s eyes.
You may be startled that you find
A glorious surprise.
 
1 Peter 3:4
Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 

Principalities And Powers

 

There is a darkness in the world,
Born of a greater war,
And we are caught up in the fight,
However small we are.
 
The Darkness calls out to our sin,
The Light calls to our soul.
One will break us before the end,
The other makes us whole.
 
Yes, there is delight in the Dark,
In focusing on “me”,
But that delight fades away fast
And leaves just misery.
 
This life on earth is but a mist,
Forever’s closing in.
When this life ends where will you be?
You know the Light will win.
 
The prophecies have all come true,
And those few that remain
Confirm the Light’s true victory,
Removing the Dark’s stain.
 
Choose you, today, whom you will serve,
Whose side you will be on.
The Darkness will never prevail…
God’s love is never gone.
 
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Between The Tick And Tock - Re-posted

We spend our lives in tick and tock,
The moments that life brings,
But in between the big moments
Are all the precious things.
 
The stillness of the early dawn,
The rainfall on the roof,
The fruit blossoms in early spring
That lead to autumn’s proof.
 
The joy we find in simple things,
Like simply being still,
Can matter more than the events
That test our strength and will.
 
Life brings us to the ticks and tocks
That shape the world we know,
But how we live the in between
Determines how we grow.
 
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. 

Where True Treasure Lies

The treasures that we store on earth
Seem precious in our day,
But in the long run they will fade
And fall into decay.
 
For there is nothing of this earth
That holds the same value
As the grace through which Heaven's King
Forever will see you.
 
The gold gets lost, your power fades,
The world forgets your name,
But His redemption and His grace
Will still be yours to claim.
 
Choose then the wealth heaven offers,
Secure it in your heart,
And you will find that it’s still there
When this life falls apart.
 
Matthew 6:19-20
 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal."

This amazing photo is a gift from TAF, taken on her trip to Egypt!