Whispers of His Power – MARCH 21
All powers, all possessions are His. Why should He want anything that we can give?
All powers, all possessions are His. Why should He want anything that we can give?
…I for one am letting
All my walls fall down
In this place of safety
This child has finally found
What do falls matter if the Lord is holding us up?
I really do hope that, however God made the world, God did not just speak words but sang as well!
Is there one for whom we are praying, who seems to be unhelped by our prayer? Are we suffering the bitterness of disappointment? Our dear Lord has been this way before us.
The power of Hannah, Mary, Vicky, and even me should not be only about foot-stamping and fist-clenching. This power is a power that is manifested through the renunciation of power. Strength, as we learnt yesterday, being made perfect through weakness.
‘there is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of one little glow-worm’.
He said not: Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be distressed; but He said: Thou shalt not be overcome.’
….mostly, when I sit tending the scratches on my ego after yet another encounter in the briar patch of my life, I realise that I am the only one who can do anything about this.
There is a wonderful word even in this sad book. He hath made everything beautiful… He hath set eternity in their heart – the heart of all beautiful things.