Monday, January 23, 2012

Bitter shame and sorrow

O the bitter shame and sorrow that a time could ever be when I let the Savior's pity plead in vain, and proudly answered, All of self and none of Thee

Yet He found me, I beheld Him bleeding on the accursed tree; Heard Him pray: Forgive them Father! And my wistful heart said faintly, Some of self and some of Thee

Day by day His tender mercy healing, helping, full and free; Sweet and strong and ah, so patient, brought me lower while I whispered, Less of self and more of Thee

Higher than the highest heaven, deeper than the deepest sea, Lord, Thy love at last hath conquered; Grant me now my supplication - None of self and all of Thee

-Theodore Monod




"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me." Philippians 3:12

Friday, January 6, 2012

Happy New Year

“This I know. That if next year is as full of sweet surprises and things to be wondered at as has been this last one (and I have no reason now to expect anything less; the situations are analogous in their impossibilities) it will be but stronger evidence of the good hand of God upon and over us, keeping His promises and confirming all we have hoped in Him. Is it not, for all its sting, a wonderful way to live, Betty? To dream, and want and pray, almost savagely; then to commit and wait and see Him quietly pile all dreams aside and replace them with what we could not dream, the realized Will?”
- Jim Elliot, "Shadow of the Almighty"


May your new year be full of sweet surprises and things to be wondered at. May it be stronger evidence to you of the Fathers good hand upon and over you. May you be reminded of His promises and may it confirm to you all you have hoped in Him. May you find it a wonderful year to live. May you dream, and want and pray, almost savagely; but commit and wait and see Him quietly pile those dreams aside. May you let Him replace them with what you could not dream...to realize His Will is perfect. Happy New Year :)

"May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth." Psalm 115:15