day by day
my mouth is left a little gaping wide,
again awed by the presence and goodness of my lord.
and as he brings me to himself, closer, closer, always nearer,
he overwhelms me with Himself. his strong heart and even stronger love and the arms that grab me firm and the hands that wipe tears and the words that leave his mouth and pour life, like light, into my soul.
what a past few weeks we've had together, me and my lover.
i never knew i could be stretched so thin, hurt so deep, question so much, struggle so hard, lay so full of pain,
and yet be so one with him. sorrow&joy, two sides of one coin.
i can't think of a time when i've hurt more, or grown more.
i have felt literally consumed with the subject of God's use of suffering in our lives to bring us into a deeper enjoyment of him. i've written and discussed and listened to sermons and read and studied and thought and wrestled and cried and prayed... and my journey through this section of god's graciousness is still in the baby stages.
overwhelmed.
and then days like today, joy pours in like a crushing wave. it soaks me through, and i sit on the concrete wall in the shade and smile wide,
filled up, up, again.
in this safe place in the father's hands,
nothing can go wrong. nothing will get the upper hand on god's will.
nothing surprises him,
no evil overtakes him.
i cry out,
john piper's sermon series on the four purposes of suffering
1000 gifts, ann voskamps
the problem of pain, cs lewis
be still my soul, nancy gutherie
again awed by the presence and goodness of my lord.
and as he brings me to himself, closer, closer, always nearer,
he overwhelms me with Himself. his strong heart and even stronger love and the arms that grab me firm and the hands that wipe tears and the words that leave his mouth and pour life, like light, into my soul.
what a past few weeks we've had together, me and my lover.
i never knew i could be stretched so thin, hurt so deep, question so much, struggle so hard, lay so full of pain,
and yet be so one with him. sorrow&joy, two sides of one coin.
i can't think of a time when i've hurt more, or grown more.
i have felt literally consumed with the subject of God's use of suffering in our lives to bring us into a deeper enjoyment of him. i've written and discussed and listened to sermons and read and studied and thought and wrestled and cried and prayed... and my journey through this section of god's graciousness is still in the baby stages.
overwhelmed.
and then days like today, joy pours in like a crushing wave. it soaks me through, and i sit on the concrete wall in the shade and smile wide,
filled up, up, again.
in this safe place in the father's hands,
nothing can go wrong. nothing will get the upper hand on god's will.
nothing surprises him,
no evil overtakes him.
i cry out,
helpful:
john piper's sermon series on the four purposes of suffering
1000 gifts, ann voskamps
the problem of pain, cs lewis
be still my soul, nancy gutherie
suffering and the sovereignty of god, john piper (1/2012)
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