20/03/05

The Best Robe, the ring,

And the sandals are worn for

The Father's pleasure.

19/03/05

He gave me brethren

That I might have persons to

Lay down my life for.

18/03/05

I trust in a God

Who, according to His will,

Performs miracles.

17/03/05

I have been granted

A place and a time to live, with

No ghost of famine.

16/03/05

For my protection

I have been provided with

Sensation of fear.

15/03/05

In the removal

Of man in Jesus' grave, God

Has been glorified.

14/03/05

Let me list a few -

Student, agitator, mother -

Catriona's métiers.

Catriona is my eldest daughter, mother of Ingrid.

13/03/05

In the kingdom of

God every natural thought's

Revolutionised.

DELIGHT

God acted that we might
Have Christ for our delight,
And now - how glorious! -
Christ finds delight in us!

HEART

What a heart is the heart of Christ!
For in love for His God He came
To this earth to fulfil all the Father’s will
And to honour the Father’s name.

What a heart is the heart of Christ!
Think of all that He would incur -
None would turn Him aside till He won His bride:
He gave all that He had for her.

What a heart is the heart of Christ!
He will heed all His people’s plaints;
Till He takes us in love to His home above
He will cherish His blood-cleansed saints.

SURROUNDINGS

The Christ had come -
And shepherds, at the angel’s urging,
Rushed to encircle Him
With their acclamation.

Their Lord and Friend had come -
And the re-enlivened family
Surrounded Him
With love, service, and nard.

But His enemies
Crowded Him, hemmed Him, bound Him -
His grace
Allowed Him to be led.

What a circle of sadness
Gathered to convey
The body of the Lord Jesus
To the tomb.

A ring of joy
As the Risen One
Appeared among His own
Enjoying fresh relationships.

From their surroundings
The Lord ascended
To the place of glory -
Making a place for them.

“In the midst of the throne
And of the four living creatures
And in the midst of the elders”
John saw “A Lamb standing…”

BLESSINGS

(Luke 15)

It is a great thing for the soul
To know that it is known of Christ;
For He has given it a role
From which it cannot be enticed
It knows a shepherd’s love will keep
It safe from danger as His sheep.

Discovered by the Spirit’s light
The soul will also find it great
To be not only clear and bright
But usable to circulate,
Reflecting, through abundant grace,
The glories of the Master’s face!

How great that, after God’s embrace,
It knows that He is glad to bring
It into an eternal place,
Wearing the sandals, robe and ring:
It glorifies the God who runs
To welcome souls, and call them sons.

LOVE TO SING OF JESUS

I love to sing of Jesus,
    The Man who set me free,
The Son of God who loved me
    And gave Himself for me.

He gave Himself to save me
    And bore my penalty
Because the Man who loved me
    Desired my company.

He died because He loved me,
    He died to do God’s will;
As risen and ascended
    My Saviour loves me still.

He’s coming soon to take me
    To be before His face
To share His love and glory,
    And celebrate His grace.

HOW GREAT IS OUR MASTER!

Christ came to the earth to take up our condition,
    To rescue us sinners from death and disaster,
Redeeming by blood from mere human tradition
    Whatever it cost Him: “How great is our Master!”

How vast was the muster of all that’s unholy
    To challenge the Saviour, but His power was vaster;
Amidst their deployment His conduct was lowly,
    Yet love overthrew them: “How great is our Master!”

If man’s power was evil and Satan vexatious,
    Most sore was God’s sword stroke against Christ, our Pastor,
He bore it entirely because He is gracious:
    His ransomed saints praise Him - “How great is our Master!”

MAN

Before the time when man fell into sin
God had another kind of Man in mind,
Suited in acts to what God’s loved designed
Because His mind conformed to God’s within.

Before man’s reign of sinfulness and pride
God had another kind of Man in mind -
A lowly Man, unselfish, always kind,
On whom the Holy Spirit could abide.

Before my sinful nature showed its force
God had another kind of Man in mind,
Who gave power to the lame, sight to the blind,
And in Himself answered my sinful course.

And now I learn - before the world began
God’s love and wisdom chose me in that Man.

12/03/05

The One who expressed

God's righteousness is He who

Expressed God's mercy.

11/03/05

Thought's electricity

Charges the current of words

In Braco's area.

Broca's area is a region of the brain with functions linked to speech.

10/03/05

Christ, all His life long,

Was preparing an ark to

Saving of His house.

09/03/05

Vastness of ocean -

And He has left my sins at

The depths of the sea!

08/03/05

Vastness of ocean -

And through seas or crevices

Abundance of life.

07/03/05

Vastness of ocean -

And the latent power in it

Only God controls.

06/03/05

Christ, in His entire

Devotion to God's will to

Secure priests for God!

05/03/05

Where there is a cry

There is always a Father

Ready to comfort.

04/03/05

In word and image

The wordsmith mints coin for you

To hoard or debase.

03/03/05

The Spirit of God

Is the Witness that Christ's at

The right hand of God.

PURPOSE

God’s purpose is that He should bless -
He blessed before the assault of sin
And blessed still though the fall came in:
But once sin’s challenge had begun
God showed the heart He would express
By blessing only in the Son.

God’s purpose is that He should dwell -
He intervened thus to reverse
Man’s state since he had proved perverse;
He sent His Son to draw us near,
To cleanse our hearts, and to dispel
Man’s need to hide from God in fear.

God’s purpose is that He should rule -
With all conforming to His will.
And in the time of faith, until
Christ intervenes as Judge and King
He rules among the people who’ll
Share His reign over everything.

WHEREWITHAL

God gives His saints the wherewithal
To answer to the heavenly call.











 



I doubt if I can get shorter than that.

A PLACE BY ME

“Behold, there is a place by Me:
There shalt thou stand upon the rock”
For Jesus suffered to unlock
The blessings in God’s heart for thee.

To answer thy desire to see
God’s glory, now revealed in grace
Effulgently in Jesus’ face -
“Behold there is a place by Me!”

A scion of a noble stock
Of those who are the sons of light
Enter God’s realm for His delight,
“There shalt thou stand upon the rock”.