Wednesday, January 29, 2014

He Is And He Will - Zephaniah 3:17


The LORD your God is with you,
    He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
    He will quiet you with His love,
    He will rejoice over you with singing.
 

Friday, January 17, 2014

My Strength And My Shield - Psalm 28:7


The LORD is my strength and my shield;
    my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy,
    and I will give thanks to Him in song.

 

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Shepherd's Promise - Isaiah 42:16


I will lead the blind by ways 
         they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths 
         I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light 
        before them
    and make the rough places 
        smooth.
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake them.


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Where Are Your Eyes?


Imagine a scene as if in a play, 
where the characters are in an area 
 lit by a spotlight, 
while the area outside of the spotlight
 is shadowy. 
The characters in the spotlight 
are a flock of sheep, 
along with their Shepherd. 

Some of the sheep are content 
in the Shepherd's care, 
and are thankful for the sunny day 
and the rich pasture. 
They are trusting their tomorrows 
to their Shepherd’s care,
knowing that He is the same 
yesterday, today and forever.
Their focus is on today, 
and on their Shepherd.

However, many of the sheep 
are standing at the edge of the spotlight, 
peering anxiously into the 
shadows of the future. 
They are worried about what 
the future might hold 
that they might not like, 
and they are trying to figure out 
how they will handle things
they imagine might 
 happen tomorrow. 
Even though their Shepherd 
is the same yesterday, 
today and forever, 
they are unable to see Him 
in the shadows of the future. 
Their focus is on tomorrow, 
and not on their Shepherd.

Where are your eyes?

Two sheep were in a park; 
one saw light, the other saw dark.