Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 01/04/2015
Relax in the Father’s wisdom, and find some at Proverbial Thought!
These year, our church has a renewed focus on evangelism, specifically by better equipping the saints to reach out to their friends, families, and co-workers.
It is therefore fitting that the next poem on my list and the first one for the year is based on Jeremiah 20:9 (ESV)
If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
May all of us who call on the name of the Lord find this passion to share that Name above all names, even when (as in the context of this passage) it is difficult and even dangerous to do so!
right now my mind is racing
and my heart palpitating
struggling to concentrate
on anything but Your face
longing to be in Your Presence
searching out Your countenance
that You would look on this servant
to whom You have said “We are friends”
knowing that You will always love me
want me with You for eternity
is hard for me to grasp and believe
but this love set me completely free
knowing all this has taken me aback
my spirit stirred and i cannot relax
because Your love is keeping me held back
in a constant almost panic attack
a simple man of God 