JANUARY 17, 2020
I find life in a fallen world is often hard
I sometimes feel troubled, inadequate
defeated, overwhelmed and often alone
Sometimes life seems out of control and scary
However, your Word tells me different
The difficulty and chaos at the street level
are not the result of a world out of control
For all things are under your command
Help me not to be baffled by life
but I find peace in the understanding
that You rule over all things
For my sake and your Glory
If I am to be used by You
I must be brought to a place of death
Death to self-regard
Death to the pride in my accomplishments
Death to my importance in the world
Death to any and all desires for adulation
I must die to be with You
Dying is painful, but death is peaceful
Through my tears I have seen the Lamb
The lamb who takes away all sin
Though daily fellowship I have had the joy
To have a vision of your presence in heaven
To be in heaven, will be, to be with you
To be with you, is to be in heaven
May I receive from heaven, your innocence,
your purity and a beloved past, present and future life
Being with you, I am supremely blessed
For you promise of a life
One that you will see as beautiful and as white as snow
Lord, thank your love, mercy and presence