Tuesday, January 29, 2013

"In The Morning, O LORD, YOU Will Hear My Voice."

This is a wonderful secret 
which all of us ought to learn!

"Let us fix our eyes on JESUS,
the author and perfecter of our faith,
who for the joy set before HIM 
endured the cross, scorning its 
shame!"   Hebrews 12:2

"In the morning, O LORD, YOU 
will hear my voice. In the morning 
I will order my prayer to YOU and 
look up!"  Psalm 5:3

This is a wonderful secret 
which all of us ought to learn
We should not think so much about 
the toil and hardness of the way--
but to look beyond to the brightness 
of the end! It does not matter 
how rough the road is--
if only it brings us HOME at last!

Many of us go worrying all 
through this life, keeping our 
eyes always downcast on 
the path we are treading. 

We see all the troubles, the 
difficulties, and discouragements--
but we never raise our eyes to see 
the joys and the eternal blessings 
which are waiting for us. We ought 
to learn this life-secret, which made 
CHRIST look past the shame and 
sorrow of HIS cross--
and see the glory beyond.

Learn to look up toward Heaven! 
Think of its joys and its blessedness--
until earth's trials shall melt away 
in the brightness, and its griefs 
and losses are forgotten in 
the hopes of eternal glory!

"Therefore we do not lose heart. 
Though outwardly we are wasting 
away, yet inwardly we are being 
renewed day by day. For our light a
nd momentary troubles are achieving 
for us an eternal glory that far 
outweighs them all. So we fix 
our eyes not on what is seen, 
but on what is unseen. For what 
is seen is temporary, but what is 
unseen is eternal!" 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

"For our citizenship is in Heaven, 
from which we also eagerly wait 
for a SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS 
CHRIST. HE will transform the body 
of our humble condition--
nto the likeness of HIS glorious 
body!" Philippians 3:20-21

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GraceGems has published Timothy Shay Arthur's short story,
"You Are the Man!"

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