"This GOD Is My GOD Forever And Ever! "

This GOD is mine, 

in all HIS glorious perfection!
(Archibald Brown, "This God Is Our God!" 1896)

"The LORD's portion is HIS 
people!" Deuteronomy 32:9

"The LORD is my portion," says 
my soul, "Therefore I hope in HIM!" 
Lamentations 3:24

The above two passages of Scripture 

ought never to be separated.
GOD and my soul possess each other.
GOD finds his portion in HIS people--

and HIS people find their portion in GOD!

This GOD is mine, in all 

HIS glorious perfection!

HIS heart is mine--

for HE loves me.

HIS ear is mine--

for I may pour into it all 

my tales of sorrow, and 

all my songs of joy.

HIS eyes are mine--

for they watch me from 

morning until night.

HIS hand is mine--

for it is stretched out 

to uphold me.

Oh, HE is a GOD of infinite glory! 

Abased in the very dust, and half 

bewildered by the thought, I yet dare 

to look up, and say, 

"This GOD is my GOD forever and ever! 
HE will be my guide even unto death!" 
Psalm 48:14 

  
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