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Poetry to Encourage and Strengthen

Some Of These Authors May Be Unknown To Us,
But Their Words Are Truly A Gift From God Above And Such I Feel To Be Shared For Encouragement Of Gods Love.

 

 

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.


~~ Psalm 124:8 ~~

 

 

And God Said

 

I said, "God, I hurt."
And God said, "I know."

I said, "God, I cry a lot."
And God said, "That is why I gave you tears."

I said, "God, I am so depressed."
And God said, "That is why I gave you Sunshine."

I said, "God, life is so hard."
And God said, "That is why I gave you loved ones."

I said, "God, my loved one died."
And God said, "So did mine."

I said, "God, it is such a loss."
And God said, I saw mine nailed to a cross."

I said, "God, but your loved one lives."
And God said, "So does yours."

I said, "God, where are they now?"
And God said, "Mine is on My right and yours is in the Light."

I said, "God, it hurts."
And God said, I know."

 

~ Posted on the wall at the Oklahoma City bombing site ~

 

 

I Refuse To Be Discouraged

 

I refuse to be discouraged, To be sad, or to cry;
I refuse to be downhearted, and here's the reason why...
I have a God who's mighty, Who's sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me, and I am on His team.
He is all wise and powerful, Jesus is His name;
Though everything is changeable, My God remains the same.
My God knows all that's happening; Beginning to the end,
His presence is my comfort, He is my dearest friend.
When sickness comes to weaken me, To bring my head down low,
I call upon my mighty God; Into His arms I go.
When circumstances threaten to rob me from my peace;
He draws me close unto His breast, Where all my strivings cease.
And when my heart melts within me, and weakness takes control;
He gathers me into His arms, He soothes my heart and soul.
The great "I AM" is with me, My life is in His hand,
The "Son of the Lord" is my hope, It's in His strength I stand.
I refuse to be defeated, My eyes are on my God;
He has promised to be with me, as through this life I trod.
I'm looking past all my circumstances, To Heaven's throne above;
My prayers have reached the heart of God, I'm resting in His love.
I give God thanks in everything, My eyes are on His face;
The battle's His, the victory is mine; He'll help me win the race.

    ~ Author Unknown ~

  

 

 

Pathway Of Pain

 

If my days were untroubled
and my heart always light,
would I seek that fair land
where there is no night?

If I never grew weary
with the weight of my load,
would I search for God's peace
at the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness
and never felt pain,
would I search for a hand
to help and sustain?

If I walked without sorrow
and lived without loss,
would my soul seek solace
at the foot of the cross?

If all I desired
was mine day by day,
would I kneel before God
and earnestly pray?

If God sent no winter
to freeze me with fear,
would I yearn for the warmth
of spring every year?

I ask myself these
and the answer is plain,
if my life were pleasure
and I never knew pain-

I'd seek God less often
and need Him much less,
for God is sought more often
in times of distress.

And no one knows God
or sees Him as plain-
as those who have met Him
on the "Pathway of Pain."

    ~ Author Unknown ~

 

 

The Soul That Trusts God

 

 

There is never a day so dreary,
But God can make it bright,
And unto the soul that trusts Him,
He giveth songs in the night.
There is never a path so hidden,
But God can lead the way,
If we seek for the Spirit's guidance,
And patiently wait and pray.

There is never a cross so heavy,
But the nail-scarred Hands are there,
Outstretched in tender compassion,
The burden to help us bear.
There is never a heart so broken,
But the loving Lord can heal.
The Heart that was pierced on Calvary,
Doth still for His loved ones feel.

There is never a life so darkened,
So hopeless and unblessed,
But may be filled with the light of God,
And enter His promised rest.
There is never a sin or sorrow,
There is never a care or loss,
But that we may bring to Jesus,
And leave at the foot of the cross.

    ~ Author Unknown ~

 

 

Psalm 121

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

 

 

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