Isaiah 26: 3-4 "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on YOU, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength."
"Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rings a melody sweeter than psalm;
And in heavenly strains it unceasingly falls
O'er my soul like an infinite calm."
(Chorus)
"Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love!"
"I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus' control;
For I'm kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul!"
(Chorus)
"And I think when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed shall sing
In that heavenly kingdom will be:
(Chorus)
"O dear soul, are you here without comfort and rest,
marching down the rough pathway of time?
Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark;
Oh, accept now this peace so sublime!"
(Chorus)
"Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love!"
("Wonderful Peace", by W.D. Cornell)
I really don't need to add anything to this tonight, except to say that this represents how I am feeling
in regards to our current family situation. I was starting to allow myself to get panicky, thinking about our son's upcoming meeting with the cancer specialist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston this Tuesday. But our grandson Noah, age 10 1/2, reminded us of something that we need to remember: "We have a secret weapon...prayer"...
"Now when He (Jesus) got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He (Jesus) was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We are perishing!' But he said to them, 'Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?' Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying 'Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?'" Matthew 8:23-27
"Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love!"
Amen.
So glad you have found some solace! Thinking of you and family.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rhonda. Where do people to find comfort and peace when they don't know Jesus?
ReplyDeleteI like the quote I've seen on some church signs:
"No God? No Peace. Know God? Know Peace!"
That should have said, "Where do people GO to find comfort and peace..."
ReplyDeleteWhen my sister died at such a young age I asked that question many, many times. Jesus is the comfort we all seek. I am not sure how people face illness and death in their family without Him.
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