8/13/23 Through 8/19/23

 8/13/23 Through 8/19/23

Sunday

Never on the water walking

Rather in the boat and talking

Never in the whisper finding

Always in the storm so binding

Stop and listen for the calling

Not the sound of tempest bawling

Leave the boat or shelter where

Appears the safe, but lies the snare.

Or you'll miss the Voice of favor

Calling you to sip and savor.

What joys the Master has for thee

If docile, one like you would be.

Monday

The law He gives is for our good

So, follow it all faithful should

We needn't fall to depths of sin

If we but listen well to Him.

It's not that hard to peace enjoy

If we but truth and love employ

If we but turn from selfish lust

And in the Savior place our trust.

If we admit the wrongs we do

His mercy's there to make us new

Then persevering in His way

We find His peace throughout the day.

Tuesday

Blest womb that bore and breasts that nursed

Most ancient curse of sin reversed

Not just because of whom she bore

But what she conquered in the war.

Sinless Mother of Divine

Come and touch this heart of mine

Let me know the Father's Son

And someday be with Him as one.

Your blessings through obedience

The way of all expedience

To find His blessings here below

True peace and happiness to know.

There the happy, there the blest

There you find eternal rest

All who do the Father's will 

So too, can have their blessing fill.

Wednesday

If two or three are gathered here

To them He shall be very near

Presenting to the Father's will

For Him to every need fulfill

So, join with me in prayer today

To help me recognize the way

To seek His will in all I do

And meet Him face to face with you.

Thursday

With forgiveness evil flees

Remember not our evil deeds

For if each deed were recompensed

The fire of hell would be dispensed.

We see in ever clearer light

Our evil done in dark of night

And only mercy clears the way

For us to have eternal day

Friday

Recalling all that God has done

And how He came to make us one

Through trials in the desert waste

With miracles when Pharoah chased

With daily manna there to feed

And from the mount, give rules to heed

He cared for those He called His own

And brought them to their promised home.

Saturday

As for me and my house, the Lord we will serve

No other my honor or praise shall deserve

Be gone, to the gods of pleasure and lust

There's only One True that is righteous and just

The Lord of all lords, and King of all kings

By Cross and by Blood, salvation He brings

With heart widely opened, arms spread to receive

The Cross and the grave, to surprise did conceive

The dawn of the new everlasting embrace

The age of His glory, and honor, and grace.

The time when His wonders are seen every day

When gold is contained in the vessels of clay.

So, humble thyself to receive from the Lord

What the rich and the haughty could never afford.

A life that is rich in the market of love

One destined to find it's homeland above