by revd | Apr 24, 2022 | Grace of God
I sense the excitement in his mind: The prodigal taking all that he had And moving out, a feeling of freedom in the air, Stretching the strings that held him back, Rejecting home Familiar, undervalued, And stepping out into the world…. Yet every new excitement...
by revd | Apr 24, 2022 | Believers
Face to face? Ah, no God; such language falsifies the relation. Nor side by side, nor near you, nor anywhere in time and space… Young I pronounced you. Older I still do, but seldomer now, leaning far out over an immense depth, letting your name go and...
by revd | Apr 24, 2022 | Holy Spirit
However dark it be; Lead me by thine own hand, Choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be or rough, It will be still the best; Winding or straight, it leads Right onward to thy rest. Choose thou for me my friends, My sickness or my health; Choose thou my cares for...
by revd | Apr 24, 2022 | Holy Spirit
I was regretting the past However dark it be; And fearing the future. Suddenly my lord was speaking; ‘My name is I am.’ He paused. I waited. He continued’ ‘When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not ‘I was’....
by revd | Apr 24, 2022 | Holy Spirit
Enjoyment is a flash of rare delight, While only Christ illuminates for me The fear and darkness of this Earth’s strange night. Audrey Milner (1924-2017), Southwell.