Pain and despair are not options in life.  Even with the love of the Father, the sacrifice of Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit we can struggle with pain and even fall  into despair.  But remember "truth and love" always win!

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it—always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

From Griffin, Misty. Tears of the Silenced: A True Crime and an American Tragedy; Severe Child Abuse and Leaving the Amish (p. 4). Misty Griffin. Kindle Edition.

December 10

“The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.” (Isaiah 40:6 NKJV)

In our short time on earth we must “Cry out!” to God.

Your prayer

Give God thanks for what you have.

Praise God for who He is.

Ask for God to use you today.

LOST

Lost in wonder and reverence of a God beyond yet near

So lost in amazed praise there is no room for any fear

Looking yet not seeing, yet seeing without looking

A reflection I can receive only when seeking

The light fills my heart and over floods my soul

Refilling and completing my hearts eternal hole

Music unwritten and not sung by weak humanity

Flows within my soul to praise it sets me free

Beyond hands and knees my soul lifts and falls down

My trembling hands seek for the hem of His holy gown

Where I am lost in whom I am seeking

The place lost to the One for whom I’m looking

Is that bright flash a smile from His wondrous face?

Is that warm sensation from God’s own embrace?

Beyond feeling and beyond all human emotion

Swept away beyond even love to humble devotion

I cannot see the face I so long to see

My human frailty and sin do constrain me

Human words no longer hold any value

Limiting all my heart and soul has for You

Lost in the wonder and worship of You I can’t see

Preparation of the time lost in You I will be

PAIN

I know pain my old friend

For pain is my old friend

We have lived life endlessly

Lived life so painfully

There is no day without pain

My own eternal strain

Not always the same place

Not always seen on my face

Some days worse than others

Under pains darkest covers

Sleep evade and rest it flees

Steals away my times of ease

Rest cannot hold it at bay

For pain has come to stay

Does this pain belong to me?

Why, O Lord, cannot I flee?

Is this my own fleshly thorn?

To be this lifetime borne?

Is God the author of this pain?

Is it because of my own stain?

Questions many answers few

When will this pain be through?

Is God too small or pain too large?

Does pain my strength enlarge?

Will answers decrease my pain?

Will they decrease my stain?

Is it forgiveness that I need?

Or His laws should I heed?

Or is pain a part of life?

Lived in such varied strife?

If not our own than others

Jailed in pain like brothers

Some pain is our very own

Some by others is strewn

Like seeds of death they bloom

Growing into our own doom

Found and lost all the same

Caught in this painful game

Paying the price for mans sin

Until we can begin again

Jesus is our hope and healing

For pains terrible dealing

One day the end will come at last

When life begins and darkness past

Small problems

In China people are arrested or harassed for bringing up “small problems”

“small problems” like a virus of death and destruction around the world

“small problems” like graveyards hidden to hide deaths from CCP virus

“small problems” like making and sending defective medical supplies

“small problems” like paralyzed or mentally children from vaccinations

“small problems” like hiding the spread of a virus coming from their lab

“small problems” like blaming others for their own guilt about the virus

“small problems” like protesting murder to provide organs for transplant

“small problems” destroying lives physically, emotionally and spiritually

In China horrific mass murder and genocide are called “small problems” 5/11/2020

(CCP means Chinese Communist Party)

December 9

“The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”” (Isaiah 40:5 NKJV)

Your prayer

Give God thanks for what you have.

Praise God for who He is.

Ask for God to use you today.

The glory of God will be revealed to everyone, everywhere and from every time!

December 8

“Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;” (Isaiah 40:4 NKJV)

Jesus will set everything right!

Your prayer

Give God thanks for what you have.

Praise God for who He is.

Ask for God to use you today.