Sovereign over the storm; maintaining the natural norm. Sovereign over the helm; ordering the affairs of men. Sovereign over the wild; leading beasts by the hand of a child. Sovereign over the when, timing the now, not yet, and then. Sovereign over the state; raising men to serve in the gate. Sovereign over the church;
The Race of Man born of the earth Proud and hardened humankind So sinful from our very birth Corrupted heart and soul and mind Abide we in our realm of sod Delight we in our frame of clay Dead in our deeds our spirits flawed Perfection came to make a way Yet there was such
The King's will bends men by decree and writes the laws of justice still, by His might all bend their knee and flaming angels obey His will. No man of earth contests His kingdom no puffed out chest's a threat to Him, men die as worms, fools without wisdom, but the kingdoms of the world
Why injustice, abuse, cruelty? Why contradiction, incongruity? Why pain, turmoil, anguish? Why do we humans languish? What is so good about good health if it ultimately ends in our death.
God is otherly, all else is beggarly. God is necessary, all else is temporary. God doesn't need anything. God is a Trinity, holy, holy, holy, He. Superlative holiness to each of the Three and holiness in wholeness to the Whole Being. God is perfection, all else is misshapen. God is light, life, love, and wisdom,
One day, probably sooner than any of us realize, time will literally be out. Repent and believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The ancient wisdom. Salvation. You.
Whom we set our desires upon is more of a reflection of ourselves than of the object of our desire.
The Apostle John received something from the Lord Jesus that he shares with Christians in his first epistle. We are little children. John may be, in a sense, a sort of spiritual father to the church. This tenderness for the flock in his care is what he learned from God, and John shares it with the children of God.
It's not going to end well for them.
