Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Far More Than Some Yon Phantom Force...

Imagine if we could see as clearly the sacred date of Happy-halfway-through-life!
as we see dates like Happy-halfway-through-November!!
That's tomorrow, if we live to see it!

In the twinkling of an eye, time/mortality's skin-thin veneer will be rent and we will see God.
How we see Him here will greatly impact how we see Him there!
Do we see Him as precious Saviour of our Soul and glorious Lord of our life
or is He some far-off, antiquated Dictator of dos and don't that we decide not to bother with?!!
Is He our Friend and Heavenly Father or simply some yon force of fate??


Psalm 8:1 ESV
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! 
You have set your glory above the heavens.

November Dusk is one glorious example of Majesty's Showcases!

Friday Dusk...





Sunday Dusk...
a coral and lavender festooned sky


Monday Dusk...
(north-facing)
an eruption of grandeur that drew humanity to windows and out-of-doors
in exclamations of wonder aka worship!

(east-facing)



...and west-facing






His voice whispers, ’be of good cheer’ and ‘blessed are the meek’

He is the glorious, Source of living hope, joy, peace and love

And ushers into existence, a new, lent day of grace
Where, how we see and love Him here is authoring reply
Transcending time’s skin-thin veneer in the wink of an eye

© Janet Martin

We are all without excuse when
it comes to the evidence of God!

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—
his eternal power and divine nature—
have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, 
so that people are without excuse.


















Monday, April 24, 2023

Eternal Good News, Eternal God

 

O taste and see that the LORD is good: 
blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. 
Psalm 34:8

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
 and His truth endureth to all generations.
 Psalm 100:5

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; 
and He knoweth them that trust in Him. 
Nahum 1:7

The LORD is good to all;
 and his tender mercies are over all His works.
 Psalm 145:9

He is an awesome Creator...


Grackle cackle over snack-le😂


 Robin Redbreast, photographed below, looks about as impressed as the photographer
with the cold rain-snow splashes...



Creation is budding and singing in spite of the nose-dived temperatures!
One small glimpse of a great God's faithfulness! 








 
Some reject, despise, refuse Him, choosing what demons applaud


© Janet Martin

Monday, April 4, 2022

Unbridled Hallelujah

A hymn of praise to our awesome Creator and Saviour!


Isn't being marveled speechless the best?!!
(as I was yesterday at Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto, Ont. Canada)

Gen.1:20
And God said, 
Let the waters bring forth abundantly 
the moving creature that hath life...

Whether we are poring over His Wonder-full Word or
witnessing wonders of His Hand,
whether we are weeping for joy as we behold
in our mind's eye, the cross of Calvary
or whether we are wonder-struck,
 beholding glimpses of God's majesty in creation...

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is [b]unsearchable.
 Ps.145:3








To the God of creation
Oh, may our honor be
More than mouthed adoration
But heart-humility

To the God of salvation
May our lives confess
With faithful exaltation
Redemption’s righteousness

To God, of earth and Heaven
May worship never cease
Through Him we are forgiven
Christ’s death, our death’s release

To God be all the glory
The beauty of His grace
Will reveal faith’s full story
When death unveils His face

For the God everlasting
Who will make all things known
Hears the cares/prayers we are casting
Before His glorious throne

God is hope's restoration
The Savior of the soul
The healer of all nations
The faith that makes us whole

The joy of the believer
Sin's pardon all may claim
The dread of the deceiver
Who trembles at His name 

To Alpha and Omega
The Beginning and End
Universal ecclesia's
Father and faithful Friend

May unbridled devotion
Compose love's fervent lay
Majestic as an ocean
That no shoreline can stay 

His goodness and His mercy
Without reserve, run rife
Absolute Supremacy
The Way, The Truth, The Life

Boundless heights and depths thunder
With evidence of He
Who eclipses awed wonder
Who will bend every knee

To God, love’s divine Author
May our devotion brim
All glory, praise and honour
Belongs only to Him

Mortal boast is folly
All we have, He gives
Through God, just and holy
Redeemed Sinner lives

© Janet Martin

Psalm 145:5
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And [d]on Your wondrous works.







Reminded me of this song video








Monday, April 19, 2021

Thou God, Of Earth and Heaven

 

Whether at the funeral of a Prince,
whether almost a century old
or a baby,
or somewhere between,
the same words of comfort are offered,
drawn from ageless, timeless, changeless Word of God,
Father of all

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. 
The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
John 11:25

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, 
concerning those who have fallen [b]asleep, 
lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 
even so God will bring with Him those who [c]sleep in Jesus.
1 Thess.4:13-14



 


Thou God of earth and heaven
Thy Perfect Love, nail-scarred
Faith’s Dying-Breath confession
Thou dost not disregard

Thou Godhead Everlasting
Divine Supremacy
No Last-Post Bugle blasting
Thy final eulogy

Thou God, changeless and gracious
Author of life and light
Each one of us is precious
And equal in Thy sight

Where none can earn the merit
Of the gift of Your grace
Thou, Beholder of spirit
Rather than breed or face

Thou God of earth and heaven
Thou Saviour of the soul
Thou God, of sins forgiven
And faith that makes us whole

Thou, Father of the orphan
Thou, Comforter and Friend
Thou God of earth and Heaven
Thy Kingdom hath no end

© Janet Martin

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Heavenly Declaration


A glimpse of I AM!








The heavens declare the glory of God 
We gaze, like David did, utterly awed 
Worship beholds as an artist unfolds 
Purple and fuchsia, coral, pinks and golds 
Filling the canvas of west unto east 
With a magnificent, free-for-all feast 

The heavens declare the glory of He 
Who wrought the universe with ‘let there be’ 
Love pours the pigment of sunrise and set 
Before we, who all too quickly forget 
Thus, over and over He fills up his tray 
And pours out His glory in gorgeous array 

The heavens declare to man's common ground
He who by nothing and no one is bound
He drapes the sky with but the Outer Fringe
Of Who suspends earth on time's sacred hinge
Pitiful soul who dares to affront He
Who fills the heavens with His majesty

The heavens declare, what none can deny 
The incomprehensible ways of His eye
Oh, what a showcase of His Evidence 
We gaze amazed, from our perches of sod 
As heavens declare the glory of God 

© Janet Martin 

Psalm 19:1-6

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4Yet their voice b goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.







Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Changeless As Ever, Forever


 The previous post talked about the constancy of change.
Juxtaposed to Change is the Constancy of what/Who cannot change...

The sky this morning was GORGEOUS, but something that never seems to change is
my habit of setting sunglasses and camera anywhere, 
so therefore it seems I spend half my summer hunting for one or the other.
I didn't get a picture of the dawn-sky (or last night's stunner of a sunset)
 but found my camera in the pantry a bit ago while making lunches.
I think I set it there after dashing out to
take these shots yesterday while making supper...

...another thing that doesn't change is the pile of work that won't wait,
waiting after a week away!
 But SO satisfying afterwards!

Changeless above all is the Word that IS God...

As changing as the surface of the sea
That ebbs and surges, is the toll of time
Colour and texture shift; humanity
As it adapts to each precarious clime
Is apt to drift on swells of idle talk
If not secured upon the Solid Rock

Ah, changeless as the ticking of the clock
This life is lashed by season’s shifting tides
Where clash of wills and warped logic may balk
Unshakeable, the Word of God abides
Then cling with faith, not sight, lest quest for proof
Cast dark shadows of doubt on timeless Truth

Beneath, above, beyond thought’s leaky roof
Unchanging is the One Time cannot thwart
Authority and love works for our good
While prophecy unfolds foretold report
While pleasure-pirates loot but cannot find
Enough of stuff to satisfy the mind

Unchanging is the plight of humankind
…we are all creatures full of utter need
Dependent on a pattern God designed
For we rebel, just like Adam and Eve
And we would all be sailors lost at sea
Without the Rock, secured at Calvary

This Rock is Jesus; He who sets us free
Anchors the Soul, lest dreadfully we drift
Toward the shoreline of eternity
Each breath we take diminishes the rift
Where change estranges much with shifting tides
But still the love and Word of One abides

We cannot overthrow what God decides
Alpha, Omega, Beginning and End
Will soon unveil the proof the Fool derides
And faith alone is called on to defend
Nearer and nearer draws the Awesome Hour
When Christ will reappear in glorious pow’r

© Janet Martin

the hymn below is especially meaningful in times like these!!


 Here is a sky-shot from two evenings ago!