How Firm My Father’s Faith

E’en down to old age all My people shall prove My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love; And then, when grey hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne. How Firm a Foundation  Author: George Keith, 1787

The LORD, My Life, My Joy, My All

Oh, may His love continually delight your souls, and His honor lie near your hearts! 

You have a God whose love does not decay, whose mercy never fails, whose faithfulness is like the great mountains, yes, firmer than the lasting hills, "for the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; 

but God's kindness towards you shall not depart, nor the covenant of His peace be removed, says the Lord, that has mercy on you."

Oh, rest your dear souls, your weary heads, in the sweet bosom, in the kind arms, of the Lord your own God. There you will find ease in pain, peace in trouble, security in danger, fullness in need, and life in death. Through life with all its trials, and death with all its sorrows, will the Lord your life, your joy, your all, be with you!

-Anne Dutton

Photo- Chaste Tree blooming (given to me by my friend Kathy Fili) with a bee delighting on it’s fullness.

Oh, that I may delight in the LORD as serenely. 

Fill Up My Heart with You

 

Empty my Hands-

Words and music- 

Mike Donehey, 2010

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPizzfIEiU

I've got voices in my head and they are so strong

And I'm getting sick of this oh Lord, how long

Will I be haunted by the fear that I believe

My hands like locks on cages

Of these dreams I can't set free

But if I let these dreams die

If I lay down all my wounded pride

If I let these dreams die

Will I find that letting go lets me come alive

So empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

These voices speak instead 

what's right is wrong

And I'm giving into them, 

please Lord, how long

Will I be held captive by the lies that I believe

My heart's in constant chaos and it keeps me so deceived

But if I let these dreams die

If I could just lay down my dark desire

If I let these dreams die

Will I find you brought me back to life 

So empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

'Cause my mind is like a building burning down

I need your grace to keep me, keep me from the ground

And my heart is just a prisoner of war

A slave to what it wants and to what I'm fighting for

So won't you empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

Empty my hands

Fill up my heart

Capture my mind with You

With You

I need You now

Tenth Avenue North

Thankful for the memory of her presence in our home, for the time we shared, together.   

So I pause to pray…

LORD, pls capture her heart and mind with You.  

Capture us both. 

Photo and video- April 5, 2020