Sunday Reflections and Hope

In This Place

In this place, I walked alone

to pray in the old, pew bench;

To pray for specific people in my life

To pray for the truth to be revealed.

God listened to my prayer that day

as He listens to all our prayers;

Sometimes His answers are not yes

Sometimes they are simply no~~~

Not now.

But in time.

You will know.

The reasons of the why and because.

But then when the right time came

the truth began to unfold

In His time and in His ways

He showed me what I needed to see.

Quite obvious, the Man in charge

of my life and my plan on Earth.

He said He didn't promise easy

He said sometimes it's a lot of work.

But He reassured me that He would be there

To protect me from all harm.

I can't ask for a better Father, friend

I can't ask for what He already knows.

Because you see,

 He knew I was coming there

That day so long ago.

He knew that I was His child

And He knew I was facing foes

He knew the plan for my life

When I was still in a little cradle.

It mattered not what friends I'd lose

It mattered not the criticisms or favors.

It only matters what God leads me

And that I continue to trust His wisdom.

That abiding in his love every day

Is a part of my daily listens.

His guidance I still ask each day

Just as in that little church alone;

He protects me, guides me, speaks to my heart

Loves me on and on.

I'm here, friend, to say to you

That His love will never falter;

If you trust in Him with all your heart

He will love you even while not at the altar.

His future plan for me includes

what, I do not know

but I only know that what I face

Will be with Him alone.

~~~~Jennifer

"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

"But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

Have a blessed and warm, cozy Sunday,

Jennifer