Hold On!

I realised that I often get caught up with my own agenda, as this blog is an appendage to my life. All that has happen is that the daily journal that I penned with my own hand, no longer happens. It now happens in the form of this blog. My most private thoughts and the war that goes on there often find its way to my daily blog. So when I sometime run away with myself, forgive me as I wrestle with my own struggles. I realise that I may even come across bigoted at times, this was never my intention, and it never will be! Therefore, sometime I like to hear from someone far better equipped than I will ever be to speak to all of us. He helps to steady the rudder, as today is a day my ship needs steadying. Cling and hold onto that which is precious!

“I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us.”

- Isa_63:7

And canst thou not do this? Are there no mercies which thou hast experienced? What though thou art gloomy now, canst thou forget that blessed hour when Jesus met thee, and said, “Come unto me”? Canst thou not remember that rapturous moment when he snapped thy fetters, dashed thy chains to the earth, and said, “I came to break thy bonds and set thee free”? Or if the love of thine espousals be forgotten, there must surely be some precious milestone along the road of life not quite grown over with moss, on which thou canst read a happy memorial of his mercy towards thee? What, didst thou never have a sickness like that which thou art suffering now, and did he not restore thee? Wert thou never poor before, and did he not supply thy wants? Wast thou never in straits before, and did he not deliver thee? Arise, go to the river of thine experience, and pull up a few bulrushes, and plait them into an ark, wherein thine infant- faith may float safely on the stream. Forget not what thy God has done for thee; turn over the book of thy remembrance, and consider the days of old. Canst thou not remember the hill Mizar? Did the Lord never meet with thee at Hermon? Hast thou never climbed the Delectable Mountains? Hast thou never been helped in time of need? Nay, I know thou hast. Go back, then, a little way to the choice mercies of yesterday, and though all may be dark now, light up the lamps of the past, they shall glitter through the darkness, and thou shalt trust in the Lord till the day break and the shadows flee away. “Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses, for they have been ever of old.” C.H.Spurgeon

Signing off

Tyrone