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| A particular trial comes to an end-God was faithful | | A particular trial ends for my family this morning. Not a small trial. The kind of trial that lasts for years. The kind of trial that reaches into your chest and threatens to rip your heart out. Yet here we stand, by the grace of God here we stand, whole. Older , wiser, a little greyer, but whole, kept in His hand. And so, in these wee hours of the morning as I cannot sleep, for joy awakes me, I think of all who are in the midst of trials, sore trials, trials that have lasted years yet still you stand by the grace of God and you understand that His grace and mercy is life itself. It is light when all around is darkness. It is hope when the world says there is no hope and oh how we cling to this. And so in this light I have just written the poem below. May it bless you. God has seen the afflictions of His people.
Let the presence of the Lord Circulate through my heart Let neither trial nor circumstance Come and tear us apart
There is a roaring lion That ever seeks to devour Let us be ever vigilant Every day and every hour
Stand fast ye Royal Soldiers Ye soldiers of the cross There's one thing certain in this life That you will suffer loss
Our Lord He understands these things He sees our agonies and pain And on the cross of Calvary Our enemy there was slain
So in the moment of the trial In the midst of the darkest night Stand fast ye Royal priesthood Stand up stand up and fight
There is no trial that is pleasant No agony easily borne Yet there is a God in heaven And we live by promises sworn
For in the book it is written It is written there by Blood That He shall raise a standard When the enemy comes in like a flood
Stand up ye Royal priesthood There in the midst of the fire Stand up my brothers and sisters Come up a little higher
For He has seen your afflictions And every tear that falls by night And holds you in His very hand He has called you to this fight
There will come a day so very soon Where all your trials will have an end And though for now you're tempest tossed You shall not break but bend
So let His presence flow through you For in these waters you must swim Through fire and flood and fiercest storm To be surely found in Him.
Hold fast hold fast hold fast my child For joy comes in the morning There is eternal peace ahead For those who sound Gods warning. |
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dolfan Member
Joined: 2011/8/23 Posts: 1727 Tennessee, but my home's in Alabama
| Re: A particular trial comes to an end-God was faithful | | Good word, timely word, truly put. God bless you as this trial ends. Enjoy the balm of our Lord. _________________ Tim
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Lordoitagain Member
Joined: 2008/5/23 Posts: 632 Monroe, LA - USA
| Re: | | Let him that is merry sing! _________________ Michael Strickland
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mama27 Member
Joined: 2010/11/20 Posts: 1482
| Re: | | So VERY GLAD for you! I still walk with longing in my heart....beautiful poem...thank you... |
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davidkeel Member
Joined: 2006/5/11 Posts: 519 West Sussex, England
| Re: | | Very nice to hear your news Apollus ... sorry my message got repeated several times, must be my phone. _________________ David Keel
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davidkeel Member
Joined: 2006/5/11 Posts: 519 West Sussex, England
| Re: | | . _________________ David Keel
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davidkeel Member
Joined: 2006/5/11 Posts: 519 West Sussex, England
| Re: | | . _________________ David Keel
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Joined: 2002/12/11 Posts: 39795 Canada
Online! | Re: | | Praise God brother Frank. It is wonderful for the relief and fruit of such afflictions to be felt from time to time on this side of eternity. God is honoring you for bearing with His strength through it. _________________ SI Moderator - Greg Gordon
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| Re: | | Thank you brothers and sisters for rejoicing with me. It is not always often we can get the opportunity to celebrate, as brother Greg put it so well, " the relief and fruit of afflictions." Today is such a day and my burden as always, is to remember constantly the Body of Christ who daily suffer for the cause of Jesus. Please join with me in prayer for my wife who, in quite a separate matter, will have a pet scan on Monday. They discovered a 3.1cm lump in one of her lungs a few weeks ago. I have been around long enough to know how the enemy works and just as one trial passes it seems that another is never too far away. Yet praise God, I have been around long enough to know that my Lord has carried me through these burdens and trials and that He is faithful indeed despite our circumstances. He has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love and of power and of a sound mind. Love and power and soundness of mind, these are gifts from God so that we may navigate this world and even stand in the midst of the fiery furnace............bro Frank |
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| Re: | | my dear brother, I will pray for your dear wife, with all my heart, and I will praise God for the other triumph in His Name, I love you brother Frank, in Jesus love, wee neil, who esteems you as well. |
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