Tag: mercy

A Time

Post author By dw
Post date July 5, 2021
3 Comments on A Time

There is a time
the whole creation’s been waiting for;
When all the evil
in this sore, sore world
will be laid bare and die.
And when that time does come
we’ll lift a shout of joy
For then our home is just around the bend
and by His mercy He will take us there.

There’s a place
There’s a time
There’s a land where truth still reigns
There’s a God in heav’n above
Angels bow before Him.
Verse 2 and Chorus 2 of Song of Hope by dw

I promised to share the next verse with you – here it is; one more to come!

Grace and peace to you…

Tags evil, home, hope, joy, mercy, song of hope, truth

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A Place

Post author By dw
Post date June 27, 2021
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There’s a place
where I will stand before my Maker;
A place that’s free
from all the worries of this world;
a place of inner quiet.
There I fall down on my knees
and lay my burdens down
And He takes me by the hand
and lifts me to where the eagles fly.

There’s a place
There’s a time
There’s a land where mercy reigns
There’s a God in heav’n above
Angels bow before Him.
Verse 1 and Chorus 1 of Song of Hope by dw

The words of this song have been on my mind quite a bit lately and I’ve felt a prompt to share them here with you. Two more verses and choruses coming soon.

Grace and peace to you…

Tags freedom, hope, mercy, prayer, quiet, song of hope

Current Events

Here. No words.

I’m still breathing
(deep breaths, whenever possible)
Still thinking
(more thoughts than I can put into words)
Until I read a book
(The Cross and the Lynching Tree)
That arrests the flow of breath and thoughts
(my heart asserting it’s proper place)
Leaving only this thought in these words:
Lord, have mercy on me and my kind.
dw

Tags James E Cone, mercy, racism, repentance, systemic racism, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, white supremacy

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This is what we pray for

Hope seeks not only God in Himself, not only the means to reach Him, but it seeks, finally and beyond all else, God’s glory revealed in ourselves. This will be the final manifestation of His infinite mercy, and this is what we pray for when we say “Thy Kingdom come.”

— Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island, Sentences on Hope

Ask for Me, and receive
that I have received you.
Seek Me, and find
that I have found you.
Knock and enter, knowing
that I knock and wait to enter.

You already have what you truly hope for:
the Giver of Life
asking, seeking, knocking
to give you Life.

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Am I convinced?

Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness.

— Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island, Sentences on Hope

Grace and peace to you…

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