Expressions

Seek the Lord while he may be found, Call on him when he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to  God for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:6–7   We seek God, he […]

The psalm is a prophecy of God’s response to turmoil that will occur.   Mountains may shake with fury. Nations rage, kingdoms will fall. He makes wars to end that the earth may have peace. Be still as God is in control.   God is our strength and refuge, Amidst the earth’s deluge. Though turbulent […]

In the dark recesses of the soul, Questions emerged to haunt the restless mind. Fickle companions, The comforts of familiar religion; Their words unable to touch the deepest part of the heart. Habits of devotion Practised fervently In company, and in Solitude; The drive to be perfect, To win love and to receive assurance, Put […]

The heavens Lord, declare your glory; The earth proclaims your majesty! We marvel at your wondrous grace, For an insignificant human race. You form us from dust of earth, You give us life, you give us breath, You make us your children, Little lower than beings in heaven. You protect infants from danger, You silence […]

Not yet a teenager but holding a pride of scholars, Pharisees and Sadducees spellbound in the temple in Jerusalem—men of letters and good standing who prized their scholarship above all. How could he at twelve engage them, greybeards admired for erudition, in learned discourse bringing profundity, knowledge and insight into issues seminal to life, creation, […]

Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord… He will abundantly pardon… “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And […]

Getting on in years? That’s true! Just eat and sleep? That won’t do! Leave the house, go for a walk, Look for friends for tea and talk. Go for what you can afford So long as you don’t go overboard. Not to your liking? Let things be! Keep your cool, show charity! Learn new skills, […]

His Word, verse and hymns of praise, Bear testament to God and his godliness Our souls rest on the peace He brings Christ has risen and Christ has come Oh how sweet the surrender, how light the yoke Come into the garden, his heavenly kingdom For those whom the Spirit hath awoken What price honour; […]

Lord, grant me a simple faith Unfettered by my wandr’ing mind A faith that shines with burning light That men, through me, might You they find Lord, grant me a simple faith That stands against my questioning soul To heal the brokenness inside So I might once more be made whole Lord, grant me a […]

What does he know, this carpenter, of habitat and fish think, of the movement and congregation of shoals, to tell us, schooled in line, tackle and nets, and in the pathways of fish in the sea-lanes below the waves, To tell us, bone-weary from a night of trawling in vain, to cast our nets on […]

How shall I come before the Lord, Bow down before the exalted God? Will a perfect prescribed sacrifice Offered on the altar suffice? Will sacrifices in abundance, Offered without repentance? Will the gift of my firstborn alone, My life transform, my sin atone? You have shown, Lord, what is right In Your sovereign righteous sight; […]

One glorious morning when the popinjays of twilight were thrilling the eastern skies and lilacs and lilies were in full blossom in the garden where they had laid the body of Jesus bruised, broken, nail-pierced, dead beyond a doubt sealed in by a giant boulder in a sepulchre and watched over by centurions, There was […]