Come Let us return to the Lord – 05

And this is eternal life that they may know you the one true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I’m re-learning that eternal life on this side of heaven is not measured by the length of years lived but the depth of life lived. Depth is measured by how much of God we see in everything that comes our way.

All other spiritual blessings are vain compared to the joy of knowing God. The joy of being wrong so that He is shown as been right when He judges, the joy of walking blindly through the valley of the shadow of death, the joy of starting all over again when I find out I did not pay full attention when He spoke, the joy of giving up things I’d love to have so that I can give them to others, the joy of tears in the dark when others don’t understand why I follow Him so foolishly, the joy of crying with those in pain when we can’t understand why God allowed such suffering, the joy of trusting Him even when I can’t trace Him

In the quiet, in the stillness,
I know You are there
When I’m down and out
When the tears have blinded my way

Please be near me
Hold me in Your care
I want to trust You more

Through the doubts
When my heart is weak
I still believe
In this truth

You are the strength of my heart
You are my portion forever
You are the pillar that holds my life