I wish to escape back into that time, back into that moment, where it was safe, if only for a little longer—if only for life, and life everlasting, yes when I should sleep and awake again. But that time is uncertain. I wish I could stay in that early dawn, where it was him and I.
Why did it have to be a friend who chose to betray the Lord? And why did he use a kiss to show them that's not what a kiss is for?
Only a friend can betray a friend; a stranger has nothing to gain. And only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain.
The love of the Sabbath is the love of man for what he and God have in common. Our keeping the Sabbath day is a paraphrase of His sanctification of the seventh day.
The art of keeping the seventh day is the art of painting on the canvas of time the mysterious grandeur of the climax of creation: as He sanctified the seventh day, so shall we.
You have rejected me
Burst forth upon me
You have been angry
Now restore me
You have shaken me
And torn me open
Mend my fractures
For I am quaking
You have shown me
Times of desperation
You've given wine to me
That makes me stagger
It was like a golden veil in the forest when autumn is upon the world. And sometimes it seemed like moonlight upon the shores of the lake. He smiled as if His lips would sing at the wedding-feast. Yet He was sad with the sadness of the winged who will not soar above his comrade.
It was like the dust of stars falling upon the eyelids of children. And it was like a morsel of bread in the throat. He was sad, yet it was a sadness that would rise to the lips and become a smile.
He was often sad, but His sadness was tenderness shown to those in pain, and comradeship given to the lonely. When He smiled His smile was as the hunger of those who long after the unknown.
It was like the dust of stars falling upon the eyelids of children. And it was like a morsel of bread in the throat. He was sad, yet it was a sadness that would rise to the lips and become a smile. It was like a golden veil in the forest when autumn is upon the world.
Even the sparrow may find a home in You, Lord, the swallow may have her young in Your altar, O God my King, pilgrims with hearts on a journey to You as they pass through the desolate valley of weeping. They will make it all a place of springs, the autumn rains will also cover it.
idk who needs to hear this, but you never have to beg Jesus for His time. You never have to chase Him down & you could never burden Him with your presence.
It brings Him joy when you choose to devote your time to Him through prayer and when you read the Bible. You’re not going to scare Him off or be “too much” for Him.
I would speak of His face, but how shall I? It was like night without darkness, and like day without the noise of day. It was a sad face, and it was a joyous face. I was only shy, and I would be alone, with His fingers upon the strings of my heart.
His mouth was like the heart of a pomegranate, and the shadows in His eyes were deep. And He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence.
The bitterness of death is less bitter than life without Him. The days were hushed and made still when He was silenced. Only the echo in my memory repeats His words. But not His voice.
The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned aside. The mountains skipped like rams, like lambs. Why was it O sea that you fled in fear away? O Jordan that you turned aside? Why mountains high did you flee away? O why did you skip away like rams? Why O you hills, did you flee away?