Flame Of Faith

orchidee



Tune: Doncaster

('Put thou thy trust in God')

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Help me, O Lord, to take

Today sure for your sake

Commit the future to your hands

You Lord over all lands

 

Whate'er will be, will be

Help me your way to see

To grow in grace, knowledge of you

You only good and true

 

You see my heart beset

At times with worry, fret

Regret at yesterday's troubles

Or anxious at what calls

 

What may call tomorrow

Whether or not it show

I cannot your hand force, but you

Provide for me, shall do

 

For me, for us, for all

We can pray, on you call

Though trials, toils, be large or small

Trusting you, we not fall

 

Distractions may abound

And there you are not found

Failing you, I may turn from Him

Your Son, my love grows dim

 

Yet grant me grace and power

Forgive, renew, endower

Me by your Spirit, so I go

On, in your image grow

 

Wny downcast, heavy heart?

Look to your Lord and see

Days shall be bright again, load light

Illumined be your sight

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 24th, 2018 03:15
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 6686 Short Metre (SM). This is me at times, in a sort of depressive state. It's no use really, to be floating between 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow'. One can only live in 'today'.
  • Category: Spiritual
  • Views: 21
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Comments5

  • orchidee

    We can hide maybe at times, behind 'we' and 'us', though it includes I, me, myself. That's one and the same person. There is not three of me!

    • Laura🌻

      You said it best, Orchi...
      ...as only you could!
      Thank you for sharing!

      ~Laura~

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      THANKS STEVE ~ Love organ music ~ love this one ~ very soothing ! Love the poem and its SUBJECT about our inadequacy and God's adequacy for any situation ! A promise we all need to cherish ! I'm on the BUS this morning ~ please check ~ Yours BRIAN

    • orchidee

      Thanks Laura, thanks Brian.

    • Goldfinch60

      The Light is always there.

      • orchidee

        Thanks Gold.

      • FredPeyer

        Faith is all you need. In your case, faith in your God, for others it may be faith in themselves, or faith in whatever they believe.
        Oh, nearly forgot, you need love too!

        • orchidee

          Thanks Fred. Oh and some pork pies and sherry too?!

          • FredPeyer

            You can keep the pork pies, orchie, but I wouldn't mind the sherry!



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