Monthly Archives: March 2018
His Stripes ~
His stripes,
my forgiven sin
His chastisement
my peace within.
His wounds,
my transgression
His death
my redemption.
His bruising,
my iniquity
His crown
my victory.
His sorrow,
my corruption
His grief
my adoption.
His stripes,
my healing
His Spirit
my sealing!
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“Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
“But he was wounded
for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace
was upon him;
and with his stripes
we are healed.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2018
Deborah Ann Belka
God Is Never Late ~
God is never late,
tardy, He is not
all goes by His plan
in the time He allots.
God is never slow,
His timing is perfected
the hour, the minute
He has already selected.
God is never delayed,
His purpose is on track
on His own timetable
not a second will He tack.
God is never slack,
He has time on His rein
He knows the exact moment
when Jesus will come to reign.
God is never late,
He knows how long the span
all will work out in the end
for time is in His hand!
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“But, beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day
is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years
as one day.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2018
Deborah Ann Belka
God is A God of Purpose ~
God is not a God,
of circumstance
nor is He a God
of happenstance.
For, He is a God,
all-knowing, all mindful
everything He does
is mighty and powerful.
God is not a God,
of coincidence
nor is He a God
of indifference.
For, He is a God,
of purpose, of design
everything He does
is righteous and divine.
God is not a God
of circumstance
He leaves nothing . . .
to luck, fate or chance!
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“Great is our Lord,
and of great power:
his understanding is infinite.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2018
Deborah Ann Belka
All In CHRIST ~
All in Christ,
I abide
all my hope
lives inside.
All to Christ,
I give my soul
all my days
to control.
All on Christ,
my eyes fixed
keeping always
Him in the midst.
All for Christ,
I will live
all my heart
to Him I give.
All in Christ,
all of me
till the day
with Him I be!
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“Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him:
but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.”
King James Version
Public Domain
Copyright 2018
Deborah Ann Belka