Stop Doubting ~

Reach out your hand,
put it into Mine
believe I’m right here
in your heart and mind.

Close your eyes tightly,
think just about Me
so that My Spirit
can witness to thee.

Though I’m not with you,
in you I abide
whenever you need Me
I will be at your side.

You mustn’t be faithless,
lest you be hopeless
don’t let your unbelief
cause you to be joyless.

Don’t be skeptical,
there’s nothing to doubt
don’t let your disbelief
shut My love for you out.

Reach out your hand,
put it into Mine
let My presence encompass
your heart and mind!

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John 20:27
King James Version

“Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand,
and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.”

Copyright 2014
Deborah Ann Belka

In The Valley ~

In the valley dark and deep,
amid the shadows of despair
the beast of the world hides
looking for those he can snare.

On rebellions valley floor,
where misery loves to sleep
in the fields of hopelessness
lies the defiant little sheep.

Pastures once green and lush,
now covered with sin’s sludge
the wayward one is frightened
to meet its eternal Judge.

The rush of life-giving waters,
arouses the backslidden one
a soul entrenched in darkness
sobs for the light of the Son.

In the valley dark and deep,
the errant one turns to God
the beast of the world flees
to find another soul to trod.

Out of the shadows it emerges,
into pastures once more green
the wayward sheep now rests
on His mercy, it now leans.

In the valley deep and dark,
lies more defiant little sheep
and for each one of them
the Good Shepherd weeps.

If you are a rebellious one,
if you too have lost your way
come to where His mercy flows
and return to Him today!

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Isaiah 53:6

“All we like sheep
have gone astray;
we have turned every one
to his own way;
and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all.”

King James Version
Public Domain

Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka