WHEN FAITH IS FRAIL

A poem on Psalm 88

DOUBTS COME ALONG

SIN HEAPING TROUBLE

FEARS STEAL MY SONG

REDUCE ME TO RUBBLE

JOY FLEES LIKE A THIEF

EMPTYING THE HEART

CAREWORN FOR BELIEF

I NEED A NEW START

A SMOLDERING WICK

HE WILL NOT SNUFF OUT

WHEN THOUGHTS ARE SICK

AND HEART IN DROUGHT

COMPASSIONS WON’T FAIL

MERCIES STILL NEW

WHEN FAITH IS FRAIL

HIS PROMISE STILL TRUE

WHILE HE HIDES HIS FACE

HIS GRACE IS SECURE

I WILL RUN THE RACE

AND SURELY ENDURE

MY JOY WILL REVIVE

I BEEN PURCHASED WITH BLOOD

MY SOUL WILL THRIVE

IN THAT MERCIFUL FLOOD

Joy's Eternal Address

A poem on Psalm 87

Only one joy will last

Only one unsurpassed

To love what God adores

And hate what He abhors

There is no other place

Nothing provides a trace

But God gives to His own

Contentment yet unknown

It calls me to pursue

And promises to renew

A new birth begins my quest

In Christ I first must rest

I will forever sing

An ever flowing spring

My joy will never end

Christ my eternal friend

Of joy I will be serious

Not at all mysterious

That God is nothing less

Than joy’s eternal address

The cross I will pursue

Bid all the world adieu

God has for me a home

From Christ I’ll never roam

THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL

Justin Taylor has linked to this story of Christopher Yuan who was converted to Christ from a lifestyle of homosexuality, major drug dealing, and prison and dealing with HIV. No man is beyond the reach of the power of Christ to convert the soul.

Come Near to Hear- a poem on Psalm 86

Come near to hear

And take away what I fear

May your gracious hand

Rescue from an evil band

My cry rings out

O let me not doubt

I will not die but live

Now ready to forgive

Your anger comes slow

Such goodness to flow

There is none to compare

No other gods in the air

My mind needs remade

New feelings conveyed

There is no other gladness

It is all but madness

That apart from you

I’ll find anything true

Let your answer be displayed

Those who hate be dismayed

Show clearly your hand

That all understand

My God is my aid

Let the wicked be afraid

Make glad the nations

To all generations

Will You Revive Once More?

- A poem on Psalm 85

Mercies I remember

Glowing as an ember

How grace once flowed

Much forgiveness was bestowed

Now sins have multiplied

On self I have relied

Can there still be

Mercy kept for me

Will your anger last

Will it soon be past

Will you still revive

And make your people thrive?

Bring us back to life

Though our sins be rife

Would you now restore

And end your holy war?

Let your righteousness

Be peace in sin’s distress

Will you revive once more

Forgiveness to outpour?

Forever is the need

Of a Savior who did bleed

I must not be far away

From the power of that day

A Son became my sin

His righteousness now within

O keep me near the cross

Lest I should suffer loss

I have no other plea

But that He died for me

I AM SATISFIED IN CHRIST

A poem on Psalm 84

The world offers treasures

Endless hollow pleasures

That lures me to pursue

And promises something new

Come chase after gold

There’s so much to hold

Such joy in wealth

Better than health

Long for men to cheer

Love their praise to hear

But it is worth far less

Than all the press

Its promise of peace

Will suddenly cease

All its deceiving delights

End in a thousand dark nights

God is the measure

Of what is real treasure

The cross is the place

To make my heart race

In the death of my King

My heart will now sing

Joy is my possession

Gone all transgression

Rising up from the grave

This rebel to save

The cross is my glory

It is my whole story

It cannot be priced

I am satisfied in Christ