Psalm 104

The poem is simply a paraphrasing of the beginning of Psalm 104, a chapter which speaks to the creative power of the Eternal God...

"Psalm 104"

You with Light do wrap Yourself, 

clothed with Majesty and Might;

You're of Purer Eyes to look at sin,  

You let it not before Your sight.

The wings of wind You walk upon

the beams to build the earth You lay;

the raging seas you give a mark

and with a line it’s waves you stay. 

High o’er the mountains water sat;

the earth You swathed with deep;

At Your rebuke they fled away,

Your Word the thrashing waves do keep.

With green You made the earth to grow

and with all its fullness bloom;

You washed it with the gentle rain

poured from out Your storehouse room.

So my soul, Behold your God!

Who hath created all these things.

Strong in power, great in Might

Of Whom all His Nature sings.

He, Your God, the stars to see

must stoop from off His throne

and yet for this became a Man

and was for us made flesh and bone.

To stretch Himself upon the cross

to bear up all our guilt,

Tis your Saviour, O my soul

let on Him your hope be built!

Summer Morning

...had a great time sitting this morning by the pond reading, praying, and worshiping...

"Be still, and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10

"Summer Morning"

A summer morning

quiet, still.

The spreading oaks

and rolling hill;

in silent reverence sing.

A bullfrog chorus,

voices raise,

and from the boughs

the songbirds praise;

and joyful noise doth rise.

I behold

and think of You,

and know You

think upon me too;

and in joyful reverence worship.

The Day of Atonement

......Praise the Lord for the righteousness we have through Christ our great High Priest who "entered in once into the Holy Place having obtained eternal redemption for us."

"The Day of Atonement"

 As High Priest Aaron shed his robes 

and donned an ephod clean and white,

 he must have thought on Him Who'd come 

to turn man's Darkness into Light.

 Humbled thus, he washed himself

 many times throughout the day;

 his spotless cleaners spoke unto

 the One Who for our sins would pay.

Thinking on the Christ to come

alone into the Holy Place went he;

 to plead 'fore God for all their sin

And cover their iniquit'y.

 Later, as the people's sins

 upon the scapegoat's head were laid;

he thought on Him Who by His death

 would the pow'r of sin be stayed.

Then what joy divine was his

 as the silver trumpets blew,

proclaiming sin was all atoned

and peace with God begun anew.

 Now all of this did point to Christ

 Who'd not Atone, but Take Away

 our sin before a Holy God

 and in full it's debt to pay.

Eternal God, my Refuge

This is based on a verse from Deuteronomy (33:27)

"Eternal God, my Refuge"
‘Tis all about, this storm I see,
the wind and waves around me be,
In all of this I run to Thee;
The Eternal God, my refuge.

I am compassed round about
with dread enemies and doubt,
I’ll trust in Thee to draw me out;
The Eternal God, my refuge.

Wrapped in Satan’s chains I lay,
preparing for my sins to pay,
then Thou didst turn my night to day;
The Eternal God, my refuge.

I saw my Saviour on the tree,
and read He suffered there for me,
O Christ my sin was laid on Thee!
The Eternal God, my refuge.