Overheard In An Orchard

“Said the Robin to the Sparrow:

“I should really like to know

Why these anxious human beings

Rush about and worry so.”

Said the Sparrow to the Robin:

“Friend, I think that it must be

That they have no heavenly Father

Such as cares for you and me.”

– Elizabeth Cheney

I Met The Master

I had walked life’s way with an easy tread,
Had followed where comforts and pleasures led,

Until one day in a quite place
I met the Master face to face.

With station and rank and wealth for my goal,
Much thought for my body but none for my soul,

I had entered to win in life’s mad race
When I met the Master face to face.

I met Him and knew… Continue reading →

God’s Unchanging Word

For feelings come and feelings go,
And feelings are deceiving;
My warrant is the Word of God,
Naught else is worth believing.

Though all my heart should feel condemned
For want of some sweet token,
There is One greater than my heart
Whose Word cannot be broken.

I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word
Till soul and body sever:
For, though all things shall pass away,
His Word shall stand forever.

– Martin Luther, 1483-1546

From A Loved One in Heaven

I would not have you grieve for me today,
Nor weep beside my vacant chair.
Could you but know my daily portion here,
You would not could not, wish me there.

I know now why He said, “Ear hath not heard.”
I have no words, no alphabet
Or even if I had I dare not tell
Because you could not bear it yet.

So, only this, — I am the same,… Continue reading →