Tag: pain

Yet To Be #86

The first and the last my eternal Hope

When There is Pain, There is Help

Cherry Blossoms 2021

When promises are broken and my sorrow reaches higher than my joy.

There is One who knows my pain.

He knows my needs.

He knows my name; 

And hears my cries.  

He is my help.  

My King, my Lord of lords.

The first and the last; my eternal Hope.

Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

God will never forget the needy, the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

He who promised is faithful.

( References: Hebrews 10 verse 23, Isaiah 40 verse 31 and Psalm 9 verse 18)

Yet To Be # 72

When Death Invades Life…

What happens next when death invades life. 

How to cope with the passing of a life once loved by those around?

Looking to the left or the right.

Falling on the knees and weeping in pain

Looking through the darkness in uncertainty and yet not seeing a light. 

Taking that one small step forward is agony to the heart

Gather together the fruits and remembrance of that life now gone.

Gone, but never to forget; never to lose self in the past but to press on.

Press on in love knowing that there is comfort among others who understand;

Who experience loss and have won the gift of endurance.

“Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5 v

Yet To Be #19

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will neve forget any of their work. Amos 8 verse 7

Who has wronged you? Who has caused you pain? The Lord said that He would never forget.  He will make it right in His own time and in His own way.  (Vicissitudes of Life, 2007)

This Too Shall Pass

Hope springs eternal

“the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come…” Song of Solomon verse 11, 12

Winter time is cold and bleak as with life when there is sorrow things are cold and bleak. Yet, when winter passes there is the anticipation of spring as the harbinger of hope.

Someone reminded me today, “hope springs eternal in the human breast”. This famous quotation was taken from the 18th century English poet Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man (1732).

When faced with adversity humans will try to hope for the best.

New Year – Hope

Forasmuch as you know your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Adapted from the KJV

Now comes the weeping,

then the glad reaping,

Now comes the labour in the Lord

then the reward. – by Anon

2021 is a new year, another chance to start fresh with a so called clean slate. Although this year is new, the hardships, stress and pain of 2020 are old and will not so easily disappear but will linger. Nevertheless, we can rest assure there is HOPE as we pray for something better.

Hope does not make us ashamed.