Where Would I go ?

   Another promise of a glorious day ! Hurry snow and melt away  !

My devotions this morning found me in the Book of John where Jesus is losing many of his followers as they just can't get their head around how this man who is the son of local folk that many know can be talking about coming from Heaven and being the only one that can provide them with the bread of life and all the talk about having to eat of the flesh and blood just is way too much to comprehend . But perhaps the real problem is they are using their heads instead of what their hearts are telling them. They had seen all the miracles He had performed and most of what He said stirred up deep feelings within but accepting the Heaven Jesus and the Earth Jesus was the straw that broke the camel's back and I'm sure broke Jesus's heart.
Later on Jesus asks His band of twelve disciples if they are planning to best the feet also and I just love Simon Peter's response :"Lord ,to whom shall we go ?"

Peter's answer led me to write :
   
    "To whom shall I go to find a love so complete ?
      A total understanding and all my needs will meet ?
      Who will walk beside me when the path becomes too hard ,
      And pick me up and carry me if I cannot go another step?
       Only to You Jesus ,My Savior and My God."

     "  Where would I go but to the stable dark?
          And climb to the hill to the cross heavy and stark ?
         Where would I go but to the empty tomb
         And see that Jesus rose and won over death's doom?
          Only to You Jesus ,My Savior and My God ."

      "  There is nowhere else for me to go
         When fears and hurt descend .
         Only to your  comforting arms
         And  a love that will never end ."
         

Lenten Reflection : A Sea of Praise

                               A Sea of Praise
Early morning time and the sun has kissed the sea
I look out in awe and wonder and can only think on Thee.
It didn't just willy-nilly happen without a Master plan
So perfect ,so fitting , a blueprint oh so grand !
Man You made in your image and in love bestowed a will
But knowing  without obeying You ,the Great Design would
Never be fullfilled.
As still today we get caught up in what the world can give
And then find out we're still not content , it happens every time.
The pleasure lasts just a minute,a day , a month or a year
Then we're off again on another quest to get something more
Knowing full well it isn't out there ,but maybe this time we'll win the war.
Gracious Lord ,You sent us Your Son Jesus to teach light from dark
To walk in love and gratitude ,and not spinning in want and worry
But trusting what we truly need will be given in time and Heavenly manner.
From the first day to the end there has and will be pain and trials to live,
But we have a God who came to earth to feel and suffer all that is
And He's always right beside us as He has felt the pain we feel ,
Our tears He cried , our pleas He made ,our sorrows He felt deep down
All human pain He went through ,but that we forget so often it seems .
We get drowned in all our own tragic Good Fridays and wrestle with the darkness
That the Easter Saturdays bring , Forgetting  the grace and victory of Easter Sunday
When the darkness once again turned to light .
Sin was dealt a final blow on a cross of simple wood .
Blood was shed ,a life was given , all in the name of love
Love and a future of promise for me ,little me .
Just love Me and know Me , Trust and Believe.
Do what's right ,know My heart , see Me in all people .
He's still on earth and He lives in what we do and say
God is as close as our breath and our heartbeat
He's in the sun that kissed the sea this morning
And He'll be in the stars and moon tonight
He'll be in the deer in the fields and the eagle that soars
The birds that fly and the buds that open.
Heaven and earth are full of His glory .Amen. Amem Amen !