Five Talents More

O Lord, our God, you are very great!

You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garmet, stretching out the heavens like a tent. You lay the beams of your chambers on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind, you make your messengers winds and your ministers a flaming fire.

You set the earth on it’s foundations, so that it should never be moved. You cover it with the deep as with a garmet; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took flight. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that appointed for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

You make springs gush forth in the valleys, to flow between the hills and satisfy the thirst of every beast  of the field. From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work…

You made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. You make darkness, and it is night. You make the sea, great and wide, and teeming creatures inumerable, living things both small and great.

And before all this-these children were known by you and -in the fullness of time-out of nothing-with your own hand-for your own glory and to the praise of your person-forming power you created; Joshua Michael. And in wisdom you have made them all!

Our Family gives thanks to God for Pastor David Michael.

Here it is, my joy and song…not I but CHRIST. When I get this truth my heart sings. There is hope, a hope that abounds. This is my song and it comes from 2 Corinthians 3:5.

“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us,

but our sufficiency is from God…”

My heart can delight, rest and rejoice in His strength. My sufficiency is from God. The ability and power to serve and to love and do what He has called me to do comes from Him. This is a daily battle, waging war against the confidence in my own flesh. Self-suffieciency leads to dispair because I fail over and over again. That’s a heavy burden to carry. The Psalmist says, “Why so downcast O my soul? HOPE IN GOD!” Hope in His power that is perfect and does not fail. I cannot be the servant I want to be. I cannot love others like I want to love. I cannot be the wife and mother God has called me to be apart from His sufficient power and grace. The burden is lifted and my heart sings!

“God fills the whole earth and heaven with His presence. He is always present in power and providence by his Spirit in supporting, comforting, and strengthening the hearts of His children. God alone can fill every corner of the soul of man.God is a fountain that will never run dry.” Richard Sibbes