Forget Me Not

"Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old."
 ― Psalm 25:6
 

"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should 

not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, 

they may forget, yet will I not forget thee." ― Isaiah 49:15

 

"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." ― Hebrews 13:5

In Immanuel's Land

"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: 

and the former shall not be remembered, 

nor come into mind." ― Isaiah 65:17

 

Another world is still to come, waiting for its coming creation. 

 

For now, we have strife, disease, suffering, injustice ― but in that day, those evil things won't even be remembered.

"Of the increase of his government and peace 

there will be no end." ― Isaiah 9:7

Jesus Christ our King will be Ruler over all the earth. 

 

That day is coming, but even now, in our present world, we who are His followers experience the reality of His reign. All who meekly bow to this sovereign King know no end to His great government and peace upon their lives.

 

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: 

not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." 

― John 14:27

 

Our King's presence gives us security even though wickedness surrounds us. In spite of the evils of our earthly kingdom, we are affected much more by the glories of our heavenly kingdom. 

 

We "desire a better country, that is, an heavenly" (Heb. 11:6). With eyes of faith we see Christ's banner of love soaring. This brilliant banner is one of pure scarlet, token of His blood shed for us. It grandly flies as the anthem of His country rings even now in our hearts. It echoes forth the glory of an old rugged cross.

 

Another world is still to come, waiting for its coming creation. 

 

For now, we're merely strangers . . . pilgrims passing through an evil land. One day we won't even remember the things that bring us so much grief now. They'll never again come to our minds. 

 

What a joy to know Christ's government and peace each day as we journey to heaven above! May His kingdom have its increase in our hearts until He comes and then the whole world will know the glory of His reign.

 

The sands of time are sinking;

The dawn of heaven breaks;
The summer morn I've sighed for,
The fair sweet morn awakes;
Dark, dark has been the midnight,
But dayspring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Immanuel's land. 

― Samuel Rutherford

In the Morning

 

"Give ear to my words, O Lord, 
consider my meditation.

 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, 
and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; 
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, 
and will look up." ― Psalm 5:1-3

A Greater Mercy

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you." ― I Thessalonians 5:18

"God has never meant this world to be a comfortable nest for us. If we try to make it such for ourselves, He will plant thorns in it so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul's true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give!" ― Charles Spurgeon

"It's really hard to get bitter about your situation when you are constantly giving thanks to God for those things. It changes your whole mindset. It's all for your good. God's in it! God has a plan. God has a purpose." ― Pastor Jeff Paget

"Let us mark this well. There is nothing which shows our ignorance so much as our impatience under trouble. We forget that every trial is a message from God – and intended to do us good in the end. Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. Health is a good thing. But sickness is far better, if it leads us to God. Prosperity is a great mercy. But adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ." ― J.C. Ryle

"Remember, there is nothing that happens in your daily life, but what was first of all devised in eternity, and counselled by Jesus Christ for your good and in your behalf, that all things might work together for your lasting benefit and profit. Oh, how strange providence seems to you and to me! Does it not look like a zig-zag line, this way and that way, backward and forward, like the journeyings of the children of Israel in the wilderness? Ah! my brethren, but to God it is a straight line. Directly, God always goes to his object. And yet to us, he often seems to go round about. Let us learn to leave providence in the hand of the Counsellor." ― Charles Spurgeon

The Beauty of Holiness

Robert McCheyne was a saintly man of God, who, in his comparatively short life, won many souls to the Lord. After he died, a letter addressed to him was found on his desk. It was from a person he had led to Christ and said, "It was nothing you said that first made me wish to be a Christian. It was the beauty of holiness which I saw in your face."

A Friend Who Cares

 

"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother
is born for adversity." ― Proverbs 17:17  

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” ― Henri Nouwen