Happy Lord's Day!

Periodically I 'clean out' the many notebooks and journals that I keep...this morning I did just that. Mixed in with my notes and thoughts I found this poem that I wrote on April 30, 2009.

That day, in my devotions I read Numbers 20:1-13. This is the account of Moses's disobedience to God's command to "bring water out of the rock", which was God's answer to the complaining nation of Israel to provide for their own thirst and for the needs of their livestock. In this account we read of the great sin of Moses. Read and study closely this passage and you will find that even in his effort to serve the Lord, Moses took his eyes off God and became arrogant and prideful. Moses dishonored God in his actions, as scripture (verse 12) records God's response, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them." This was a sad passage of scripture for me to read. Not only had Moses (just previously) lost his sister, Miriam in death, but he had also lost his cherished companion, helper and brother, Aaron, in death as well. As God brought down punishment upon Moses for his disobedience, I could feel a small portion of the great sorrow and remorse that Moses must have experienced. The greatest desire of Moses's heart was to enter the promised land and yet his own rebellion and disobedience incurred God's judgement and punishment. (As you know, Moses was only permitted to view the Promised Land from afar).

With those fore thoughts, I share this poem with any readers who stumble across this blog.








FORGIVENESS



Eyes and heart sting with sorrow
Tears well up in pain
How my sin and waywardness
Must break God's heart again.

Repentance brings me to a halt
Upon my knees I fall
Confessing, crying and sorrow filled
To my Lord I call.

God knows my pain and sees my tears
He hears my deepest cries
His mercy flows, His grace pours out
With love, my tears He dries.

Renewed, refreshed, yet humbly taught
And to my Lord I cling
It's only through the blood of Christ
I now rest, serve and sing!