MOMENT BY MOMENT
As I walk this path with Jesus trials will come. There will be times of great storms and then
the sky clears and I can walk along singing in His Wonderful presence. The path is smooth for a time and I feel like
I can’t do enough for my Wonderful Lord.
The future looks bright before me.
And then a great storm comes into my life and I am
tripped up and this time literally. This
has been a time of much pain. I have
shed buckets of tears with surgery and again laid up for a time. But here I am in spite of my right arm bound
up, to come again and encourage you in the midst of the pain and sorrow many of
you are going through right now.
“Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
those who are in ant trouble, with the comfort with which we are comforted by
God” 11 Corinthians 1:3-4.
Oh, thank You Father for your comfort! Where would we be without You? When these times of great testing come we are
then able to take our experience in the midst of our own pain and turn around
and minister to others in the midst of similar trials. As we minister this way,
we discover that we have great compassion, which only comes from “The God of
All Comfort.”
And we are kept in His love, not just daily or hour by
hour, but moment by moment. I awoke
during the night with this very old hymn in my heart. I don’t think I have heard this one sung in
many years but the Holy Spirit knew that you out there needed His Word of
encouragement. Sometimes it is in the
night hours, in the midst of pain that He drops His songs of comfort and love
into our hearts.
MOMENT BY MOMENT
“Dying with Jesus,
by death reckoned mine; living with Jesus, a new life divine; looking to Jesus
till glory doth shine, moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
Refrain:
Moment by moment I’m kept in His love; moment I’ve life from above;
looking to Jesus till glory doth shine; moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
Never a trial that
He is not there, never a burden that He does not bear, never a sorrow that He
does not share, moment by moment I’m under His care.
Never a heartache
and never a groan, never a teardrop, and never a moan; never a danger but there
on the throne He thinks of His own.
Never a weakness
that He does not feel, never a sickness that He cannot heal; moment by moment,
in woe or in weal, Jesus my Savior abides with me still. (Daniel
W. Whittle-1893)
It is such a wonderful life to walk with Jesus, but
trials will come until we are home with Him shining in glory. And moment by
moment I belong to Jesus.
I was lying in the hospital bed from the 5th
floor tower as the lights began to come on around the hospital buildings and
grounds. Some of those lights were very
bright and some were a little dimmer or further away. I related those lights to my life as a
Christian and walking with Jesus. Some of
us seem to shine brightly in the midst of great trials. I have met some in my calls who, in spite of
incredible trials,seem to shine even brighter with His peace. Then some of us seem to falter under the load
and our lights of peace and joy begin to fade.
We ask “why is this happening to me?”
We may falter especially when these things seemingly go on and on.
But we are reminded that there is no trial that He is not
there. He bears all our burdens and He sees
your tears and your heartaches. He hears
your groans and your moans of pain. As I
mentioned I have shed so many tears and moans of pain in this latest trial, but
He reminded me and He reminds you that He is there every moment.
I am reminded that He comes in unexpected ways. After my fall we were in the Emergency Room
waiting for assistance. As I was there
in the wheelchair I noticed a young man leaning against the wall praying. I ask him if he was praying for me and he
said “yes.” We then met together with him
in a corner there and he brought out his well worn Bible and ministered to me
and my husband. To me he was an “angel”
sent by my Lord to dry my tears.
Moment by moment, what a comforting thought in times of
tears and pain and times of peace and joy when the sun is shining down, that
the “God of all Comfort” will be there no matter what comes our way. And “Moment by Moment” you and I are kept in
His love forever. Praise His Name!
In Jesus’ Name,
Pastor Sharon
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