Hi All
Though we are weak, God is strong. We are earthen vessels, some of us are a bit cracked, others a bit chipped around the edges, regardless of this God stills moulds and shapes us. We go through times of struggle and doubt, and yet regardless, God is still with us, building patience, character, strength. Don’t give up, keep looking to him for help, where does your help come from? The Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, and you!
2 Corinthians 4 vs. 7-9 – We Have This Treasure in Earthen Vessels
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels
That the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us
At times we struggle with life, with its ups and downs we wrestle
We get wrapped up in the stress of every day life, over it we fuss
In the midst of this we need to turn to Jesus and in him nestle
It’s not for us to do things in our own strength, to God second guess
We need to allow God to shape us, to us be the mortar, him the pestle
Open so God may mold and shape us, our lives be in God and not of us
We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed, we are perplexed
But not in despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed
For in these things God can build our character, of this I am convinced
That as we open ourselves to him, his Spirit in our lives can be employed
Seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, of his love he will us remind
For he to us gives good gifts, and a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mark Maffey, August 2007 ©
(NKJV)
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