My High Hills

 

Oh Lord God
You are my strength

for I am so
so weak

and You cause me to walk
on all my challenges

with the sureness of
deer’s feet.

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You are with me so I have the strength and sureness to move forward.

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“The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills”

Habakkuk 3:19 NKJV

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Yet . . .

 

When things seem
at their worst

with no end
in sight

help me rejoice
in You, Lord

to joy in the God
of my life.

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I can choose to trust You in situations I don’t understand, and rejoice in You, for You are with me.

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“Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls – “

“Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Habakkuk 3:17 18 NKJV

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Before Him

 

You, O Lord, are in
Your holy temple

let all the earth
be still

as knowledge of
Your glory covers us

until like the sea
we’re filled.

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You are Lord of everything and You are with me.

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“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

“But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”

Habakkuk 2:14, 20 NKJV

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Living By Faith

 

The just
shall live by faith

and not according
to what they see

for I work among
the nations

in ways that are hard
to believe.

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I can live by faith for You are with me.

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“Look among the nations and watch – be utterly astounded. For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.”

“Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith.”

Habakkuk 1:5 , 2:4 NKJV

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Even Though

 

Even though
there is struggle

no blooms, no fruit
just emptiness

even now
I will praise you

be joyful of
Your tenderness.

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You establish rejoicing in the midst of struggle.

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“I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guard post.
There I will wait to see what the LORD says
and how He will answer my complaints.”

“I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,
and I shook with terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes in the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
The Sovereign LORD is my strength!
He makes me as sure footed as a deer,
able to tread upon the heights.”

Habakkuk 2:1; 3:16-19

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Image from The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp, page 185.

Movement

reflections

of the ceiling fan

movement everywhere

 

God is on the move, wherever I look.

 

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD.  “. Habakkuk 2:14 NKJV

My Strength

“The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet;
And He will make me walk on my high hills.”  Habakkuk 3:19 NKJV

As I grow older, I feel my own strength fade a little each year.

Thank You, Father, for being my forever strength.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

I can no longer climb
these high hills
and tremble at the distance
I am shown

but my, how I
am abled
as You make Your strength
my own.

God bless you as He is your strength!

Filled

“For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.”  Habakkuk 2:14 NKJV

God’s glory isn’t always recognized.

Thank You, Father, for helping us know more of Your glory this day.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

The earth
will be filled

and all
who are in it

with the knowledge
of Your glory

minute
by minute.

God bless you and fill you with the knowledge of His glory!

Be Astounded

“Look among the nations and watch –
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe,
though it were told you.”   Habakkuk 1:5

I need to be astounded.

Thank You, Lord, for the work You are working in our days.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

Lord, help me understand
the works You are doing
among the nations
and inside of me

that I might not be
shaken, dismayed
but watching for
Your redeeming mercy.