What I See

 

I kept staring at the slide:

The swirling disappointment

Dark spots of despair and delay

Discouraged, defeated, dismayed

The world reduced to a single point

 At the end of my microscope

 

But then I looked up:

The sky was full of Thy Glory!

Bright banners of peace and joy!

My Rock, My Fortress, My Protection

Nothing is impossible with God!

Reading the open pages of my Bible

 

Where I look is what I see

May my gaze be fastened only, always on Thee

 

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Based on Psalms 71

 

Hebrews 12:1-3

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.