Complete in Thee: Trust

Friday, April 10, 2009

Trust

Storms arise and fears assail,

Men may speak and men may fail.

Secret sessions, two-faced friends,

Few beginnings, many ends.

Battered, beaten, blown about,

Trapped 'til you could scream and shout--

You may stranded feel to be.

Light and hope you may not see.

Groping, grasping, seeking light--

What is wrong and what is right?

Wait in silence, heart; be still!

Cast yourself on Heaven's will.

Trust in God, O fearful heart.

He your path of life will chart.

Do not fear the tangled way;

Cling to Him, for He is Day.

Better than to trust in man

Is to trust the Master's plan!

Look, therefore, unto the hills--

Fearful, lonely hearts He stills.

P.S. I hope the overload of poetry isn't tiring to my readers. Some time back, I was writing poetry very frequently (before I started this blog) and then, for some reason, went through a "dry" time where I just wasn't "feeling the rythm" ;-) ) Recently, however, as I again find material things unstable and am ever needing to cling more to the Lord, He has been filling me heart with rhyme again, giving me songs that stem from the root of life's circumstances and spiritual relationship. So I wanted to share it with you. Personally, I often find it easier to share my heart in verse rather than in prose. May you be encouraged to read it as I have been to write it.

13 comments:

Your Mama said...: :-); April 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Teddy said...: Thank you, and never be afrais to share! Incidentally....I'm greatly tempted to take some of your poetry and put it to music...hmm, we'll have to think about that, won't we?; April 11, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Melanie said...: Teddy,
I think that's a marvelous idea! I've tried, but my chord progressions are always the same and it can be aggravating. :-) Hey! It's an excuse for us to get together... :-D
Moi
:-); April 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Teddy said...: Ooo! I didn't think you'd say yes! Goody! Do you have any with a chorus? Hmmm, I like this very much...when shall we start? This is great, we'll have to make a cd when we're done-with the trios that Beth and 'Manda and I play, and stuff like that!Fun-fun-fun!
It's kinda silly, the other day I was agonizing over words to a song and it wasn't flowing very well, but, as soon as I'd have even one line done, I'd know exactly what the music would sound like! Methinks McMel that we shall become a great team, like...Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes, Bugs and Daffy, and all those other sophisticated actors!:) :) :)
Can you tell I'm getting a little crazy??????He-he-he-he-he-he-he!!!!; April 11, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Melanie said...: Good gracious, Lady Teddalina, thou really art of most hilariosity! However, me thinks I must admit, the name of Laurel and Hardy hath never come to these mine ears... yet all the following hath.
Speak thou unto thine mother and beseech her to have us to thy humble abode and we shall together contemplate a tune to put to mine words of poetry.
Aye, I canst tell that thou art feeling somewhat crazy, but forgiveness is granted thee! :-); April 11, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Ana said...: Beautiful words Melanie, nicely done.; April 11, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Teddy said...: Laurel and Hardy are comedians from around the 1930's or maybe even earlier-pretty corny but still, some of Weston's favorite quotes are from them. I just had a most wondrous thought that methinks thee shall enjoy. What if, when the guys have their outing, we had a girl night?????Either my mom could bring me to your house and leave me for the weekend or your mom could come with you and spend the night with us! It's brilliant-brilliant-brilliant I tell you!!!! We could do music, watch Cranford, do each others hair, I could give back-rubs all 'round, we could make cookies, take a nature walk or three, take pictures, discuss any number of things, and drink lots and lots of coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doesn't that sound most wondrous?; April 11, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Teddy said...: Well, doesn't it????; April 13, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Melanie said...: Oh! :-P Sorry-- I thought I had answered that but I actually had forwarded it to Mommy.

YESSSSSSSSSSss!!!!! It's sounds like a PHENOMENAL idea!!! I say we start planning.... :-D
I'm berry excited!
:-D; April 13, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Teddy said...: He-he-he! Yes, lets!; April 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Chelsea said...: Melanie, I'd like to take you up on your offer of volunteering your poetry for Perfecting113, if that's alright with you. Would you mind sharing this poem with us for the June update?; June 2, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Melanie said...: Chelsea, that would be great! You may definitely use this poem and any others that you think you could use. :-); June 2, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Chelsea said...: Your poem is up. =) Updates are not yet complete on the site, but they are underway! =D Here is the link: http://perfecting113.com/poetry_and_quotes

Have a great week!

~Chelsea~; June 23, 2009 at 1:15 AM

PRAYER REQUESTS

"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" (Ephesians 6:18)

PLEASE PRAY...

* That I would draw nearer to God every day and never allow my relationship to become stagnant ritual; particularly that I would grow in the area of submission, patience, 1 Corinthians 13 love, and wholehearted devotion

* That I might have wisdom as I edit "The Marquis' Daughter"; that the Lord would bless and work through it; and that I might find just the right publisher for it.

* That I would submit to the Lord's work in my life, whatever it may be; that I would take each opportunity He brings me (even the seemingly hard ones) to draw closer to Him and point others to Him

*That our Etsy shop might be successful and that it would be a means by which we can glorify God and share the Gospel

Ephesians 2:1-10

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

"The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?"

"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to."

"If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing."

"Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty."

"Victory over all the circumstances of life comes not by might, nor by power, but by a practical confidence in God and by allowing His Spirit to dwell in our hearts and control our actions and emotions. Learn in the days of ease and comfort, to think in terms of the prayer that follows, so that when the days of hardship come you will be fully prepared and equipped to meet them."

"And shall I pray, Oh, change Thy will, my Father,
Until it be according unto mine?
Ah no, Lord, no, that never could be, rather
I pray Thee, Blend my human will with Thine."

"A crucified life cannot be self-assertive. It cannot protect itself. It cannot be startled into resentful words. The cup that is full of sweet water cannot spill bitter-tasting drops, however sharply it is knocked."

"And as we rest our hearts upon what we know (the certainty of the ultimate triumph of good), leaving what we do not know to the Love that has led us all our life long, the peace of God enters into us and abides. And then we see our light."

[A Practicing Christian]...it means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God. It means looking at everything as something that comes from Him, and always looking to Him and asking His will first, and saying, "How would he wish me to deal with this?"

Christ says: "Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work. I want you."

"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."

"What is saving but taking us out of the dark into the light? There is no salvation but to know God and grow like Him."

"I will not try to convince you of anything about God. I cannot. You must know Him. I only tell you I believe in Him with all my heart. You must ask Him to explain Himself to you, and not take it for granted that He has done you a wrong because He has done what you do not like. Whether you seek Him or not, He will do you justice. But He cannot explain Himself unless you seek Him."

"Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes into the life of a peaceful individual, without warning of gathered storm, something terrible will fall. And from that moment everything is changed. That life is no more what it was. Better it ought to be, worse it may be. The result depends on the life itself and it's response to the invading storm of trouble. Forever after, it's spiritual weather is altered. But for the one who believes in God, such rending and frightful catastrophies never come but where they are turned around for good in his own life and in other lives he touches."