January 14, 2011

• We're moved in...

  We moved a week earlier into our new little abode. I've finished unpacking all the boxes. I found a place for all the essentials (and a few non-essentials) and it already feels like home. I am falling in love with the precious older woman that the Lord has given us to care for. We talk about Jesus throughout the day and are enjoying getting to know one another. I hope to post pictures soon but I need to do a bit of fine tuning on some areas first.

  I'm studying the topic of 'guidance' and came across this poem in a book by Sinclair Ferguson. It greatly expresses the desires of my heart even though there are times I resist His plan I do so want His will in my life ...

  

  Thy way, not mine,  Lord,

  However dark it be!

  Lead me by Thine own hand,

  Choose out the path for me.

   

  Smooth let it be or rough,

  It will be still the best;

  Winding, or straight, it leads

  Right onward to Thy rest.

   

  I dare not choose my lot,

  I would not if I might;

  Choose Thou for me, my God,

  So shall I walk aright.

   

  The kingdom that I seek

  Is Thine, so let the way

  That leads to it be Thine

  Else I must surely stray.

   

  Take Thou my cup, and it

  With joy or sorrow fill,

  As best to Thee may seem;

  Choose Thou my good and ill.

   

  Choose Thou for me my friends,

  My sickness or my health;

  Choose Thou my cares for me,

  My poverty or wealth.

   

  Not mine, not mine the choice,

  In things or great or small;

  Be Thou my Guide, my Strength,

  My Wisdom, and my All.

   

                    Horatius Bonar

   

  (Picture used by permission from allposters.com)

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