Through the Lord\u2019s mercies, we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness. \u201cThe Lord is my portion,\u201d says my soul, \u2018Therefore I hope in Him!\u201d
\nLamentations 3:22-24
\nGood Monday morning to this week 50 of 2018<\/p>\n
The other week we passing through town in Lom\u00e9 listening to a Christian radio station\u00a0as we drove through hectic and busy traffic. The traffic is slow, busy, and whenever at a red light there are motorbikes in front, behind and on both sides of the cars. I see the many families or mothers with 2 or 3 children on the motorbikes and pray for their protection.
\nAs I am deep in thought with all the many thoughts of those on the “moto-taxis”,\u00a0 I hear a song a hymn translated to French that has accompanied me for all of my life. As a child we used to sing it in church or hear parents and elders sing it.<\/p>\n
Thomas Chisholm wrote \u201cGreat Is Thy Faithfulness\u201d as a testament to God\u2019s faithfulness through his very ordinary life. Born in a log cabin in Franklin, Kentucky, Chisholm became a Christian when he was twenty-seven and entered the ministry when he was thirty-six, though poor health forced him to retire after just one year. During the rest of his life, Chisholm spent many years living in New Jersey and working as a life insurance agent. Still, even with a desk job, he wrote nearly 1,200 poems throughout his life, including several published hymns.<\/p>\n
Chisholm explained toward the end of his life, \u201cMy income has not been large at any time due to impaired health in the earlier years which has followed me on until now. Although I must not fail to record here the unfailing faithfulness of a covenant-keeping God and that He has given me many wonderful displays of His providing care, for which I am filled with astonishing gratefulness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just think, with each new day, God gives us the chance to prove His faithfulness.
\nHis mercies are new every morning, no matter what.<\/p>\n
Great is thy faithfulness
\nThomas Chisholm \u2013 1925<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness,\u201d O God my Father,
\nThere is no shadow of turning with Thee;
\nThou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
\nAs Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
\n\u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness!\u201d \u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness!\u201d
\nMorning by morning new mercies I see;
\nAll I have needed Thy hand hath provided\u2014
\n\u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness,\u201d Lord, unto me!
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\nSummer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
\nSun, moon and stars in their courses above,
\nJoin with all nature in manifold witness
\nTo Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
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\nPardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
\nThine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
\nStrength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
\nBlessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!<\/p>\n
How many millions has this hymn blessed down through the years? The suffering man who penned it could still look to the goodness of God and His loving care in the middle of trouble. If you are suffering today,\u00a0 struggling with untold and seemingly intolerable burdens, this a prayer for you, He has not forgotten you. He is faithful, a loving Father who has engraved you on the palms of his hands. (Isaiah 49:16.)<\/p>\n
A prayer, a proclamation, a wish, a truth, a hope and much more!
\nA prayer of protection for all the many people on the “moto-taxis” of Lom\u00e9
\nA prayer for the many suffering in Yemen, Syria, Irak, Somalia, Burundi, Cameroun,
\nA proclamation for communities, homes, families and you as individual.<\/p>\n
Wishing a good start to this week.
\nPhilemon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Through the Lord\u2019s mercies, we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness. \u201cThe Lord is my portion,\u201d says my soul, \u2018Therefore I hope in Him!\u201d Lamentations 3:22-24 Good Monday morning to this week 50 of 2018 The other week we passing through town in Lom\u00e9 … <\/p>\n