Some 'Sure-ances/Assurances For Today

The Way, the Truth, and the Life John 14:1-6“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, *I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.”Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.*** Surely as night turns to morning and as sunshine follows rain.. Quite the deluge pouring from nature's tap today!So many a-magical rain-drop marvel on display! Sure as effect follows action heedless of rank or statureSure as truth meets confrontation with unflinching caliberSure as deed is like seed planted, sure as pride precedes downfallSure as every day is granted with a divine beck and callSure as summer is enchanted by enticements, autumnal Sure as moments mete fleet measure that no miser's vault contains Sure as we prove what we treasure by what Thought most entertainsSure as season follows season, sure as present turns to pastSure as wisdom refines reason, sure as stumbles humble fast Sure as hello's sweet reunions, sure as farewell culls its cast Sure as the face in the mirror starts to wear Time’s telling strifeSure as each breath draws us nearer to the finish-line of lifeSure as despair is a canker causing the spirit to groanSure as we are prone to hanker after what is not our ownSure as hope IS a sure anchor in Messiah’s Cornerstone Surely God’s goodness and mercy graces all that dawns and dimsSurely His kind purpose frustrates futile chase of wishful whimsSurely as night turns to morning and as sunshine follows rainSurely as He hears hate's scorning, He hears faith's prayer, not in vainSurely He comforts with warning; surely, *I will come again © Janet Martin Psalm 23:6Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.