What The World Knows Nothing Of...

Sometimes the sorrow for those who do not believe, love and obey Godis almost more than I can bear,and lest misunderstood, I come across as having all the answersand everything 'right', far from it!!but the one/only answer I have right, is by the grace of God through the cross of Jesus Christ;Gal.6:14May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Fear, in this fallen world seeks to usurp faith, hope and trustWithout God’s Word to undergird, to guide, rebuke and cheerHow could we bear love’s cross of care or suffer what we mustBut for the glory waiting in the Aftermath of here Where the foothills of Heaven groan with sin, sorrow and strifeWhere we, but brief sojourners because earth is but a valeNeed He who rolled away the stone from a tomb filled with LifeThe life that will abide; even in death it will not fail Ah, raise thy gaze above the worldly ways of wanton willCling to the sickle of God’s Word to keep thy conscience pureAnd drink from the wellspring where Living Waters spill and spillTo sustain and refresh the soul committed to endure …and tremble at His Word; pray for a spirit, poor, contriteSo, God will look on us and fill us with riches untold;Green pastures and still waters to restore the soul’s delightHis perfect peace, his joy to be our strength, worth more than gold Pray for this fallen world, mired in cesspools of despairAh pray for those who do not know the goodness of God’s loveThat they may come to know He who laid mercy’s coffers bareUpon the cross to offer what the world knows nothing of By God's grace alone we are saved; a gift so none can boastShall we then continue in sin so His grace may aboundShall we mock, as it were the One who gave His UttermostOh, may it never be, when once lost, we are found Surely, goodness and mercy will follow us all our daysUntil we dwell with Him by whose resurrection, we liveWhere we will never weary of perfecting worship's praiseAs we look on Him whom we pierced, and He replied 'forgive' © Janet Martin John 11:25-26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” Isa.66:2Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.