Often in life the floodgates of distress are suddenly opened and we are overwhelmed by trials. We echo with new understanding the words of the psalmist as he exclaimed in anxiety, "Save me, O God for the waters are come in unto my soul." (Psalms 69:1) Yet we need not fear for our loving Heavenly Father holds the waters in the hollow of His hand. He measures them out in sufficient quantities to cleanse us, but He will never allow them to drown us. In our time of grief, we are never without His abiding presence and constant help.
Not long after arriving in the New Hebrides as a pioneer missionary, John G Paton and his wife rejoiced in the coming of a baby son to gladden their home. But the joy was short-lived. Soon death took both his wife and child, and Dr Paton had to dig their graves and bury his loved ones with his own hands. In writing of this experience he testified, "If it had not been for Jesus and the fellowship and grace He afforded me, I am certain I would have gone mad or died of grief beside their lonely graves." Marvelously strengthened from above, the bereaved servant of God found that the promises of the Word were able to sustain him through the heartache and sorrow of his tragic loss.
Have you been going through deep waters, Christian? The Lord is near and He beckons you to walk close to Him. His sovereign purpose in these trials is not to let you drown but to help you pass through the waters of woe and on to higher ground! H.G.B
In His Word there is a promise
Like the promise in the bow
That however deep the waters
They shall never overflow.
Anon.
There is nothing like the high tide of trial to test our spiritual stature.
This particular piece helped to sustain my wife and me during a time of grief many years back.
David Sneed
Not long after arriving in the New Hebrides as a pioneer missionary, John G Paton and his wife rejoiced in the coming of a baby son to gladden their home. But the joy was short-lived. Soon death took both his wife and child, and Dr Paton had to dig their graves and bury his loved ones with his own hands. In writing of this experience he testified, "If it had not been for Jesus and the fellowship and grace He afforded me, I am certain I would have gone mad or died of grief beside their lonely graves." Marvelously strengthened from above, the bereaved servant of God found that the promises of the Word were able to sustain him through the heartache and sorrow of his tragic loss.
Have you been going through deep waters, Christian? The Lord is near and He beckons you to walk close to Him. His sovereign purpose in these trials is not to let you drown but to help you pass through the waters of woe and on to higher ground! H.G.B
In His Word there is a promise
Like the promise in the bow
That however deep the waters
They shall never overflow.
Anon.
There is nothing like the high tide of trial to test our spiritual stature.
This particular piece helped to sustain my wife and me during a time of grief many years back.
David Sneed
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