How Long, O Lord

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger     or discipline me in your rage. Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.     Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. I am sick at heart.     How long, O Lord, until you restore me? Return, O Lord, and rescue …

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Cease Striving

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Psalm 46:1-3 NASB …

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Tough Circumstances

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the …

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