Friday, June 14, 2024

Our Father's Hand

OUR FATHER'S HAND


What time I am afraid, O God
My heart doth trust in thee~
Dogs surround.They mock, they laugh.
But thy gentleness, it touches me.

Weary, I fall before the King who bled~
Stabbed by nails and thorns, for me;
My shameful tears and sweat a-tumble down~
The Lord Jesus suffered first: he sees.

Now: behold the wicked, rising up~
Vicious tongues that lash and scorn;
The haughty build their final tower
(Saints on eagle's wings, carried o'er).

But we remember the promise of the morning star,
Jesus Christ, the Everlasting King of truth and light~
Soon he returns in the clouds with great glory!
God's mighty hand will break the night!

And the Lord Christ Jesus who felt the traitor's kiss~
Who bore the contempt and the cruelty of man,
He hides us, he comforts~  he whispers by his word~
We safely rest in our Father's hand.





(~sister Abby Elizabeth)