Thursday, March 03, 2005
How Long?
How long for that spacious place? How long in this valley of death, with the accuser walking behind taunting and tormenting as he did Christian in Pilgrim' progress.
The hill, though high, I covet to ascend,
The difficulty will not me offend;For I perceive the way to life lies here.
Come, pluck up heart, let's neither faint nor fear;
Better, though difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe. [John Bunyan]
4 The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave [b] coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the LORD ;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me. [Psalm 18] |
