Friday, September 6, 2013

Wonder - Awestruck Wonder


photo courtesy Justine Gallien of PYP Portraits, LLC
 I pray - I wait - and I wonder.

I wonder at the knowledge that God hears me
that He loves me and
that He cares about what concerns me.

I wonder how He will answer my prayer
Not if  He will answer,
but how he will answer...and when.

I wonder how He will take the perplexities in my life
and turn them around for my good.

I wonder how He will use these circumstances to mold
me into the image of Christ.

I wonder at the hardships He allows so that I may grow
and comfort others with the comfort
He has given me
through the storms.

I wonder at the blessings He pours out
Unearned, undeserved
undeniably an outpouring of grace.

I look up...in wonder
awestruck wonder
and gaze into the face of
perfect love.

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"Who among the gods is like you, Lord?
Who is like you— majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory, working wonders?"
Exodus 15:11



(Copyright© 2013 Jan Christiansen. All rights reserved.)

9 comments:

  1. Wow! This poem fits my image beautifully! Exactly what I was going for when I took the image of my sister. Thanks so much for using it!!!

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    1. Thank you for being so kind as to let me use your photo. You do beautiful work! Blessings to you!

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  2. Beautiful, Jan! I'm so thankful for all the encouragement you give in your transparent lifestyle.

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    1. Thanks, Joy. What you see is what you get...warts & all. :)

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  3. This poem is beautiful and I needed to read it, I thank you for it and thank God for reaching me through your words.

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  4. Thank you for your kind words, Tracy. I love how God uses all kinds of ways to reach out to us and blessed that He chose to use this little blog to speak to you.

    Blessings,
    Jan

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  5. God is so good!!! Thank you for all the encouragement you give to trust Him. He is soooooooooooo worthy of all our trust!

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  6. Just enjoyed this again! Thanks so much!!

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  7. I just re-read this. Thanks so much Jan!

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