Poem May 1, 2017 Issue

Answers to the heart

Brian Kissock
Answers to the heart
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God’s answer for discouragement:
“Courage, my dearest idea.
You have not been given the spirit of fear,
nor of depression
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.*
You are My expression
of every Christlike quality.”

God’s answer for disappointment
is your appointment
as missionary—
a confidante, a friend, a spiritual healer.

God’s answer to thoughts of separation,
even suicide:
“I am by your side
every moment—cherishing,
nurturing, loving,
lifting you up.”

There can be nothing disheartening
when we know
God is forever sending
answers to our heart.

—Brian Kissock

*See II Timothy 1:7

 

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