Tough Sayings for a Tender Heart

Dreams, speak your lovely imaginings
that everything is fine, just fine
But the Lord declares,

'Let the one who has my Word
speak it faithfully.
For what has straw to do with grain?
My word is like fire and hammer.'

So God's Living Word came and
spoke faithful words of truth,
planting the life-giving grain of
love, healing, hope and salvation
in the hearts of repentant sinners.
He also dealt rushing, burning
fire and hammer blows at sin
and those who cling to its pleasures/
'How harsh,' people said.
but is hard truth actually harsh when
spken by the Lover of our souls
the One who died in our place?
The Father said, and still says

' This is My dearly loved Son
listen to Him.'

Susan Lenzkes copyright © 2007