My Friend: A Meditation

Song Lyrics: "Hold on, hold on....my friend. I will find you....."

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When I feel myself falling in the dark and cannot see past the fog of despair, God whispers to my heart these simple words...."Hold on, hold on, my friend. I will find you." I close my eyes and feel myself being lifted up onto his chest where I rest my cares and worries as he reminds me he will never leave me or forsake me. Oh My Father, My Father! How wonderful you are to me, that your spirit stirs my mind and I recall what you have promised and how you have done it. I have gone from your enemy to your friend not by fear, or by your anger and wrath, but by your limitless love. I will always and forever love you with all my heart, all my soul and all my mind.

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God Said,

"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD." (1)

God fulfilled his promise,

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (2)...who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. (3)

Jesus Said,

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.(4) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.(5)

I believe this because Jesus prayed,

"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world."(6)

And he also said,

"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”(7)

Since the beginning, it has always been you, for Job saw you before we knew you and said,

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.(8)

Now that your work is finished, you said,

"No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (9)

So Lord, help me remember...

...that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (10)

and walk in your ways, because you said...

He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. (11)

You said to me, 

 Only hold fast what you have until I come. (12)

So I will hold on....

I'm Blessed: Clay Evans and the Fellowship Choir

That's My King!

This video speaks for itself, and is most excellent. It electrifies my body and brings tears to my eyes.

The Realization of a Promise

"I will bear the burden for the sake of others, for not to bear it brings greater orders of sorrow to them. Grow the seed of love in my Heart, as it is no longer my expiation, but my Joy to gladly carry it for my all my brothers and sisters; regardless if they know you or not. Give me the strength to realize this promise, whispered in the recesses of my heart, to the fullness of its potential."

- The Bondsman