Wednesday night’s sermon was based on Psalm 34:8. The following poem is based on the sermon.
Whittling Away by Michael Romani Sharpening the focal Looking at the local In the midst of a journey To strengthen you and me Constantly whittling away Until only the good stays Taking refuge in these things As life comes and brings All those little torments That make up for all our moments And provide for our rest In garden of all the very best There in that admission again We know we live in corrupted sin Until that day, we no longer pretend Knowing that God is our friend It's the truth of being redeemed Better than anything we've dreamed It is there in that deep essence Dwelling peacefully in God's presence A living universe in His control Every moment for our souls Directed to teach us our lessons Without any sort of hesitation Just how much our heavenly father gives Providing all that we might live Knowing that our Lord is good In all the things we've understood Taking us close to His heart Where we've belonged since the start The goodness of God in the Bible Teaches us He is most reliable In all of the promises He Keeps As strong and just as it is deep Wrapping my mind in realization That God is journey and destination God invites us to take a taste Moving along slowly not haste A sample given out so freely All the good we might see So much goodness on display Too too good to throw it away Blessed that we answered His call And it's best that we always recall That His goodness is given in mercy Written through every page of history All the questions left be asked Remain as matter of what's to be tasked Though at times we are oblivious To all the goodness that should be obvious But it's given in His good time Always in His time down the line Carried in the palm of His loving hand Simply waiting for us to maybe understand And for us to follow our God most high A stronghold of refuge waiting our reply His offer to watch in our day of trouble Giving us comfort, more than double As we struggle through our doubt Knowing God will always work it out (c) October 11, 2017 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 