At the fringe of the garment of Jesus Was a place that was humble and low And a Master so Holy yet gentle All the years of her searching He knows While she presses through crowds Jesus lingered No one noticed her there in that place But there at the hem of His garment She found mercy and healing and grace So trust Him today and forever Take hold of the fringe of His robe For He welcomes the humble and weary And has promised us grace for the road!
Faith in Flight
An Ibis is so strange a bird
While it looks about for worms
Its crooked neck bent down to peck
Like chickens on our farm
But if they start to spread their wings
And fly up to the skies
Together sweep in gliding grace
To show God’s grace that hides
And wait for us to ooh and aah
And remember God delights
To give His strength in weakness
As our faith lifts up in flight
Faith in Flight by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1
The great temptation that we face is to seek help and hope and honor from men instead of being satisfied with what God Alone provides.
A desert is an empty and dry place where little survives and what grows there is gnarled or covered with thorns. But the Spirit led Jesus there and He will certainly give to us seasons to be there also. It is not a place we would have chosen but it is necessary, because there we learn to depend on daily bread baked in our quiet time with Him, rather than the seemingly spectacular loaves that the world’s advertisers insist we must buy.
There on the rocky paths He sends His angels to guard us along a plain pathway. That protection covers us as we brave necessary dangers of obedience not the thrill of showing off our freedoms and rights for everyone to see.
He doesn’t require us to gain worldly fame instead He simply gives us fruitfulness as we obey His command to love those around us.
If we want to find God’s joy and peace and love then we need to look for them where Jesus did. Only there, out in the wilderness can God faithfully show us His way. In that place Jesus was satisfied that the Father was completely pleased when He trusted in His word. If Jesus had to live in humble surrender rather than by insisting on His rights then how much more should we?
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