For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
– Psalms 100:5
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:
The Virgin will be with child and give birth to
a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6
See, O Lord, how distressed I am!
I am in torment within, and in my heart I am
disturbed, for I have been most rebellious.
Lamentations 1:20a
I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall. I well remember
them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have
hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love we
are not consumed, for his compassion’s never
fail.
Lamentations 3:19-22
“Any man can sing by day; but only he whose heart
has been tuned by the gracious hand of Jehovah can
sing in the darkness. The things of earth may
satisfy for the hours of prosperity; but only the
peace of God can give gladness in the darkness of
adversity.
God gives joy in sorrow; and when the
sad one sings through his tears, then the Lord comes
out to him with new and more tender assurances, so that
by his very hymn he is made more gladsome. That which is born
of trust rises in rapture.” – Wm. M. Taylor.
From Streams In The Desert, Mrs. Charles E. Cowman December 2 1966 Cowman Publishing Company, Inc.
