Voyage

O LORD of the oceans,
My little bark sails on a restless sea,
Grant the Jesus may sit at the helm and steer me safely;
Suffer no adverse currents to divert my heavenward course;
Let not my faith be wrecked amid storms and shoals;
Bring me to harbour with flying pennants,
hull unbreached,
cargo unspoiled.

I ask great things, expect great things, shall receive great things.
I venture on thee wholly, fully, my wind, sunshine, anchor, defence.

The voyage is long, the waves high, the storms pitiless, but my helm is held steady, thy Word secures safe passage, thy grace wafts me onward, my haven is guaranteed.

This day will bring me nearer home,
Grant me holy consistency in every transaction,
my peace flowing as a running tide,
my righteousness as every chasing wave.

Help me to live circumspectly, with skill to convert every care into prayer,
Halo my path with gentleness and love,
smooth every asperity of temper;
let me not forget how easy it is to occasion grief,
may I strive to bind up every wound,
and pour oil on all troubled waters.

May the world this day be happier and better because I live.

Let my mast before me be the Saviour’s cross,
and every oncoming wave the fountain in his side.

Help me, protect me in the moving sea until I reach the shore of unceasing praise.

(Taken from; The Valley of Vision)

Blessings,
BluesMan

33 Degrees - Yeah!

Well it is 33 degrees, which is the high today, never thought I would appreciate 1 degree above freezing. I have spent the last couple of days stuck in our house which has been encased in ice, and I have had a bad bout of cabin fever. But now it looks as if it will get above 40 tomorrow which means I can get back to work......now that I think about it cabin fever is not so bad.......




Blessings
BluessMan

A Shiver From Boerne

Not known for our harsh winters, South Texas is having a very unusual cold snap. Normally a cold snap would be in the low 40's but this beats all.....Ma Hoyt you can have your cold weather!

A New Year

O LORD, Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory.

Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour, that I may not be one moment apart from thee, but may rely on thy spirit to be supplied every thought, speak every word, direct every step, prosper every work, build up every mote of faith, and give me a desire to show forth thy praise; testify thy love, advanced thy kingdom.

I launch my bark on the unknown waters of this year, with thee, O Father, as my harbour, thee, O Son, as my helm, thee, O Holy Spirit filling my sails.

Guide me to heaven with my loins girt, my lamp burning, my ear open to thy calls, my heart full of love, my soul free.

Give me thy grace to sanctify me, thy comfort to cheer, thy wisdom to teach, thy right hand to guide, thy counsel to instruct, thy law to judge, thy presence to stabilize.

May thy fear be my awe, thy triumphs my joy.

(Taken from; The Valley of Vision)

Blessings,
BluesMan

A New Year - A New Start

As the old year has pasted there is a year new starting,

As I look back at the old year there were times of great sadness and others filled with with great joy. But as this new year started there was a heaviness that encompassed us. No deaths to report but in a true sense there was....it is so hard to think about that I tried not to think of it but it has filled my mind with wonder.

Friends it seems sometimes can be the greatest blessing, and at the same time this wonderful relationship called friendship can cause us the greatest hurts. The heaviness came not from outsiders but insiders. The hurt was not only on my part but it caused great saddness in my family. As I look to the future I cannot see that the standing we once had with some of our friends will ever be the same, and this of all things has caused me to be filled with sadness.

Yet as the new year begins there are things that I look forward to, my daughter whom I dearly love will be graduating this spring and this has filled my heart with joy as well as my pocketbook will be a little better off *smile*, though this maybe short lived......*sigh*. My prayer for this year is this:

"That the Lord will be magnified in it and all the year my be a testimony of His goodness."

Blessings:
BluesMan