Unmovable
(1 Corinthians 15:58)

My brothers, be unmovable
And steadfast in the Lord –
Abounding in His work each day
And grounded in His Word.

Through all the winds and storms of life
Don’t shift with every tide,
But take your stand with Jesus Christ
And in His Word abide.

The world will change, the church may drift,
But Jesus is the same –
He will reward your work of love
To glorify His Name.

For soon He’ll come, the trump will sound,
Then all in Christ shall rise
To dwell in immortality
And gain the lasting prize.

So take your stand unmovable
Till Jesus shall appear
Abounding in His work with joy
Because you know He’s near.

Christina Joy Hommes

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58

God’s Mercy Will Extend this Year

I do not have to wait and hope
God’s mercy will extend this year,
I do not have to fear the day
His faithfulness will disappear;
They both endure while time shall last
And then extend when earth is past.

I do not have to wait and see
What changes He will undergo;
He doesn’t change, He cannot fail
He’s still the same and so I know
That I can trust Him year by year
Until the day He will appear.

I do not have to wait and fear
The things that I will face this year;
With God to guide my steps each day
I know that He is always near.
Whatever comes He’s with me still
To bless me as I do His will.

I do not have to wait to know
The fullness of God’s love for me –
Each day some more He’ll gladly show
If I will set myself to see;
If I will look for what He’s done
I’ll see His blessings one by one.

Christina Joy Hommes

2021

I’m looking on to what’s ahead,
I’m resting on what God has said,
I’m reaching for the prize before,
I’m striving for that happy shore.
I praise the Lord for what has been –
I thank Him for past help again,
I sing in hope of what He’ll do,
I find each day great joy anew.

I live today like it’s my last,
I seek to learn from what is past,
I plan the year like decades lie
Between today and home on high.
I fight the fight with all my strength,
I search love’s depth and height and length,
I die to self and live in Christ
To whom my all is sacrificed.

O Lord my God, I’ll go with you
Across the mighty ocean blue
Or stay at home if You are there –
To be with You is all my prayer.
So, call me forth or bid me stay,
But set my course from day to day
That I might know what I should do
And know that I am pleasing You.

Christina Joy Hommes

As 2020 Closes

As twenty twenty closes
Like other years before,
We stop to see the blessings
Which lined its corridor.

Yes, there were many troubles,
Surprises bad and good,
And many things that happened
We’ve still not understood.

But through it all God drew us
To deeper trust in Him;
He guided and He kept us
When all ahead seemed dim.

He answered prayers and showed us
That when the whole world shakes
He’s still our strength and refuge
And does things for our sakes.

We say goodbye to one year
And gladly greet the next
With hopes it will be brighter
And maybe less complex.

Yet we are still more certain
Whatever comes next year
God goes before to bless us
And Jesus may appear.

Christina Joy Hommes

Thank You for Christmas

Thank you, Lord, for Christmas –
For coming down to earth
And telling us the story
About Your lowly birth.

Thank you, Lord, for living
As one of us – our own –
And facing all the troubles
To which we’re all so prone.

Thank you, Lord, for dying
To pay our debt from sin,
To give us peace and mercy
And make us clean within.

Thank you, Lord for rising
To give us life above
And joy and hope in knowing
Your never-ending love.

Thank you, Lord, for Christmas –
For coming down to me
To make me Yours in kindness
For all eternity.

Christina Joy Hommes

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