Feasting on the Word

Thankful for the truth of redemption, and also the power and poignancy of the Word, and also for books like Streams in the Desert that challenge and comfort my soul.

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
--Hebrews 10:19-25, ESV

Child of My love, lean hard,
And let Me feel the pressure of your care;
I know your burden, child.  I shaped it;
Balanced in Mine Own hand; made no proportion
In its weight to your unaided strength,
For even as I laid it on, I said,
"I will be near, and while she leans on Me,
This burden will be Mine, not hers;
So will I keep My child within the circling arms
Of My Own love." Here lay it down, nor fear
To impose it on a shoulder that upholds
The government of worlds.  Yet closer come:
You are not near enough.  I would embrace your care;
So I might feel My child reclining on My breast.
you love Me, I know.  So then do not doubt;
But loving Me, lean hard.
--Streams in the Desert, L.B. Cowman, Sept 12 reading