We are Your Shadow

We are Your shadow, O Lord

   Led by the Pillar of Cloud

That leads Your people through desert country;

A passing shadow are we.

Bright and happy and free,

Free in Your loving care.

Bright and happy are we,

The Bread of Life we all share.

We are Your breeze, O Lord,

A cooling breeze, indeed;

The wind is the Wind of Your Spirit, Lord.

A puff of wind are we.

Bright and happy and free,

Free in Your lasting love

Bright and happy are we,

O lead us, Holy Dove.

by Julie Dunlap,  May, 2014

Note: Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Church.  The Holy Spirit brings us comfort, counsel, and strength to go on living as Christians.  We often neglect the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and try to figure things out ourselves.  However, we come to the realization that we need the Holy Spirit in order to grow in our faith in Christ.  "'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts."  Zechariah 4:6

Noble Love

How often, Love, our grateful eyes
   Have seen what Thou hast done,
How often does Thy love surprise
   From dawn to set of sun.

How often has a gracious rain
   On Thine inheritance,
When it was weary, wrought again
   An inward radiance.

Thou Who upon the heavens dost ride,
   What miracle of love
Brings Thee more swiftly to our side
   Than even thought can move?

Our love is like a little pool,
   Thy love is like the sea,
O beautiful, O Wonderful,
   How noble Love can be.

by Amy Carmichael, from Edges of His Ways