O Happy Day ...

Rejoice in the Lord for he is good.

Some days on earth are happier than others. Today is one of those earthly "happy days". It is easy on such days to remember that "all things do work together for good", it is a prayer of mine that I am able to remember this on the not so happy days too.

There is sunshine in my soul today,

More glorious and bright

Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.

 O there is sunshine, blessed sunshine,
While the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face
There's sunshine in my soul.

There is springtime in my soul today,
For when the Lord is near
The dove of peace sings in my heart,
The flowers of grace appear.

There is gladness in my soul today,
And hope, and praise, and love,
For blessings which He gives me now,
For joys laid up above.

Empty send us not away.

It is good to receive answers to our prayers isn't it. I have been praying especially this week to be feed from the Word of God through the preaching today. Well it wasn't a great sermon, it wasn't delivered in an outstanding way, but there were certainly points to take away and reflect on regarding the spiritual growth of the church.

Jesus, we come to meet

With thee, our Lord and King,

To bow before thy feet,

And here thy praises sing:

Compassion on us have, we pray,

And empty send us not away.

May every worldly care

Be banished from our mind;

May we with profit hear;

And peace and comfort find:

Refresh us from thy word, we pray,

And empty send us not away.

Our strength will soon decrease,

Unless our souls be fed,
We feel our health and peace
Depend on living bread.

Thy gracious hand now, Lord, display,

And empty send us not away.

May all true mourners feel

Their grief exchanged for joy;

Thy love to them reveal,

And all their fears destroy:

That when they leave thy house this day,
They may not empty go away.

May all thy children prove

The riches of thy grace;

Each taste redeeming love,

And see thy smiling face:

So shall we all with pleasure say,

  We are not empty sent away.

                                                                                          S. Barnard

Do angels appear on earth in human form today?

The Bible tells us that angels are God's messengers sent from heaven to minsiter to his people.

I listened to a sermon this week which suggested that angels no longer appear in human form, but are spirits that guide us to God's revealled message in the Bible. I don't see why angel's do not appear on earth today in human form, after all they appeared before Christ's birth in human form and after his death in human form.

I am glad that God's angels minsiter to us today. I believe that they watch over us and protect us day by day in serving their heavenly master.