Tuesday's slice of bread

A weekly post premised on this: Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord (Prov. 16:20)

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

No hidden thing
Sobering to think, to be aware, that nothing is hidden from Him with whom we each have to do. Sometimes in the middle of the night--the darkest part--I take comfort in knowing that nothing going on in my neighborhood is hidden from Him. Then the times I wish I could hide--sins which are "only" thoughts--I realize those are also wide open to Him. As the Psalm says, Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. [ESV; 139:12; see also Hebrews 4.]
No hidden thing
No hidden thing in earth or heaven or the deeps of hell,
Can be hidden from You, dwell,
For You are God, Creator, All-knowing One,
And all is transparent, needing no sun,
Nothing is hid, nothing unremarked by You,
All open before Your holy eyes,
Even that which would think, disguise.
Nothing in all creation escapes notice or care,
For wherever any is, You are there.
Before, behind, beneath, and yet to be,
All are one, are known by Thee.
Holy, holy, holy God
Who lives in eternity
Let us live knowing
We live unhidden
To do as we are bidden
For Thee and before Thee,
In time and eternity,
Amen for Thee.

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