PSALM 63:1-7 AMPCO GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.  Are you weary? Are you struggling with a tiredness or lassitude where you have no inclination to ‘pull yourself together’ and forge ahead with vigour? If not at this moment you will most assuredly have encountered weariness at some time or another. You are in that dry and dreary land where no water is. As an artist, I sometimes find myself in such a place; looking for the water of inspiration, and lacking the peace to contemplate, seek and develop ideas — in other words to drink of The Lord’s creative fountain. “So much to do; so little time” is often brought to mind. We are so busy in the day-to-day that the stuff of the Christlife can be pushed aside. And it is not simply in creative pursuits that this is so. We can find ourselves weary from a whole gamut of emotional turmoil. Anxiety and stress often drain our energy faster than we realise. Webster’s dictionary explains weariness as ‘a complete depletion of energy or strength’. The Bible defines weariness as ‘distress, hardship, toil, labour’ and weary means ‘drought, faint, suffer, thirst’. In a dry and dreary land where no water is. That place is within us, and we can fail to notice that my inner self thirsts for You, Lord. When we turn to The Lord and give thanks and praise Him, we are restored and refreshed because His lovingkindness is better than life, and joy fills our whole being. Hebrews 12 gives us this lesson … For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. In other words, always look to Jesus Christ, who gave His life that our redemption and restoration is guaranteed. It is another expression of our Heavenly Father’s loving-kindness. It is difficult to realise that many of life’s difficulties are a test of our mettle — the fiery trial of our faith as Peter called it — however, it is so. But remember also that this test of faith has the glorious consequence of bringing us closer to The LORD. We are brought from a dry and dreary land where no water is to the place Jesus described in John 4… Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, A PRAYER FOR HEALINGA few days ago I came across a small card tucked inside a book, and printed on it was this ‘Prayer for Healing’. I think it must have been given to Gill or myself on one of our occasions at the Irish Christian Community we often visited and indeed lived with for a season. Special people indeed who love the Lord. We felt to share this with you now… Lord THY LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE — Maranatha Music A CLOSING WORD from … CARTER CONLON 2025-03-18 — SEEING THE REWARD OF THE WICKED — Carter Conlon (Times Square Church) LISTEN TO ‘ARE YOU WEARY?’ BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW…
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MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS…Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. Archives
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