He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah 53:3

Our refuge is not in titles, degrees, wealth, comfort, earthly apparel,

books, self-promotion, followers, politics, popularity or ease.

Our refuge is found in  Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords,

Creator of Heaven and Earth, King and Creator of every tribe,

every soul, every nation, Redeemer, Prince of Peace, lover and

pursuer of all who are sinners, of all who are broken,  of all who

need a divine Cross given remedy. Our refuge is Jesus Christ, who was

despised and rejected a  man of sorrows acquainted with grief.

Our refuge is Jesus Christ. Our refuge is  Jesus Christ!

Our refuge is  Jesus Christ! Our refuge is  Jesus Christ!

Our Savior

abundantly

abounds  in

hope, love,

mercy, grace,

beauty,  Holiness

patience, and truth

Do you? Do I?  Do we?

When the promises of our

most Holy, loving, merciful

God becomes our focus not

people or things…it is

then we have wings.

We have all heard and felt the bitter sting of words, cruel,

cold, calculated, so untrue, unjust, and unfair. And we have all

heard and felt the victorious, Holy streams of living healing

words from Jesus Christ, King of Kings from His heart to ours

found in His most inerrant, loving,  precious Holy word.

And so we must choose to delight and meditate  on the words of our

God day and night and be that tree planted by the rivers of living water water

whose leaf will not wither and whatsoever we do for Jesus Christ will prosper.

And we must choose to be that tree planted by the rivers of living water.

There are quiet saints whose

lives are sweet, tender and kind

the type of Saints who are full of the

light and love of Jesus Christ. And

when their time on earth is done and

death takes them to their true eternal

Heavenly home, the light of Jesus Christ

found in their lives seems to have made this

dusty earth dim for we are momentarily without them.

Be what Jesus Christ,

King of Kings and

Lord of Lords has

created you to be….then

be victoriously unbreakable,

be victoriously unbreakable,

be victoriously unbreakable.

When the mountainous, ceaseless enormity of

our Savior’s love, approval, and delight for us is

our focus, then everything else just melts away.

When our sole hope is in Jesus Christ,

our Lord, we are truly undefeatable.

We are ceaselessly and gloriously victorious.

We are abundantly pardoned, forgiven and always,

always the ecstatic center of our Triune God’s joy and delight.

We can ceaselessly rejoice for we are forever His children,

His people, His friends, and His favored royal heirs.

On our minds

in our hearts,

and on our lips,

should  be the

unashamed, victorious

statement that we

always boldly proclaim

“Do you know precious  Jesus?”

To really delight in a soul

without shame, blame, or

humiliation is the  fragrant

perfumed beauty of the

gospel news of truth and grace

whose source is Jesus Christ,

King of Kings and Lord of Lords

whose kindness, love, mercy

and forgiveness led us all to repentance.