Awe

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 17 May 2026
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How great is God who can create
design and beauty intricate,
who came and showed His nature kind,
and power to give sight to the blind …?

D’you really think there is no Master?
that there is no-one, nothing greater
than you and I? Deceiving lie.
There’s much we do no know of ‘Why?’

But that’s no reason to ignore
the evidence that is before
our eyes and ears, to think with care –
is it His laws you cannot bear?

In truth those who accept His rule
have found there’s freedom in that school
and peace and joy with truth and awe:
acknowledge God, revere, adore.

Tune: LM eg Church Triumphant by James Elliott, tune of ‘I know that my Redeemer liives’

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Submitted by Nolan on

I read the serenty prayer,

Peace "who came and showed His nature kind

Courage "is it His laws you cannot bear?

Wisdom "no reason to ignore the evidence that is before

Have a great week, all the best Rhiannon!

Nolan &

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Nolan. Of course when we realise how good his laws are, and how happy it is to follow them, and how ready he is to forgive faiures, and help us in keeping them …

hope all is well for you, Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Rhiannon, my impressions are your work has become steadily more serious and deeper, revealing your insight, inner faith and inner strength study and knowledge. In my opinion from a purely “literature” viewpoint you have grown a lot.

Your poems and lyrics are beautiful and always constructive.

I hesitate but there are some things I feel a bit uncomfortable with, and intolerance with such as your repeated insistence on beliefs around Creation etc. What for? Has it ever occurred to you you might be wrong?

And hammering on ideas around “Sin” but I mean yes we are all human and fallible, but there really is much more to being Christian, much more definitive are the positive, faith, love and hope, i.e. as in Corinthians.

We should never lose our sense of humour, the result of that is insanity, believe me I've seen it.

Such as the priest asking the choir boy, “What must one do my son, to be absolved from sin?”, replied to by, “Please Father, one has to sin”.

All the best! See you! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Hi, Tom, thank you for the compliments. 

But about those concerns, I have looked at the reasons propounded for proposing evolution for the origin and development of nature. Even before understanding the gospel, in studying science and evolution, I was impressed with how unlikely evolution by chance was statistically, especially as the cellular intricacy  and chemical organisiation there has been understood so much more since Darwin's day. And the evidence for creation rather than evolution has mounted. Also the evidence for a much younger earth and universe than had been supposed/hoped in an attempt to suggest that impossible trails of conincidences might happen if the time was long enough.

I think I  write much about the delights of the Christian life, but for many, they don't accept that because they don't want to feel bound by the rule, and also are aware of their sins, and their tendency to do wrong even when they don't want to. So what is offered is not only pardon, but help in the weaknesses we have, and indeed his Spirit in our heart, and life made new, not perfect yet, but with those new desires for love and kindness, and worship. 

I  hope that tackles some of your concerns. Oh, I think I do have a sense of humour! But one has to tackle serious problems too. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Thanks for the kind words and well-wishes Rhiannon, and the same to you also! It does look as though you are quite reasonable about your religion it is not like a sect or something,

I have known fanatic fundamentalist groups they often cause great harm.

It might be I'm too frivolous about sin anyway it doesn't bother me much myself and I rather think in terms of obedience to God, i.e. the Truth and Word itself and not as a Creed.

Keep well! God bless! Tom