the Anchor for the troubled soul

“… the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.”

(James 1:6)

Why have You hidden Your face from me Father?

My soul is unsettled, tossed around by the winds of uncertainty

My mind is a Sargasso Sea of truths and lies, how do I tell which is which?

How long will You keep me here in this entangled mess?

My heart sinks and my guts rise like the waves

Thunderclouds of doubt obscure the Sun

Searching but not finding

Yearning but no receiving

When will I gaze upon glory again?

How long till I see your face?

Still I will praise Your Name

For you brought me out of darkness into light

From death into life

What have I but Your grace to me?

Such is the mystery of the trial:

That in the relentless tumult of the tempest

My soul is secure

sure and steadfast

Anchored to the Rock who was cleft for me.

“We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain”

(Hebrews 6:19)

Songs to Sing at Daniel’s Funeral

To whom it may concern, please do me the favour of having these songs sung in worship of the Lord during my funeral services. If it may be possible, do try to end off the funeral services with these two songs. If not, just singing them is fine. Thanks for the effort (:

1.       I asked the Lord that I might grow (sung in the tune of the hymn “When I Survey”)

The Lord has so decided, in His grace, to allow this hymn to comfort me in dark times. It is truly often in the exposing our the “hidden evils” of our hearts that we are set free from self and pride. When the Lord mercifully shows us how completely helpless we are, it is then that some of us find our Saviour! Praise the manifold wisdom of God, that He would allow His children to suffer for a season, to remind them of His goodness.

My departure may be a trying time for you, but never forget that that Lord is indeed good good good. Let’s sing of His greatness and seek our all in Him and Him alone.

2.       Because He Lives (sung loudly and with an upbeat tune)

Rejoice with me as the resurrection of our Lord gives us hope! The single-most important event in human history continues to be a refuge for us to rest in the hope that we do have a glorious future with our God. Because He lives, we can face the worries of tomorrow! Because our greatest worry, the fear of Hell, was crushed when He rose. There is no more need to fear.

Because He holds my future, I am indeed secure (: Life is for sure worth the living my friends, for we no longer live for ourselves, but for Him, in whom our life is hidden. I have been WAITING for the day that I cross the icy river of death, and I have done so praise God!!! Thanks be to God that the once feared demise of death is nothing but a gateway in GLORY. I am worshipping our God in full joy now. Rejoice for my sake. But more so, rejoice for He lives.

Your brother-in-Christ

Daniel