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Bible Verses for When Jesus Leads

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As I stated in my last post, I found several songs and poems while going through a box containing my grandfather's funeral guest book from 1972. When I talked to my now 94-year-old grandmother just yesterday, she still exhibits the faith in a Lord who cares for her that got her through the difficult time of becoming a young widow.  I found the hymn When Jesus Leads quoted in a letter from my grandfather's brother shortly after my grandfather's funeral. Though we don't know why the Lord allowed my grandfather to die when my dad was only 16, God has a plan and just because we don't know what it is doesn't mean we can't continue to trust Him and how He leads us.  When Jesus Leads by C. Austin Miles Verse 1 : When Jesus leads, the way grows bright, E’en though before ‘twas darkest night; About Jesus in John 1:4-5 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness , and the darkness did not comprehend it. From H...
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Bible Verses to God Is in Every Tomorrow

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As I stated in my last post, I found several songs and poems while going through a box containing my grandfather's funeral guest book from 1972. It still amazes me the strength, faith, and grace of my grandmother enduring her husband's two-year fight with leukemia and then being widowed while in her forties.  This poem was quoted in a letter from my grandfather's mother written to my grandmother, her daughter-in-law. It is from a mother in her grief to a wife in hers. And, since my great-grandfather had died from cancer twelve years earlier, from one widow to another. Two godly women who in their time of grief hung on to their faith that God both is in control and loves them.  This poem, written by Laura A. Barter Snow (1864-1939), is about trusting God even through the difficult times and the unknowns. Laura A. Barter Snow was a Christian poetess. Her most well-known poem is probably "This Is From Me" which is used in the popular devotional, Stream...
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Bible Verses for The Lord Will Provide by John Newton

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Recently my mom gave me a box of old photos and family history documents to scan. In them was the guest book for the funeral of my grandfather, a godly preacher who died long before I was born. It also had a stack of old letters and cards written to my grandmother, a rather young widow at the time. I've always yearned to know more about my grandfather, so I read through the letters. I learned much of how my grandfather was a faithful servant of the Lord and mentor. I also found two hymns and a poem that were shared with my grandmother at the time of her bereavement. I found them very special and would like to share them with you as well. The Lord Will Provide was written on the back of the funeral service program. "The Lord will provide" was also quoted several times in letters to my grandmother as something my grandfather said often during his two-year-long battle with leukemia. The hymn was written by John Newton. It is not in many hymnals anymore and even the olde...
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