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The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him. Nahum 1:7
The Lord Is Good
“The LORD is good”. Yes, none is good as He
Who called us from our darkness to His light,
Gave us to know His Son and ever be
Conformed to His image in His sight.
He is our “strong hold” in earth’s darkest hour--
When seas run high, and tempests shake the soul.
His way is perfect and no adverse power
Can swerve His purpose from the eternal goal.
“He knoweth”, yes, He knoweth all the way
We take. Each heavy trial is to mold
Our wills to His, that we can truly say,
“He trieth me; I shall come forth as gold.”
“He knoweth them that trust in Him” and His love
Is worthy of our confidence entire.
His end will show, in those bright realms above,
The full accomplishment of all desire.
Yes, Thou art good, our Father, and our lines
Fallen in pleasant places. Give us grace
To know that for Thy glory all combines,
And for our good—until we see His face!
F. L.
St. Ives, Cornwall
September 1934
Perhaps you have heard the name “G. Campbell Morgan”. Brother Morgan was an outstanding preacher and Bible teacher a century ago. Shortly after he and his bride had set up housekeeping in their London apartment, his father came to visit. Perhaps a little proud of his tidy new home, he asked his father’s opinion of it. After a moment’s thought, his father replied, “I think it is very nice, but I didn’t see one thing in it to indicate that it is a Christian home.” Brother Morgan took what his father said to heart. It is a sad truth that one could say the same thing about many Christian homes today. If God’s Word is not welcome and honored there, how welcome is He? Holy Scriptures on our homes’ walls have a sanctifying influence in our homes, bear witness to those who enter, and assist toward the fulfillment of the spirit of the Scriptural admonition found in Deuteronomy 4:4-9, as below:
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and on thy gates.”