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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

What each one honors before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.
Origen

God is tirelessly on our side. He never falters in respect of our needs, He always has more grace at hand for us. He is never less than sufficient, He always has more and yet more to give. Whatever we may forfeit when we put self first, we cannot forfeit our salvation, for there is always more grace. No matter what we do to Him, he is never beaten. We may play false to the grace of election, contradict the grace of reconciliation, overlook the grace of indwelling – but he gives more grace. Even we were to turn to him and say, “What I have received so far is much less than enough,” He would reply, “Well, you may have more.” His resources are never at an end, His patience is never exhausted, His initiative never stops, His generosity knows no limit: He gives more grace.
J.A. Motyer

Desert Rose, Omo, Ethiopia

Desert Rose

Lost in a windswept land
In a world of shifting sand
A fragile flower stands apart
And there in that barren ground
You feel like the only one
Trying to serve Him with all your heart

And you wonder, wonder
Can you last much longer
This cloud you are under
Will it cover you

Desert rose, desert rose
Don’t you worry, don’t be lonely
Heaven knows, Heaven knows
In a dry and weary land
A flower grows
His desert rose
His desert rose

Sometimes holiness
Can seem like emptiness
When you feel the whole world’s laughing eyes
But if it’s a lonely day
Know you’re on the Father’s way
He will hear you when you cry

And He will hold you, hold you
Your Father will hold you
He will love you, love you
For the things you do

Desert rose, desert rose
Don’t you worry, don’t be lonely
Heaven knows, Heaven knows
In a dry and weary land
A flower grows
His desert rose
His desert rose

  • Written by: BILLY LEE SMILEY, MARK STEPHEN GERSMEHL, RICK DUANE FLORIAN
  • Performed by WhiteHeart

Psalm 25:15-17:

My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Turn thou to me, and be gracious to me;
for I am lonely and afflicted.
Relieve the troubles of my heart,
and bring me out of my distresses.