Difficulties don't kill faith, but simply strengthen it.
— J. Paton
Unity - Psalm 133
By Matthew J. Cordiner (Scotland)
How good! how pleasant! ’tis when we
Can dwell together in unity.
It’s like that fragrant oil so sweet,
Which fell from Aaron’s head to feet.
Though each constituent diverged
‘Twas by the Apothecary merged
Into an ointment pure and rare,
Ordained by God for priests to wear.
Or like the dew from Hermon’s crown,
Falling, slowly, gently, down.
So small, so weak apparently,
But yet when linked in unity
Refreshing plain and wilderness.
(Conditions which God loves to bless).
He chose the weak like you and me
To demonstrate His pow’r you see.
It may well be that I could spoil
The fragrance of that holy oil.
And smash the Spirit-made unity
By adding some impurity.
If one were to pollute the dew
The land would be affected too.
But if we live in holiness,
We can expect our Lord to bless.
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and
let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus.
(Heb.12.1-2)
Beholding Him still as we run The race He has marked for us here, Until the bright goal has been won— We meet and are like Him up there.
The Spirit directing the eye, Our object and pattern we find In Him who is gone up on high, But left His blest footprints behind.