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    In Sorrow and In Joy
    In Sorrow and In Joy
    In Sorrow and In Joy
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    In Sorrow and In Joy

    By D. E. Young

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    The emotional experience of the Christian is usually a mixture of sorrow and joy, pleasure and pain, hope and discouragement, peace and turmoil. This full range of emotional experience is common to God's people and is plentifully recorded in Scripture. These poems span the range of that experience in the life of their author, D. E. Young. The aim of this collection is to provide comfort--drawn from Biblical words--for those in distress, offering hope by remembering that our God will bring His people through both the difficult and delightful providences that we face until we cross the "finish line" in glory.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJun 14, 2012
    ISBN9781498270540
    In Sorrow and In Joy
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    D. E. Young

    D. E. Young is a computer programmer and a graduate of Bryan College and is the author of In Sorrow and in Joy (2012).

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      In Sorrow and In Joy - D. E. Young

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      In Sorrow and In Joy

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      IN SORROW AND IN JOY

      Copyright © 2012 D. E. Young. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

      Resource Publications

      An imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers

      199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3

      Eugene, OR 97401

      www.wipfandstock.com

      isbn 13: 978-1-61097-821-7

      isbn 13: 978-1-4982-7054-0

      Manufactured in the U.S.A.

      Foreword

      Poetry dates from antiquity and continues through the centuries. The poems of King David speak with the same power, as they did a millennium before Christ. We still are touched by the truth and nobility of the seventeenth-century work of Anne Bradstreet.

      Where have the great poets gone?

      The volume before us, In Sorrow and in Joy, demonstrates that the days of great poets have not departed.

      Dorothy Young draws upon several resources in the composition of her book. There is her faith commitment. Like David, she acknowledges her ultimate allegiance: O LORD my God, in you I have taken refuge (Psalm 7:1). There is her degree in English literature from Bryan College. There are her many years of careful study of the Bible and theology. There is her gift of eloquence granted by the Holy Spirit.

      There is more, however, than these things. Like David of old, Dorothy writes out of a wide range of life experience. She has known unspeakable sorrow and exhilarating exuberance. There have been moments of anxiety and also the peace that passes all understanding.

      God has equipped her to write poems that mirror the experiences of her soul, but also the experiences of all the people of God.

      The volume before us instructs our minds, moves our emotions, and teaches us how to live.

      Do you seek wisdom, as one seeks for silver and hidden treasures?

      Take up and read.

      Mark J. Larson

      Preface

      Contrary to some teachings that have achieved popularity in recent years, the Christian’s life in this world is not unmixed joy, peace, ease, and enjoyment. God’s people have always met with trial, anguish, distress, pain, and suffering, as well as with the great delight of knowing and worshipping God and enjoying His people’s companionship.

      The Christian in affliction should not think that he is the first of the Lord’s people to pass this way. Scripture records not only the joys of Christianity but also the woe that sometimes comes upon God’s people, which is sent, as is the joy, by the loving hand of a faithful Father for reasons that are not always immediately apparent. Our Father in Heaven always works the events of our lives for His glory and the good of His Church, whether the experience is pleasant or unpleasant for us at the time.

      It is my hope and prayer that this little volume will be an encouragement to the Lord’s people, whether they find themselves in present affliction or enjoying green pastures and still waters.

      George’s Song

      Weep not for me as here I lie

      or in the earth my dust they place.

      My soul leaps up with boundless joy

      because I look upon His face.

      My body sleeps a little while

      but soon shall throb with life again

      and, perfect, join my happy soul.

      I’ll dance for joy before Him then.

      Restored the image of my God

      both soul and body then shall be,

      and with my Lord Who flesh did wear

      I’ll worship God with ecstasy.

      Long though the night of weeping be,

      do not forget ‘tis soon gone by.

      My hope, my confidence is this,

      that Jesus lives . . . and so shall I.

      Awake! The silver trumpet calls.

      Come serve the Lord with godly fear.

      The night’s far spent, the day’s at hand,

      and Jesus shortly shall appear.

      Letters

      What strange love letters Thou dost send!

      What sweet, harsh words that breaking mend.

      To comfort me, Thou dost reprove.

      Thy rod’s the earnest of Thy love.

      That Thy blows be not misspent

      grant me grace now to repent.

      Chastisement

      Lord, You’re coming with Your rod.

      I fear and shake before my God

      for You will smite me, this I know,

      and well-deserved is every blow.

      Yet, Lord, in smiting, break me not.

      I’m Your bruised reed; O quench me not,

      Your smoking flax, for You did say

      though You chastise me every day

      that You will make me all Your own

      and that although You make me groan

      my Jesus’ blessed face I’ll see

      in perfect joy and purity.

      Lord, let the strokes fall where they may,

      but let their blueness cleanse away

      that which provoked Your holy ire

      and purge my heart with secret fire.

      We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood

      Homewards I tread with leaden step

      and with a heavy heart.

      Before me now, I see my foe

      armed with a fiery dart.

      How can a man an angel fight?

      I shall be overthrown!

      But see! One comes for my defense.

      It is the Stronger Man.

      No power in earth or heaven can stay

      the motion of His hand.

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