{"id":27915,"date":"2015-09-30T00:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27915"},"modified":"2015-09-29T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T22:18:03","slug":"jesus-draw-me-ever-nearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/30\/jesus-draw-me-ever-nearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">The Watches of the Night<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">I look towards the wintering trees to hush my fretful soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">As they rise to face the icy sky and hold fast beneath the snow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Their rings grow wide, their roots go deep that they might hold their height<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">And stand like valiant soldiers through the watches of the night<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">No human shoulder ever bears the weight of all the world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">But hearts can sink beneath the ache of trouble\u2019s sudden surge<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Yet far beyond full knowing there\u2019s a strong unsleeping Light<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">That reaches round to hold me through the watches of the night<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">I have cried upon the steps that seem too steep for me to climb<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">And I\u2019ve prayed against a burden I did not want to be mine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">But, here I am and this is where You\u2019re calling me to fight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">And You I will remember through the watches of the night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">\u2026You I will remember through the watches of the night<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Jesus, draw me ever nearer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">As I labour through the storm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You have called me to this passage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">and I&#8217;ll follow, though I&#8217;m worn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">May this journey bring a blessing<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">May I rise on wings of faith<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And at the end of my heart&#8217;s testing<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">With Your likeness let me wake<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Jesus, guide me through the tempest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Keep my spirit staid and sure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When the midnight meets the morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me love You even more<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let the treasures of the trial\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Form within me as I go<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And at the end of this long passage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me leave them at Your throne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IIyXwldPup4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Getty Music<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nThe Watches of the Night<\/span><br \/>\nMrs. Kristyn Getty<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nJesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer<br \/>\nMusic by Keith Getty; Words by Margaret Becker<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I venture to say that you, too, have had times of sleeplessness, leading you to prayer and remembering \u2018through the watches of the night.\u2019 \u00a0In each of our lives there are situations and circumstances that seem to be are a burden we do not want to bear.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the Truth, my friend: we are not to bear our burdens, our cares, our anxieties, our worries alone. \u00a0Our heavenly Father loves you so much and wants to be the Bearer of your burden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you;<br \/>\nHe will never permit the righteous to be moved.<br \/>\nPsalm 55:22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day,<br \/>\neven the God Who is our salvation! Selah.<br \/>\nPsalm 68:19<\/p>\n<p>He is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jehovah-Jireh (He Who provides)<\/li>\n<li>Jehovah-Shalom (He Who is our peace)<\/li>\n<li>Jehovah-Rohi (the Shepherd of our souls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Even to your old age I will be the same,<br \/>\nAnd even to your graying years I will bear you!<br \/>\nI have done it, and I will carry you;<br \/>\nAnd I will bear you and I will deliver you.<br \/>\nIsaiah 46:4<\/p>\n<p>I love this promise from my God\u2026it settles my heart each and every time I read it. \u00a0He has already done the bearing of any burden I could ever perceive! \u00a0As Mrs. Getty writes in her poem,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a strong unsleeping Light that reaches round to hold me<br \/>\nthrough the watches of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almighty God will carry us throughout any wearisome, worrisome, troublesome \u00a0situation we are in. \u00a0His promises are true and Amen!<\/p>\n<p>So I encourage you (me, too!) to always remember God\u2019s heart towards us when we are feeling overwhelmed and burdened. \u00a0He is faithful to His promises, and He cares for you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,<br \/>\nthat He may exalt you at the proper time,<br \/>\ncasting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.<br \/>\n1 Peter 5:7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watches of the Night I look towards the wintering trees to hush my fretful soul As they rise to face the icy sky and hold fast beneath the snow Their rings grow wide, their roots go deep that they might hold their height And stand like valiant soldiers through the watches of the night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[5633,235,1287,2508,425,2898,5632,5631,5630,9457,5628,3582,5629,4932,5627],"class_list":["post-27915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-cast-your-burdens","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-gch","tag-getty-music","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-isaiah-464","tag-jehovah-rohi","tag-jehovah-shalom","tag-jehovah-jireh","tag-jesus-draw-me-ever-nearer","tag-kristyn-getty","tag-psalm-5522","tag-psalm-6819","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-the-watches-of-the-night","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7gf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27915"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27919,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions\/27919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}