Great And High Expectations



You know those mornings when to get out of bed is a chore and you're wondering what's the point of living? Now there's a word to ignite the spark and put you on track!


All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 

1 Peter 1:3 NLT 


Jesus rose from the dead and just because of that we have a reason to live with great expectations; to expect the best of life, to be hopeful, to look forward to what's in stock that day with eager anticipation, to be excited about what each morning brings, what wonders lie ahead!


It's not Easter with little green shoots springing up the ground neither is it summer with the warm, enlightening sun.


It's harmattan here, cloudy, dusty and dry and (supposedly worse still), winter in some places; cold and perhaps gloomy. Not-so-bright, broody weather all around but the truth still remains: Jesus rose!


Like how the sun rises in the East each dawn, bringing new hopes and expectations, Jesus rose! And with a brighter glory!


The Sun and Son of Righteousness rose and the light has shone into our lives and hearts: into the gloomy and depressed places, into the dark and cranky corners, into the murky depths of sorrow and sadness, heartache and pain, loss and lack.


Jesus rose and we have full reassurance that our faith is not in vain so we live each day, highly expectant of all that He has for us and will have us be; in this life and in the one to come.


We live joyful

We live victorious

We live triumphant!

We do not look back and mourn

We look into today's joy and rejoice

We look at tomorrow's hope and dance


The Sun and Son of Righteousness has risen!

Melting away the cold fingers of fear and doubt,

Casting aside the shadows of uncertainty and hopelessness


The Sun and Son of Righteousness shines through

A tall glass of innervating hope He offers!

Let's drink in long thirst quenching draughts

Guzzling it up like a sun parched desert land receiving it's first touches of rain


It's a daily romance with this wine of Divinely Lively hope!

Every new morning we come

To be refreshed in its invigorating streams

To be drenched in this spirit soul satisfying rain


We come to be stirred in His love

And feel the warmth of His hopeful embrace

To feel the life igniting touch of His presence

And be charged and spurred to take the nations for Him

We come and receive the spark of lighted life that sustains the very core of our being


We'll come o precious Father

Precious Abba, we'll come!

As the deer pants,

We'll come and drink

Thirst quenching draughts

We'll come and receive

Soul lighting fire

We'll come and be ignited

Every morning

Our hope will be reborn

You the Sun and Son of Righteousness

You rose!


December is taken in the Name of the Lord!

2022 ended well!


© Abba's Living Poetry

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