May 9 ~

... He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU" ... If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself ...
Heb.13:5 (NAS); 2Tim.2:13 (NAS)

And then a whisper from mine enemy
says (posing as my ego, Self, my me):
"I fell; I've sinned. And that's apostasy
and unbelief! God has abandoned me!
And e'en to say that is itself a sin.
By b'lieving it I've more offended Him
-- and now He's truly cast me out. I'm lost!"

Heed thou such thoughts, my soul, thou'lt pay the cost
of staying in their deadly cunning traps
-- their heaviness, which binds thee fast and saps
thee of all Life: of Christ! Absurd! Absurd!
when He doth clearly say within His Word:
The heart deceitful is, above all things!

Seek Him, my soul, till perfect peace He brings ...