Project 365: He Tenderly Looked at Me

Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, The Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen

Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Sunday, June 3, 2018

He Tenderly Looked at Me

He Tenderly Looked at Me
F.F. Dawdy, 1908

When Jesus alone was standing,
By all His friends forgot,
And Peter, near by, denying,
Saying, "I know Him not,"
'Twas then he saw the Saviour
Look at him tenderly;
And then, rememb'ring the saying,
Went and wept bitterly.

When drifting away in darkness,
Lost in the blackest night,
Out on the sea of sorrow,
Far from the blessed light,
I heard a sweet voice calling,
Calling from o'er the sea,
And then I saw my Saviour,
Tenderly look at me.

They took my blessed Saviour
Out to the mountain side,
And nailed Him there to the cross-tree,
Jesus, the Crucified.
And when I saw my Saviour,
Dying on Calvary,
He drew me graciously to Him,
By His kind look at me.

CHORUS

He tenderly looked at me,
He tenderly looked at me,
He drew me graciously to Him,
When He tenderly looked at me.

I feel elated when we get home from services on Sunday evening. I thoroughly enjoy meeting with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ and hearing God's Word taught and preached. I always take notes as it helps me stay focused. If I'm not taking notes, or if the message isn't given in a "note-worthy" way, then I find my mind wandering. I even pay close attention to the songs and often write down the names of the songs that touch me. The song above was such a song today. It was sung as a special.

I am so thankful for the tender look of the Savior towards me! If it had not been for His look my way, I would be on my way to a devil's hell! But, He loved me and drew me to Him in His mercy and grace! Thank You, Lord, for dying for me!

Picturesque

Jessica tried to talk to me on Friday, but this conglomeration of wires interfered.

A wheat field we saw when we went to a "7 mile" yard sale in Siloam, NC on Saturday.

A landscape picture of the field.

Ilene's granddaughter spent the night with us last night and went to church with us today.

We treated her to a "Blackened Chicken Salad" at Christo's in Lexington.

The salad was so big that we each took about half of our salads home.

We have a cute little chipmunk collecting bird seed that has fallen to the ground under the feeder. He would fill his cheeks and run it to the edge of the yard to hide it and then run back to fill his cheeks again.