Zechariah 9:17A

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! 

Zechariah 9:17a

Please let my eyes see Your beauty
You are most glorious to behold
Grander still than all the flowers
More magnificent than tales untold

Please let my ears hear Your story
It's found written in your Holy Word
Life flows out - like crystal clear waters
The most satisfying words I've heard

Please let my tongue taste Your goodness
It's sweeter than a honeycomb
It saturates all that touches me
And promises it will bring me home

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my inspiration

How much are your eyes able to see of our Lord Jesus?

It is only as we look and look and look that we really see. And the more we know of the object we are looking at, the more we see in it.

Paul speaks of “…the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose shake I have lost all things” (Philippians 3:8). He was willing to lose all things and to keep looking and looking into Christ so that he might know Him better (v. 10).

How much are we willing to lose, that we may know, and so be able to see?

I want more and more to see HIs goodness and His beauty. Not vaguely, nor just from time to time. I want to see Him truly, continually, in His work, in those who love Him, in His book, in Himself.

Amy Carmichael, Thou Gives – They Gather, pp. 161-162.