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Ärende: Blessed in the Field
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

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      Sunday 02-13 / Blessed in the Field
      Robert Prodoehl
      Feb 12, 2005


Blessed in the Field

"Blessed shalt thou be in the field" (Deuteronomy 28:3).

So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to meditate. How often
has the LORD met us when we have been alone! The hedges and the trees can bear
witness to our joy. We look for such blessedness again. So was Boaz blessed
when he reaped his harvest, and his workmen met him with benedictions. May the
LORD prosper all who drive the plow! Every farmer may urge this promise with
God, if indeed he obeys the voice of the LORD God. We go to the field to labor
as father Adam did; and since the curse fell on the soil through the sin of
Adam the first, it is a great comfort to find a blessing through Adam the
second, We go to the field for exercise, and we are happy in the belief that
the LORD will bless that exercise and give us health, which we will use to His
glory. We go to the field to study nature, and there is nothing in a knowledge
of the visible creation which may not be sanctified to the highest uses by the
divine benediction. We have at last to go to the field to bury our dead; yea,
others will in their turn take us to God's acre in the field. But we are
blessed, whether weeping at the tomb or sleeping in it.
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"My peace I give unto you." John 14. 27; Eph. 2. 14

1 O my soul, with wonder tell,
Jesus has done all things well;
And, through his atoning blood,
I've a settled peace with God.

2 He bequeathed his peace to me,
As a gift divinely free;
And it is his righteous will,
That my soul in peace shall dwell.

3 [Love to such vile worms as I,
Brought the Saviour from the sky;
Every foe for them to quell,
Jesus conquered death and hell.]

4 [Gifts like this, so full and free, Stand as firm as Deity;
God has sworn, nor can he lie,
It shall last eternally.]

5 Justice, mercy, truth, and love,
Every attribute of God,
Join to make this peace secure,
And it must and shall endure.

6 What a solid basis this!
Such a peace can never miss,
But produce a grateful mind,
To a God so vastly kind.

7 [Mourning souls who feel the smart Of a guilty, treacherous heart,
And with mighty care and pain,
Struggle hard relief to gain;

8 Labour hard you may, and long,
But you'll find your foes too strong; Solid peace can ne'er be had,
Only through a Saviour's blood.]

9 Jesus, mighty Prince of Peace,
Now proclaim a full release;
Set poor captive sinners free;
Give them solid peace in thee.

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