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IN-FINITE
(Based on Psalm 90)
Return to us, our Lord and Friend.
Remind us how few days You lend.
In ancient pathways guide our steps.
Shine Your peace into our depths.
Have pity on our wandering ways.
Fill empty souls with love each day.
Heal hurting hearts’ infirmities…
these decades rife with misery.
With joy, replace all evil years.
Redeem when sorrow interferes.
With success crown our endeavors.
Fit us for eternal pleasures.
Our quickening hourglass empties soon;
our breath expires like morning moon.
May our swift trip here bear much fruit,
though wicked, winding, is the route.
With purpose pack our brief sojourn.
For heaven may we ever yearn.
Since childhood, You’re our only Home—
our single Hope is You alone.
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Joy Nevin Axelson is a Christian author of several published poems and works of nonfiction. She holds
a BA and an MA in French (from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and from the University
of California, Santa Barbara respectively). She also attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and North Park University. In addition to being an author, she
is the translation coordinator for GlobalFingerprints,
the Evangelical Free Church of America’s child sponsorship branch. Her translations of training materials are used at 12 international sites. She enjoys traveling with her husband and two older children. Check out her website at: www.joynevinaxelson.weebly.com
November 2024 issue
"Have pity on our wandering ways." Thank You, Lord. Amen.