1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and
death?
A.
That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in
death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my
sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the
devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my
heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must
work together for my salvation. Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also
assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now
on to live for Him.
My comfort
My only comfort
In life and death, is this:
God’s precious blood
Has set me free
He is mine and I am his
Were I my own, I’d work
With sweat dripped brow
Chained hands and feet
Clanging till I died
As the devil grinned
At my demise
By grace, I rest in Christ
With bloody perspiration
He bore my curse
My sins nailed to the tree
He robed me in his righteousness
And gave me faith to see
In days of sorrow
In the valley of death
As hairs fall from my head
Jewels adorn my soul
More in number than before
By my King, lovingly inlaid
The Lord is my delight
Every twinkling day
And every tear is his
As is my body and soul
Tended by his loving hand
The apple of his eye
I cry Abba all my days
I press toward the goal
Briars in my pathway crushed
By my faithful Lord
He’ll carry me through death
Home to behold his glory
In closing, I would like to share some Scripture for
reflection. These are some of the passages that are referenced in my poem.
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that
we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. Galatians 4:4-7
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke
22:44
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” Galatians 3:13
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10
