Be Still My Soul Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake To guide the future, as He has the past. Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on When we shall be forever with the Lord. When disappointment, grief and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last

TIME  Bad Good  God’s Plan for Man’s Existence

TIME  Bad Good  Garden New Heaven New Earth The Fall

TIME  Bad Good  Eternity in Heaven The “U”

Honor your father and your mother that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (Ex 20:12)

…and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice. Gen 22:18

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples… (Ex 19:5)

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. Jn 15:10

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. Rom 11:22

See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. Dt 30:15-18

God promises blessing for obedience and warns of suffering for rebellion.

God created everything “good” God created everything “good” Adam committed evil anyway Adam committed evil anyway God imposed the promised curse God imposed the promised curse God imputes Adam’s sin & sentence to us God imputes Adam’s sin & sentence to us We also commit evil on a daily basis We also commit evil on a daily basis We bear Adam’s guilt, our guilt, and the curse We bear Adam’s guilt, our guilt, and the curse

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. Ps 103:8-14

TIME  Bad Good  New Heaven / New Earth Garden Hell 1,000,000,000,000 miles

Be Still My Soul Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake To guide the future, as He has the past. Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on When we shall be forever with the Lord. When disappointment, grief and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last