ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Tisema 3, 2022 

A TREASURE OF GLORY

KO E KOLOA LANGILANGI MO FUNGANI

PSALM 34:2

I will glory in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

SAAME 34:2

‘E pōlepole hoku laumālie ‘ia Sihova: ‘E fanongo ki ai ‘a e kau tu‘utāmaki, pea te nau fiefia.

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

One is not able to find one thing that is not fading and perishable. "All flesh is as grass, and the glory of the flesh is like the flower of the grass, the grass is withered, its flower is fallen." But it is not the same with God. He is the true good who has no part in the vanity of creatures, because He is truth itself, bearing for that reason the name Jehovah, signifying Him who is in and of Himself. He is an infinite and universal good, for He is the Shaddai, who possesses the fullness of all kinds of good things, in whom we find abundant provision.

Are we in darkness? He is a light without shadow to dissipate it. Are we soiled? He is perfect holiness to purify us. Are we in misery? He is a treasure of glory and happiness to enrich us. Are we in death? He is the Prince of life to deliver us from it. So then that for which society searches in vain in the variety of creation is that which we find perfectly in the unity of the Creator, who reinforces in His bosom all the good things for which we could wish.

FRANCIS URRETIN