The Bow That Bridges Heaven

He wrangled with his world, found a way to cross the seas on merchant boats brimful of slaves, bound for British shores. Innumerable are the things that we shall never know; amazing, those things to which destiny holds the keys. As a captain of slave ships, raw pain he thought to ease; yet, time after time, clouds filled his skies with fear and dread. “God laughed at my calamity,” he would say later when he found the bow that bridges heaven and seeks a God to please. He met with Wilberforce, a man settled on his lees, challenged him, as abolitionist for slavery. Years passed, but emancipation passed as English law. The bow that bridges heaven, mankind from bondage frees. John Newton is his name; He’s one of heaven’s trustees. Inspired he wrote, Amazing Grace, which brings to my mind the rainbow - God’s own honored promise to keep His word. The bow that bridges heaven and keeps us on our knees. April 2, 2020 1. “the bow that bridges heaven,” Christina Rosetti 2. “I also will laugh at your calamity;” Proverbs 1:26 3. "There are innumerable things that we shall never know, but there are remarkable things that we shall truly experience in life'." Franc Rodriquez. 4. "The Lord has promised good to me. His Word my hope secures. He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. John Newton