Showing posts with label mind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mind. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Pleasures Forevermore



You make known to me the path of life;
    in your presence there is fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11 

pleasure forevermore
oh pray that we will find
fullness of joy as You employ 
the power of the mind

pleasure forevermore
where Your abundance feeds
hunger and thirst both blessed and cursed
with fundamental needs

pleasure forevermore
oh God, help us discern
in what we love, the offshoot of 
the fruit of its return 

pleasure forevermore
Lord, be the joy we seek
so much to choose in tempting hues
to make the strong man weak


forbid we chase the wind
 lured by an empty roar
 But help us stand at Your right hand
for pleasures evermore

© Janet Martin


Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Mind-setting


 Our mind is the control tower of our life!
Dr. Charles Stanley

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Col.3:2
 
To set our mind on things above
Does not come naturally, it seems
Each sacred, soul-anointed glove
Must learn to bridle idle dreams

How easily the mind can stray
And if we do not rein it in
We might get lost along the way
In pitfalls veiled in flints of skin

The by-and-by that all will brave
Ought to make us more love-inclined
We are either servant or slave
To one master; that of the mind

Therefore we ought to give more heed
(This applies to both old and young)
To what we feed this mighty Stead
That moves our hands and feet and tongue

Thoughts whispers are quick to beguile
With whims Want is quick to applaud
This momentous causeway, Meanwhile
Is all that stands twixt man and God

The mind is kind of like a trove
The treasure that it seeks to hold
Will set its sights on things above
Or be bamboozled by fool’s gold

© Janet Martin