Of Beckoning and Reckoning

  

The beckoning of daylight tugs us from nocturnal rest

Duty requires diligence so we heed its request

One foot and then the other friend, one moment to the next

As deed affirms the gods we serve in sure unwritten text

The reckoning of touch and taste remains to testify

As daylight’s burnished beckoning kindles the morning sky

Oh God, attune the purposes and plans for which we strive

Remind us in each circumstance that You are real, alive

For soon that final Beckoning will draw us from earth’s path

And soon Love’s final Reckoning will plead on our behalf

Remind us Lord, as moment-miracles keen our embrace

Hope is restored, not in ourselves but through Your love and grace

© Janet Martin

 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Co. 5:10