Birthday Thoughts...

I could repeat that well-worn phrase of how time flies and slips too fast

From days; or I could stand and pine for phantom shadows it has cast

Or I can pause and count the awesome gifts God grants in countless ways

Instead of silent sorrowing for what Past seals within its haze

I could persist in being kissed by wishing for what cannot be

Or I can celebrate the love of God in glad humility

For happiness is not a trait of physical accomplishment

But a learned ‘in whatever state I am therewith to be content’

I could lament for years long-spent, or covet what cannot be mine

Or I can learn, Time’s no return is unrelenting in design

And I can choose to live, laugh, love and ever make of it, the best

For none can tell when grief’s farewell will usher in our final rest

© Janet Martin 

Celebrating 48 years of Jesus' love!