Rhapsody of Renewal

If we learn how to love the best

The premises of each new day

If we learn to live Thankfulness

By what we do, rather than say

If we learn how to leave behind

The ties that bind us to regret

Then we will find sweet peace of mind

…God is not finished with us yet

If we learn to live fully Now

Then we will know happiness, dear

Not fettered to ifs, what and how

Of tomorrow’s sorrows and fear

If we, with humble hearts and hands

Give, big or small, all that we can

And no matter what love demands

Treat as equal, each fellow-man

If we learn how to see ourselves

Not through the lens of shame and blame

But as God sees each one of us

Precious and oh, so loved by Him

Then, when we see the joy of this;

Unfailing love for all our faults

What rapture instills us with bliss

As human heart man’s God exalts

© Janet Martin

 Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; 

Praise is becoming to the upright.

Ps.33:1