Today, If We Should Pass Away...

A grim reminder of the ephemeral tent of time...

Today, a memorial is being held for a mother of seven killed in a traffic accident on her way to picking up her daughter at piano lessons. 

Tributes of praise for her kind and generous character pour in...

Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise,
Eph.5:15

 

Today, if we should pass away

From all that we would leave behind

With nothing left to do or say

Would our legacy be kind?

Today its full abundance pours

In glorious opportunity

An inkwell filled with hope and chores

And God-allotted poetry

Today is like a sacred pen

And Now, a page that God imparts

Whereon we write, before Amen

Seals our legacy in hearts

Today, oh pray we bear in mind

How important ‘the time we took’

And, would our legacy be kind

If today God should close its book

© Janet Martin

 Live, laugh, love.

For who knows; tomorrow

Might spill its trove

In death's tears and sorrow