Take Courage...

It's so easy to forget, when our own lives are full,

but let's remember to keep praying for Wayne and Doreen,

and their boys,(Darcy's brothers)
as they go on with a gaping emptiness in their home and hearts!

Take courage friend, though future as it flows through Now to Then

Is not what we envisioned, and swifter than we supposed

As Past’s eternal cast expands it tunes our acumen

To living’s wake of learning and horizons undisclosed

What once we thought we knew startles ho-ho with meek ‘aha’

Truth does not change its view,, we find, as raven locks turn gray

The aftermath of say-and-do fulfills its stubborn law

Of ‘reaping what we sow’; still, by God’s grace we face each day

Do not despair, my friend, the tender care that keeps the bird

Is faithful to the end though oft we kick it in the shins

With unwavering kindness He pursues us, undeterred

His gift to everyone who asks; the forgiveness of sins

Hello-farewell; heaven and hell-glimpses stun come-and-go

It rips our ragged breath from bodies bent on want and need

And teaches us the happiness of stepping soft and slow

Across Good morning’s welcome-mat that once we paid no heed

Take courage, friend, for God saw fit to lend another day

Its tray drips with appointments that we cannot fully see

But if we trust the Hand of He who grants, to show the way

Then we will have the courage to endure what waits to be

© Janet Martin