If Life Was All Pudding and Pie...

 M-m-m-m! Is there ANYTHING better than pie?!

said an appreciative family-member of the week-end 'treat'

Those pleasure treats sure are nice but if life was a steady diet of treats we
would soon lose our awareness of its 'blessing' and the Hand that grants it.
(or, at least I would)

But, if life was pie and pudding

Down-hill coast, not upward climb

I would lose sight of my footing

On this molecule of Time

I would forget Who IS Able

When the pangs of trouble try

Forget He who sets the table

If life was ‘pudding and pie’

I would lose sight of my Saviour

And His faithful Strength and Grace

Fully intent on the flavor

Of the whipped cream on my face

I would grow proud and malnourished

Pie-and-pudding’s constant fare

Does not beget humble worship

Or faith’s foothold fixed on prayer

If life was all ‘pie and pudding’

I would soon forget to pray

Forget He who pours life’s footing

Or thank He who holds the tray

© Janet Martin