Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Call to Worship


 We tried to make the most of one deliciously sunny-warm day
before more rain-days.
Worship, thankfully is NOT weather/whether-dependent!


Come, worship He who instills wonder-worlds within bud-orbs and seeds
 Hope’s Chariot of morn is borne through starry streets by Mercy’s steads
It sweeps the canvas of the heavens with colours that steal our breath
Come, worship He who made a way that we may overcome dark death
Through He who loves us so He gave the best He had; His only Son
To break the curse of sin and triumph over what Evil had done

Come, worship He who sets the sea between the borders of dry land
And moves in high and holy ways that we will never understand
Come, raise the banner of His praise above Intention’s broken bars
For even our worst of days are cupped in Hands that wear love’s scars
Come, worship He who feeds the birds and sees the little sparrow fall
Who clothes the fields with fairest flowers yet still loves us most of all

Come, worship He who gives glad reason to get up and try once more
As from the whirring wheel of seasons streams of countless blessing pour
Aha! May’s apple-orchards spill pink-popcorn-like kernels to bloom
Hurrah, the world so long so bare fills like an Artist’s fine Showroom
Where right before our very eyes His perfect poetry takes shape
For His Beauty is without guise; it leaves our mouths and minds agape

Come, worship He who lavishes our lives with more than we can grasp
And does not leave us comfortless when trouble tries our feeble clasp
But grants exactly what we need exactly when His wisdom deems
Where even in the darkest place His light of grace and goodness streams
Where, on this blue dot in the middle of a myriad of stars
He who made people in His image knows exactly where we are

Then come, and worship He who delights in the music of the soul
From hearts of humble gratitude in hymns, His Majesty extol
For He alone is worthy; by no other name can man be saved
Upon his brow and hands Salvation’s scars of suff’ring are engraved
Then come and worship He who, when we fail, abides faithful and true
Where fear can find no foothold for what He has promised He will do

Come, worship He whose evidence only the greatest fool disdains
And chooses through blind ignorance to struggle in sin’s hopeless chain
Come worship He who hates the sin but loved the sinner unto death
Then worship Him with everything that is instilled with life and breath
…who threads gold through cold rock and coal deep in the bed of earth
And fathers mortal’s wordless wonder in the miracle of birth

Come worship He who through the innocence of children, teaches us
And who, oft through calamity, breaks through our pride and reaches us
Who takes the way we are and makes us worthy of Heaven’s reward
If we believe; then we receive the inheritance of the Lord
So, come and worship He who is without beginning, without end
The God of all eternity who longs to be our dearest friend

© Janet Martin






Ps.136

 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.

to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
10 to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His love endures forever.
11 and brought Israel out from among them
His love endures forever.
12 with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His love endures forever.
13 to him who divided the Red Sea[a] asunder
His love endures forever.
14 and brought Israel through the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His love endures forever.
16 to him who led his people through the wilderness;
His love endures forever.
17 to him who struck down great kings,
His love endures forever.
18 and killed mighty kings—
His love endures forever.
19 Sihon king of the Amorites
His love endures forever.
20 and Og king of Bashan—
His love endures forever.
21 and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love endures forever.
22 an inheritance to his servant Israel.
His love endures forever.
23 He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.
24 and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.
25 He gives food to every creature.
His love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.



2 comments:

I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!