Wednesday, August 21, 2019

How to Make The Most Of Each Day We Live


 Don't you just love the feeling of accomplishment?! 
even if it's something as common as cucumbers pickled...



...imagine, on the flipside, the horror of realizing how little we accomplished of eternal value
after it is too late to undo, redo or just do...



The one thing none can keep we ought to learn to give away
Life’s little splash of wake and sleep is not a holiday
So in this glove where push and shove leaves chaos in its wake
Let’s live as if life was more than a grand buffet of Take

A smile, a hug, a gentle word, the slower company
Of very old or young, a listening ear, a cup of tea
The heart to make an altar of each new day’s mercy-tide
(Imagine if we caught a glimpse of this life’s Other Side)

…to share with wild abandon what the hand of grace has lent
To bear each other’s burdens, and with less be more content
To fling wide doors of heart and home in hospitality
And live as if today is love’s last opportunity

To take the hand of God and walk with kind humility
To bear in mind time’s daily grind impacts eternity
So if we want to make the most of each day that we live
Let’s make the grace of God our boast and give and give and give

© Janet Martin

 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; 
and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully…
 
Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Mark 9:41
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
 
Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me


2 comments:

  1. Your pickles look amazing! Making me hungry...drool. Your poem is such a great reminder of what we should be about the most!

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    1. I was sort of nervous about trying the bread and butter pickles again because last time they didn't turn out so good but this time they are delicious so... DROOL ON!! lol! Thank-you for the visit and kind words<3

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