Monday Morning Mantra/Supplication

This poem is raised to the Creator and Keeper of heaven and earth...

Lord, today lead love’s mission

And guard our flight of thought

Let hope not lose its vision

No matter what our lot

Help us weigh ‘good intention'

In the scale of Thy Word

Lest foibles of invention

Would leave discernment blurred

Lord, guide us through the meadows

Or valleys dark with test

Let us not hide in shadows

Of guilt and shame confessed

But beam through us Thy light, Lord

For all the world to see

And train our faith, not sight Lord

To meekly wait on Thee

Lord, kind Thy love that watches

Our blind and worried ways

Lord, while impatience pushes

You wait for our praise

To temper in pride’s bearing

A heart of gratitude

To prove Thy faithful caring

As self-will is subdued

Lord, let us cling like children

To Mercy’s nail-scarred Hand

And trust Divine Decision

When we don’t understand

Lord, keen Thy whisper in us

Until first impulse bows

And trusts Thee for the purpose

In what Thy love allows

Amen

© Janet Martin

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand,
so that in due time He may exalt you.
 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7