Like a Flower...

 
1 Peter 1:24
For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field;

 the grass withers and the flowers fall,

James 1:10
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, 

because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; 

like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

 This time  of year always re-reminds me of how man's days are like a flower...

Soon dust will claim its Must once more

In every bud and bloom it bore

And just like flowers flare-fade-fall

We too will answer Maker’s Call

Dusk garners in Time’s daily death

We fuss, and draw its gifted breath

Then live, laugh, love, and pray, my dear

All that we have is now and here

Who can the scythe of Time evade

Who can escape the reaper’s blade

Who can the wrath of God endure

So, make salvation’s calling sure

..for who knows when death’s bell will toll

When dust will claim all but the soul

When we will falter like a flow’r

On the altar of Final Hour

© Janet Martin