Pensive Poemlets...

The line twixt want and need

Defines our love and greed

No matter how we try

This marker does not lie

Its wordless evidence

Is rife with recompense

Then we should pay close heed

To wars of want and need

© Janet Martin

Always we should be on our guard, lest we lose sight of truth

Lulled into living without giving God a second glance

Forbid that we with apathy or disregard uncouth

Would grind beneath the heel of unbelief the gift He grants

Always we should remember what so swift is left behind

This little life in light of evermore is but a flit

Then pray that each and every day we keep God first in mind

And live for Him as if our very death depends on it

© Janet Martin

Oh, Unbelief is like a strong and subtle undertow

It draws the fearless bark into deeps dark with deadly foe

Be not deceived; God’s grace and Righteousness is undeterred

Safe is the barge secured upon the anchor of His Word

The pleasures of this world unfurl in colourful appeal

Its lure is pleasing to the eye; it soothes the way we feel

Its attractive veneer can steer us straight into doubt's darts

Unless the word of God is hidden in our heart of hearts

Each breath we take is gifted from the One who does not shift

Steadfast, the vessel fixed on Him will never sink or drift 

But unbelief, hides beneath facades as smooth as jello 

Beware, lest unaware we are snared in its undertow

 

© Janet Martin