Because We Find Ourselves In Need...

 Here we are!

Two sleeps away from Christmas Day!

Here we are; where the raised bar that lowered day by day

Has handed out and gathered in whilst winnowing away

Where we had stood a year before and marveled at the pace

Of highs and lows that ope and close the rose of granted grace

That unfolds in its petals the mettle of mortal woe

As happiness of holding close turns into letting go

Where here we are, a little kind and wiser than before

Because we find ourselves in need of God a little more

Because we start to glimpse the brevity of numbered days

Swept up like dust beneath a broom of subtle, seasoned ways

And we begin to recognize in all we cannot see

The sacred beauty in the prize of Opportunity

Where here we are; the bar dusk lowered melts in pink and gold

To offer from Past’s molded cast Time’s newness to our hold

Where wishes that were granted are implanted with request

As gratitude and worship learn to trust God for His best

© Janet Martin

Wishing you true joy as we dwell on the Reason for the Season!

 
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, 

having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, 

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.