Wonder Upon Wonder

 I eyed a fog-enshrouded woodlot this morning, wondering what wonders I was missing 

as I scrubbed dishes left from a belated family Christmas dinner on Saturday night
that were piled out of sight quickly so we don't waste
precious little all-together time scrubbing pots and pans.

It motivated me to get a move-on with the day's Musts then carve out a bit of a nature-soak!

The handiwork of Nature is a phenomenal glimpse of its Creator!
Sometimes a person just needs to get a closer-up look rather than a longing-distant stare!

Come, stoke the embers waiting to burst into wonder’s flame

Make the most of Today ere it returns from whence it came

Don’t wait but seek out mercy’s extra-ordinary gifts

Before the day like silver thistle seed on echoes drifts

Don’t pine for summertime while winter spills its glory-hours

While wood and fallow beams and gleams with strange, exotic flow’rs

Too soon these ties that cannot bind us long right where we are

Will flutter like an oriflamme of mist or falling star

Then let the loving kindness from the Giver of Today

Fill us with so much wonder that it steals our breath away

Because we feel like honoured guests invited to a ball

Where God rolled out a welcome mat across a worldwide hall

How happy is the heart that leaves to God matters of trust

And bears in mind how brief the wick that winks with dust-to-dust

Humbled to find amidst the grind of duty’s grand employ

Sweet wonder upon wonder until want thunders with joy

© Janet Martin

Psalm 40:4-5

 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, 

who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—

none can compare to You—

if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

... who does great and unsearchable things, 

wonders without number.

Job 5:9