As We Look Up...

Do you ever visualize, when you pray before you start your day; 

as from our feeble grasp to His all-encompassing arms 

we relinquish our cares, both of the known and the unknown,

do you ever visualize as we look up 

God, so rich in mercy reaches down?!

Oh, how I LOVE Him! 

From the barely breathed beginnings on the threshold of new day

How sweet to rest our head upon God’s shoulder as we pray

What tender comfort buoys us toward the great unknown

As we look up and sense love’s immense mercy reaching down

How sweet to picture Jesus, with hands disfigured with scars

Brushing away the tears that wash our cheeks like falling stars

And visualize, as we look up, God’s everlasting love

Is reaching down to remind us that His grace is enough

© Janet Martin

 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, 

but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!

Romans 8:15