All-day Hallelujah Hymn

...when I awake, I am still with you.

Psalm 139:18

A frosty veil of lavender pastel drapes hill and dell

Morning is like a Masterpiece perched on Earth’s pedestal

How easily the best and worst of days gather and fade

Into the melting pot of dusk and memories we made

How daily we hail hope, a halo on the eastward brim

That spreads across the sky in daybreak’s hallelujah hymn

The hour starts to bare the secrets that it had concealed

And yet we never fully know what waits-to-be will yield

What whisper-wrapped surprises waft to emphasize God’s grace

And sacredness of what may often feel quite commonplace

Where even now, poised on the prow of Mercy’s endless store

Hope spills in hallelujah hymns no one has heard before

The Sacred Grail of dawn grows pale, and so new day begins

Breath-taking backdrops disappear as daybreak’s veneer thins

To thoroughfares of sorrow-cares and proof that God is good

Where happiness is nothing more than loving as we should

And joining with creation in a song that does not dim

An all-day celebration of dawn’s hallelujah hymn

© Janet Martin

What will today hold? who knows!

Yesterday the little girl I have had in my care for the past year and a half 

became a big sister!

We are so thankful for Baby's safe arrival.

This week new kiddos, routines/adjustments begin!

 Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts. 

 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23-24