God-given Rite...

Give as you are able

according as the Lord has blessed you...

Deut.16:17

  Never twist justice to benefit a rich man, and never accept bribes. 

For bribes blind the eyes of the wisest and corrupt their decisions. 

Deut.16:19

What counts is not the place or face by rank or rights defined

This is no contest; we are all called to life’s kindred goad

To love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind

To love our neighbour as our self and share life’s heavy load

What counts is not the number of amounts as much as this

The measure of the heart; this is the place where giving starts

God sees beneath the outer scarf to what our intent is

And we cannot deceive He who wealth’s ways and means imparts

What counts is not so much the vessel as its harboured sum

This is no contest; we are all called to life’s kindred role

To love God and each other, for soon what is will become

The blip before God strips us of everything but the Soul

© Janet Martin