The Sweeter, Calvary

 The heavens offer an endless buffet of awe...

from morning to evening yesterday, a constant declaration of God's glory!

"The heavens declare the glory of God; 

the skies proclaim the work of his hands."

Psalm 19:1

The less earth has to offer

The more we start to dwell

On what awaits hereafter

(Either Heaven or hell)

Heaven, the glorious promise

To those who trust in He

Who sent His Son to save us

From hell’s eternity

The less earth has to offer

The more we start to think

About the Divine Author

Above life’s little blink

We ponder the estrangements

That cut us down to size

And start to make arrangements

For Soul that never dies (if we are wise)

The less earth has to offer

The dearer Heaven waits

Time’s tear-anointed coffer

But the Segue to Gates

That will either swing open

To faith’s focus revealed

Or, past the point of pardon

Remain forever sealed

The less earth has to offer

The more our spirit yearns

For a Place so much better

Than this world’s brief returns

As eager expectation

Begins to override

Our natural inclination

To selfishness and pride

The less earth has to offer

The more we cling to God

The trials that we suffer

May seem a grievous rod

But wakes in heirs of heaven

A weight, worthy of care

The gift of sins forgiven

And hope beyond compare

Far sweeter than the laughter

That thrills this death-stoked dome

The endless ever-after

Of Heaven’s home-sweet-home

Forbid we stoop to scoffing

Truth’s Sole/Soul Supremacy

The less this earth's cold off'ring

The sweeter, Calvary

© Janet Martin

 Future Glory

And if we are children, then we are heirs: 

heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ

—if indeed we suffer with Him, 

so that we may also be glorified with Him.

I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable 

 to the glory that will be revealed in us.  

The creation waits in eager expectation 

for the revelation of the sons of God.…

Romans 8:17-19