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Thursday, April 9, 2020

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

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.
The creation waits in eager expectation 
for the revelation of the sons of God.…
Romans 8:17-19




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