His creation is free for all to enjoy...
no one has the rights to the sky,
no one can take credit for what seeds deploy
No one is able to explain His 'why'
No one is master of sky, sea or sod
No one is master of sky, sea or sod
Because no one is greater than Creator God
***
© Janet Martin
No matter where we are or who
The One Thing we are called to do
No matter what reason or ruse
May fit the frame of good excuse
Not any of us are exempt
(no matter how pious Intent)
From the Greatest Command of all
No matter what our creed or call
To love the Lord above all else
And next, our neighbour as ourselves
© Janet Martin
Matt.22:34-40
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
***
It is so easy to ignore
The carriage of the lie
but there is always so much more
than that which meets the eye
Facades can fool with cunning craft
The pitfall Guile achieves
*examine well before and aft
lest appearance deceives
© Janet Martin
*my dad's advice when teaching us discernment;
"examine not just what is, but where it will lead"
***
the sacredness of numbered days spills out in such familiar ways...
like cooking.
Creating salads or salad bar for supper.
Can't quite decide which they would prefer;
Create your own or ready-to-serve.
I have a feeling it will be ready-to-serve style.
Just need to cook some pasta yet then creating begins😋
I worked out in the gardens first thing this morning instead of writing...
It's a warm one out there today so now I'm trying to think of a refreshing supper
(between writing )
Fresh garden greens was the starter to today's salad bowl of thoughts!
the sacredness of numbered days
spills out in such familiar ways
so we should always be on guard
Seduction plays a wily card
and doesn't seem to mind a bit
If we become misled by it
***
the pleasure of a poem, oh
sometimes with ink,
sometimes with snow
of gold-dust
wafting o'er dusk's spa
To crown the commonplace
with awe
Thank-you, God!
(I was covered with garden dust and plant-dust last night
then looked up to see gold dust wafting on bars of dusk)
***
***
It is so easy to ignore
The carriage of the lie
but there is always so much more
than that which meets the eye
Facades can fool with cunning craft
The pitfall Guile achieves
*examine well before and aft
lest appearance deceives
© Janet Martin
*my dad's advice when teaching us discernment;
"examine not just what is, but where it will lead"
***
the sacredness of numbered days spills out in such familiar ways...
like cooking.
Creating salads or salad bar for supper.
Can't quite decide which they would prefer;
Create your own or ready-to-serve.
I have a feeling it will be ready-to-serve style.
Just need to cook some pasta yet then creating begins😋
I worked out in the gardens first thing this morning instead of writing...
It's a warm one out there today so now I'm trying to think of a refreshing supper
(between writing )
Fresh garden greens was the starter to today's salad bowl of thoughts!
the sacredness of numbered days
spills out in such familiar ways
so we should always be on guard
Seduction plays a wily card
and doesn't seem to mind a bit
If we become misled by it
***
the pleasure of a poem, oh
sometimes with ink,
sometimes with snow
of gold-dust
wafting o'er dusk's spa
To crown the commonplace
with awe
Thank-you, God!
(I was covered with garden dust and plant-dust last night
then looked up to see gold dust wafting on bars of dusk)
***
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