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Monday, July 27, 2020

Metamorphosis of Now...


 We have returned from a week away at the cottage...
a different sort of week as people came and went
as jobs required and released
(the cottage is close enough to home to make this possible)
Gone are the years when everyone could
take the same week off and stay.
so instead of looking back and mourning the past
we open our hearts and embrace
the ever-changing present

 precious time with Grandchildren...

 a bit of reading time...
listening to lake counsel, mesmerized by its varying tones...
 front row seat to the heavens declaring the glory of God!
among some of the week's pleasures


Change does not happen overnight
But oh, it always does
The Thing that is slips out of sight
Into the Way it Was
Wrapped in the rush of when and how
The metamorphosis of now

For what it’s worth ‘this too shall pass’
Nothing can hold its own
Against the trickle in a glass
That is not overthrown
But shapes time’s grains with subtle ease
Into a chain of memories

Time teaches us to cherish now
We have no more…or less
With which to learn, teach, reach and bow
Beneath farewell’s address
Where no one knows how near or far
To that Gateway called death we are

These numbered days, a gift from God
Ought to tune us with awe
Only a fool ignores his prod
Or sets a stubborn jaw
Where Time is like a wave that rolls
Toward the shoreline of our souls

Take heed, and treat with tender care
What none can own or keep
And fold that fist into a prayer
Lest you die in your sleep
Where now is always on the verge
Of where what is to Was will merge

So guard with wary gravity
Thought’s self-indulgent thirst
For by our very natures we
Are want and longing cursed
But He who does not change or shift
Helps us to find joy in His gift

© Janet Martin


OH!!! and last but not least
Jim playing scrabble on a rainy day
(doesn't he look like he's having the time of his life?!😂😂😂)

sharing a verse I've shared many times...
 Teach us to number our days, 
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12

2 comments:

  1. Oh those precious grandbabies. You look so relaxed and happy. A different world, indeed, but glad you are rejoicing in the moments. Lovely photos, too. "Front Row Seat" - perfect! And I love Jim's "locked" hat and most serious visage!

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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!