Time's Sacred No-return Return

A small glimpse of a bit of recent 'pleasure-treasure!'

Do you ever get the sense 

that earth is a boat

and we're passengers 

on time's massive float

being drawn breath by breath 

toward a shore

through the access called Death

to Forevermore?

Time draws its barge along 

on straits of day to day 

Beneath the chime of golden gong 

or clime of lowered gray 

We grapple with A Sail 

of Utmost Gravity 

Because Time’s sacred charge entails 

far more than we can see 

Time tugs its transient bark 

‘neath arcs of dark and light 

Where we are far more than tourists 

on floats of sound and sight 

We wear God-granted grace 

as breath-tones rise and fall 

And bear the very common place 

of duty’s beck and call

Time flies through outstretched arms 

and eyes wide with surprise 

It breezes through fists clenched against 

its resolute demise

It tosses plans awry 

and teaches us to trust

The invisible hand that makes 

visible dust to dust

Time takes its telling toll 

on mortal’s temple-gate 

Where carriages of deathless soul 

have much to contemplate 

For This, no pleasure cruise, 

transports us to a Shore 

Where every single passenger 

embarks forevermore 

Time steals our breath and seals 

its aftermath in years 

How swift its gift of empty reels 

fills up and disappears 

While heart-strings groan and fray, 

and pray, we start to sense 

The absolute approaching of 

That Day of Recompense 

Time ticks around the clock 

but cannot tell how far 

Or near to the most searing dock 

and final pier we are 

To meet the destiny 

of This Fleeting Sojourn 

Where verily, eternity 

is time's sacred return

© Janet Martin 

Some encouragement while we 'sail'...

(Imagine if the passage below said

 'to the churches of Canada' in place of Thessalonians

and this could/would be said of us from its letter-writer?!!)

2 Thess.1:1-5

Paul, Silas[a] and Timothy,

*To the church of the Thessalonians 

in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,

[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, 

and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 

Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance 

and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

 All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, 

and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, 

for which you are suffering. 

2 Thess.2:16-17

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, 

who loved us and by his grace gave us 

eternal encouragement and good hope, 

encourage your hearts and strengthen you 

in every good deed and word.