Rubric for Reply

Dawn glimmers with God’s testament of unrelenting grace

Divine authority extends our breath/breadth of numbered days

Then how will we reply to He whose workmanship we are

Who stuns the dark with whispers that fling morning’s gates ajar

Dawn glimmers with God’s testament of unrelenting grace

Divine authority extends our breath/breadth of numbered days

Then how will we reply to He whose workmanship we are

Who stuns the dark with whispers that fling morning’s gates ajar

Conviction and opinion wrangle in the human heart

One, like a steadfast anchor, the other, a mule and cart

One an earnest contender for the Prize we cannot see

The other the defender of thought’s ideology

Aha, the law of love is so simple yet so complex

The order of its edict eager to delight and vex

As Conviction or Opinion leaps to the driver’s seat

To dictate the direction of the heart, then hands and feet

Opinion is perspective’s Chief, attained by logic's nod

Conviction is belief keened to limits ordained by God

Oh God, teach me to seek Your truth, not human-nature cursed

Opinion is so quick to speak; help me to listen first

Dawn glimmers with God’s testament of His mercy renewed

Will opinion or conviction govern my/our gratitude/attitude?

Breath of Divine Authority parts the gates of the sky

To He whose workmanship we are, oh, how will we reply?

© Janet Martin

this post was also inspired in part by this article.

Prov.3:1-9

The heading for this passage was

Guidance for the Young 

(dare I add, and not so young?)

1My son, do not forget my law,

But let your heart keep my commands;

2For length of days and long life

And peace they will add to you.

3Let not mercy and truth forsake you;

Bind them around your neck,

Write them on the tablet of your heart,

4And so find favor and [a]high esteem

In the sight of God and man.

5Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;

6In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He shall [b]direct your paths.

7Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

8It will be health to your [c]flesh,

And strength[d] to your bones.

9Honor the Lord with your possessions,

And with the firstfruits of all your increase;