Happy Family Day!
Today's Family Day was spent with
cherished church-family
as a dear brother was laid to rest...
He was a son, a brother, a husband and a dad.
The tender tributes by his family
surely roused in the hearts of everyone present
a kinder and humbler commitment to love one another,
to help one another
and cherish our families
while we can!
Let's make every day Family Day💝💞💕
the ordinary becomes sacred!
The gift of family is life’s imperfect, Perfect Best
Epitome of love fulfilled and sorely put to test
How blessed we are with words like ‘husband’ and ‘wife’, ‘mom’ and ‘dad’
When life is Brother-sister-gramps-and-gram, aunt-uncle glad
For in the end all that remains of all we now embrace
Are memory-mementos of a bygone time and place
How humbly then, as today brims with opportunity
We ought to love each other like a great big family
When life’s sweet circle breaks as death collects its ordained due
It makes us more aware of little words like ‘me-and-you’
And stirs a deeper thankfulness, even while love’s tears fall
For the kind gift of family, life’s dearest gift of all
Life is too short to waste in bickering and blow-for-blow
Today is for forgiving because none of us can know
Who will be next to leave behind the rest of us to weep
Over precious mementos that the heart alone can keep
So, by God’s grace, while we are still on this side of the grave
Let's vow to live and love as if today is all we have
Where, nothing remains commonplace as we begin to see
The precious, second-to-none gift of love of family
© Janet Martin
John 13:34 ESV
A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another:
just as I have loved you,
you also are to love one another.
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