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Saturday, April 23, 2022

Wonder-full Compulsion! Plus Butter Tart Recipe 😋

Sometimes the ho-hums of housework
would not feel like an honor to perform
until we look beyond it's façade 
to love,
and glimpse the face of God






For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus:
that if One died for all, then all died;
and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves,
but for Him who died for them and rose again.

2 Cor.5:14-15





Compelled by love for He who gave His all, oh let it be
Drawn with desire to put on dear Christ’s humility
For God so loved the world He gave His Son to pay sin’s debt
He rent the bondage of the grave, oh may we ne’er forget

Compelled by love, to honor He who to self-will did die
To offer ourselves to be love’s penitent reply
Where more than Call of Duty bids us bear life’s yoke and rod
With the unhidden beauty of a heart yielded to/exalting God

Compelled by love, first for our God and then for fellowman
Oh, blissful state as we applaud, through servanthood, His plan
Where love did not demand from us the recompense for sin
But rather gave his Son Jesus, His gift of grace to win

Compelled by love, ah, as we contemplate the sacrifice
What higher call could captivate or be worth greater price
Life’s meekest merit never fails; He who is Love supplies
His Spirit's strength as faith prevails and strains toward the Prize

© Janet Martin

Doesn't love's beauty always sweeten the duty?! Aren't you glad?

...some small  'sweetness-es'
sometimes come in the form of
Warm Butter Tart!


Oh!! I'm sorry. Would you like one too?
Here is the best recipe I know!
My mother's...









2 comments:

  1. Love your post, Janet. That opening stanza...perfectly said...

    "Sometimes the ho-hums of housework
    would not feel like an honor to perform
    until we look beyond it's façade
    to love,
    and glimpse the face of God"

    And I love this line: "Doesn't love's beauty always sweeten the duty?! Aren't you glad?" Oh yes, I'm glad!
    Those butter tarts look amazing!!!

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  2. Thank you. It was a ‘sweet ‘ day. A hand me down recipe from home and a special treat to enjoy once in a while 😋

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