Hymn of Today

How oft it seems my heart is torn

Twixt want and wonder's 'How?'

While from wellsprings of morn to morn

Mercy renews Love's Vow

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; 

I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Jer.31:3

Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

22Because of the loving devotionb of the LORD 

we are not consumed,

for His mercies never fail.

23They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness!

24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

“therefore I will hope in Him.”

Lam.3:21-24

It was one of those mornings where the knowledge of Hope

grappled with the Anchor; where the heart's cables groaned 

beneath the ache and weight of creature-care,

where there was but one thing remaining; prayer

as Mercy Renewed broke through the darkness!

Hallelujah!

The sunrise like a mighty metaphor...

On shores of hurt and hunger yon doors of daybreak part

Where wars of want and wonder vex body, mind and heart

Where anguish and elation in constant conflict vie

A vexing combination of intent and reply

Before soon slips to After; twixt What Was and Will Be

Time’s roar of tears and laughter pours through humanity

In stunning revelation; nobody left intact

Where no imagination can void matters of fact

Faith and fear, hope and heartache, desire and despair

A smorgasbords of choices, we partake of its fare

Where today hinged to morrow, is like life’s quintessence

Of love’s joy hinged to sorrow, of choice to consequence

Where whatever we weather, more weather waits to be

Where we are altogether bound for more than we see

Where the glory of living is not in what we get

But in the sacred giving earnest heed to The Yet

Of what is sure and certain, still waiting in the wake

Until death’s lowered curtain unveils what is at stake

Until the holy thunder of Last Breath sails the sea

Twixt Shores of Want and Wonder and Vast Eternity

Through doors of Divine Mercy, to shores of you and me

New morning shines with berths of fresh opportunity

Where the grace of the Giver holds Judgment’s bar at bay

He strums the strings that quiver with hope’s/love's hymn of Today

© Janet Martin

Eph.3:14-21

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, 

to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; 

that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints 

what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,

 that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly

 above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus 

throughout all ages, world without end.

 Amen.

This song premiered on YouTube half an hour ago!

How unbelievably fitting!! 

I weep and leap for joy!

Oh God, I praise you again!

(Psalm 42)   I will Praise Him Again - City Alight