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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Like Velvet Tulle

Below is a paragraph from the study page for the leaders
of last Sunday's Sunday School lesson...
sound encouragement/wisdom to live by
as we dwell on the theme of faithfulness!

'We can’t undo the past, but we can be decisively committed to the next step, 
the next moment, and the next opportunity.
What if you committed to faithfulness one day at a time?
 And what if your faithfulness marked the people around you in significant ways? 
Then I would imagine that your faithfulness 
will lead to future opportunities for greater influence.
Don’t waste today.
Be faithful to your purpose 
to live as the salt of the earth 
and the light of the world.
And God will use you today and, Lord willing, 
multiply your efforts and opportunities tomorrow.' -The Gospel Project

Since last Thursday our area is an ice-and-snow castle!!



Like velvet tulle the crepuscule of night dissolves; it falls
Like paper from a gift that lifts the darkness from earth’s halls
Like whispers of mercy and love brushing shadows awry
Like a fresh sheet beneath our feet that reaches to the sky
Like smiles across the miles that toss barges of want and need
Like little boats or music notes that bob and press and plead
Like melodies in symphonies where seasons rise and fall
Like music bars or shooting stars or like a madrigal
To fill that cast of Almost Past with what none should ignore
Today; the place where by God’s grace it spills from shore to shore
To set the stage, where age to age the fruit of choice becomes
At that last breath the life and death of very sacred sums
When, like soft tulle the crepuscule of time and grace will fade
Like mist upon the Sealed Bygone of choices we have made

© Janet Martin

Psalm 51:15-17
O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.


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