All In This Together

(Oh!! as I worked on this post I realized those first few flakes were but the prelude...)

This morning we return to a more monochromatic canvas

after, for 2023, a record-breaking three mornings in a row

of marmalade-hued morn!

We are all in this together

Universal farandole

Until God unties the tether

Twixt the body and the soul

From first breath we start to weather

Mankind’s fundamental plight

Where we, all in this together

All are precious in God’s sight

Sometimes we don’t treat each other

Quite as kindly as could be

Where we, all in this together

Are like a big family

Time wafts like a silver feather

Morn spills in marmalade hue

To we, still in this together

Not yet severed by death’s due

Then let us love one another

Before pray, it is too late

For we, all in this together

Are approaching Farewell’s Gate

What a gift it is to weather

Life together, by God's grace

Before He unties the tether

Twixt our bodies and His face

What a lot we have in common

All in this together, we

While we await God's sure summons

Are a worldwide family 

© Janet Martin

Thank-you, pear-picker in South Africa...

Banana-grower in Guatemala ...

Tea-harvester in China...

Dish manufacturer in Luxembourg...

Coffee-mug artist in the UK...

John 15:17
This is My command to you: Love one another.

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. 

Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love.

 For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor.

 Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.