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Friday, March 10, 2023

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.

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