Minding/Counting our 'Much-es' (or Much to Make the Most Of)

(I think Grandsonny might be thinking

'h-m-m! Shoulda waited a little longer 

for these to come out of the oven before biting a muffin...'🤣

Of course he tasted these later for lunch dessert!)

So much to be thankful for...

in the midst of so much to be careful for...

(first attempt at making soft tortillas!) 

they were yummy!

in the midst of so much to be prayerful for!!

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Luke 12:48

 For everyone to whom much is given, 

from him much will be required; 

The reveille of the morning sun rouses mortal to Much

Much task and obligation run like rivers through our touch

Much beauty to behold freely surprises us with joy

And cheers us on where much duty deals a tireless employ

Much care to kindle prayer from a much-too-forgetful race

And where much sin and sorrow bear fruit, praise God, much more grace

Much sacred consequence as innocence sheds fledgling gauze

Where soon evidence manifests much effect from much cause

Where much we once thought hidden is much too plain to deny

Much long aftermath bidden from much-too-hasty reply

Where oh, so much temptation taunts gifted students of Want

With so much education, not found in ink-scripted font

Much may seem commonplace until it slips beyond our reach

As much Unknown to face unveils much left to learn and teach

Where Much is a mean Charmer without a much Higher Call

Than much dream stripped of glamor lost to Bygone’s shadow-hall

Where, though so much is taken much remains to make much of

Much wonder to be wakened and shaken from much to love

Much to challenge, test and estrange much once we thought we knew

Where though so much is bound to change, the Truth is always true

And much we make such fuss about soon fills yesterday’s shoes/news

While much of what we trust or doubt will anchor or confuse

Where much abounds to make us glad and sad, and weak and strong

And much will drive us mad and much will spill in worship’s song

So much dismay to humble much that would turn into pride

So much to make us stumble over much not Self-denied 

Where much of what we touch and taste is much more than we need

Oh God, so much of what we waste could shelter, clothe and feed

Where Much is like a Fount that brims with Much to share and give

And much to give account for, where Much fills each day we live 

Much trouble to perplex where much more mercy intercedes

Much to allure and vex the troubadour where Order pleads

Much delight to discover on detours to Destiny

Much to excite the Lover of nature’s pure poetry

Where Much To Make the Most Of is life’s common ground, my friend

From He who loves us so much more than we can comprehend

© Janet Martin

Luke 16:10

“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much,

and one who is dishonest in a very little

is also dishonest in much.

Much beauty to behold freely surprises us with joy...