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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Gift-Unwrapping Onus


Ps.78:4&6-7
We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done....

...That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;...







Tug gently where dawn’s coral tulle
Gilt-edged, dissolves night’s crepuscule
Where mercy’s kind pledge is renewed
To author humble gratitude

Tread softly where a shadow-world
Beneath each sunrise is unfurled
Dawn’s wrapping paper falls away
Granting a gift, we call Today

Touch kindly its fugitive lease
Cherish it with love, joy and peace
Take time to pray-smile-sing, to sit
And worship the Giver of it

Tend wisely, what is given thee
And live as if today could be
The Gift that flings ajar The Door
Between time and Forevermore

© Janet Martin











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