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Monday, October 16, 2023

Ephemeral and Eternal


Gal.6:7-10
7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked.
 Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  8The one who sows to please his flesh, 
from the flesh will reap destruction; 
but the one who sows to please the Spirit, 
from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, 
for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 
10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,
 and especially to the family of faith.

Saturday was filled with harvest-season thrills!
(weather turned out drier than expected)








...and it's because of the on-coming generation that what we sow is so crucial;
they will be reaping some of that harvest!!

We cannot ever fully know
Where-when fruit grows from seeds we strew
Or how far-reaching is the flow
Of words we say and deeds we do

Eternal and ephemeral
The potent ink of moment-font
Unfathomable potential
For kinder thought and meeker want

…and humbler thanks for lessons learned
That teach a sweeter contentment
As moment-to-moment is turned
Into lifetimes composed and spent

Ah, we can never fully see
Where moments, as they slip through choice
Will root and sprout into a tree
As fruit of fallen seed gives voice

Then, pray for purer, truer love
For nobler goals than earth can boast
For what God grants is quite enough
To serve Him to the uttermost

As much as lies within us then
We ought to try each day to dwell
Peaceably with our fellowmen
Because of seeds that soon will tell

…how well we loved each other while
Moments tumbled through touch to meld
To Bygone’s everlasting isle
Of moments once so briefly held

© Janet Martin

Until we make our peace with God we cannot truly make peace with each other~

Yesterday, the service leader opened the service 
with prayer for this broken world
which we all have our own broken part in!
How comforting to be able to gather freely
and open God's word together to grow in

Rom.12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, 
live peaceably with all men.

Isa.26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: 
because he trusteth in thee.

Isa.48:22
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

My, my, how the wicked wreak havoc
where peace could/would otherwise be!

We remember those who are suffering today,
especially in war-torn countries!

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