Today's Treasure Hunt

Today's poem was inspired in part by today's post from The Homespun Wife.

She shares her artful, encouragement-treasures on Facebook etc.

Though circumstances vary every day is always new

The crosses that we carry, as we trust, God sees us through

He, the Maker of the earth and sky presents a big buffet

That authors wonder’s ‘my-oh-my’ many sweet times a day...

So let’s be kindly, humbly, gently grateful, ...

The cold water got his attention!!!😅😅💖

'better get my lost shoe' thought Tot

Let’s look a little slower, awed by autumn’s color-flood...

As today’s moments tumble through touch-taste-sight-smell and sound

Let’s turn it to a treasure hunt for favors that abound

Lest haste produces blindness and ingratitude’s increase

Or fear becomes a thief that robs us of hope, joy and peace

Or Want becomes a thought-consuming, self-indulgent creed/greed

As we trample kind mercies in a success-bent stampede

Let’s look a little slower, awed by autumn’s color-flood

And mourn and pray for those, where leaf-song wafts to pools of blood

Let’s reach a helping hand and meet life with love's tender touch

Let’s need each other rather than steal-kill-destroy and such

Let’s savor the full flavors of feasts on a smorgasbord

Of unmerited favors that we never could afford

Moment-momentum slips, drips, spirals, like leaf-poetry

And not a one returns to re-taste-touch-hear-sniff-or see

So let’s be kindly, humbly, gently grateful, for who knows

Who will be next to pass through time’s eternal curtain-close

Let’s pause to be utterly awed by God, right now and here

And thank Him for His perfect love able to cast out fear

Though circumstances vary every day is always new

The crosses that we carry, as we trust, God sees us through

He, the Maker of the earth and sky presents a big buffet

That authors wonder’s ‘my-oh-my’ many sweet times a day

To counter life’s unlovely with a hymn of grateful laud

As today’s treasure-hunt reveals the faithfulness of God

© Janet Martin

1 John 4:18-19

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, 

because fear involves torment. 

But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

19We lovee because He first loved us.

With very agonizing news-clips from Israel this

chapter was especially powerful today... 

because our hearts are heavy with concern and grief!

Psalm 121

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—

he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—

the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—

he will watch over your life;

8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore.