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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

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.


2 comments:

I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!