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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Love's Rare Romance

Life is full of trouble and sorrow; joy's startling sweetener!

Sometimes when asked what my favourite Bible verse is
I hardly know which to choose but without a doubt
the verses below (first taught to me as a child by my mother)
rank near the top;
whispered many times as I encounter life's
tug-of-warring-whys-and-no's 
The first part of Prov.3
but esp. verses 5-6 and in my older age also verse 7



Without trouble we would never learn trust.
Without trust we never know true joy and peace

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Taste the fervor of the hour
Make the most of every flow’r...




Life runs rife with highs and lows
Joy and strife of thorn and rose
Bow before its Lord and pray
Then rise up and seize the day

Taste the fervor of the hour
Make the most of every flow’r
Bear the brunt of fading grass
Everything comes, but to pass

Trace the tender timbre of
Every splendor, every love
Linger where the waning light
Tucks the day beneath goodnight

…cradled in the keeping of
Unfailing goodness and love
While the days-to-years run rife
With laughter and tears of life

Darling, with so much amiss
In the thick of that and this
It takes more than we possess
To muster/master true happiness/holiness

While season to season flows
While reason staggers 'neath blows
While change is a constant rod
Bow before life’s changeless God

Trust in Him with all your heart
Dust to dust sees but in part
But God never leads astray
Bow before him oft, and pray

For the likes of me and you
Have so much to learn, tis true
Pray, we find love's rare romance
Only trust in the Lord grants

Pray we find faith's treasured Must
Sorrow's/trouble's silver lining; trust 
Pray before we start each day
We bow before God and pray

© Janet Martin









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