Don't Wait (until it is too late)

 

His basket of peppers spilled over and over...

but he wanted to carry it,

so we picked them up, over and over

 and finally, with exhausted triumph

we made it to the goal!!!

SO, whatever our load happens to be today, peppers or otherwise, keep on!

Don't give up in despair...

Love 's care is worth every tear, every prayer

Someday (it could be as soon as today!)

We too with exhausted triumph will reach the goal! 

Our community has suffered a number of reminders

this year of the uncertainty of what a day may hold!

Don't wait to want what today still offers!!

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Don’t wait to do the best you can

To love God first, then fellowman

To give thanks to the One who grants

His grace in every circumstance

Don’t wait to make the most of life

But, bury the hatchet of strife

Before we meet The Righteous Judge

Don’t nurse the wounds of bitter grudge

Don’t harbor anger in your heart

But with each breath, let’s do our part

Before today is history

To make a treasured memory

Don’t wait until it is too late

To linger at the soldered gate

Of a thousand longings untold

Thy lips still smile, thy arms still hold

Life is a gift, its curtain close

Only the Giver of it knows

Then do not wait to love, to pray

To wish for what God grants today

Take up love’s yoke of joy and grief

Plead God to turn blind unbelief

To faith, then trust love's nail-scarred Hand

With all we do not understand

Then live as if today could be

The gateway to eternity

Love God and fellowman, don't wait

Till it is forever too late

© Janet Martin

2 Cor.6:1-2

As God’s fellow workers,a then, 

we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  2For He says:

“In the time of favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.”b

Behold, now is the time of favor;

 now is the day of salvation!