And just like that it's Summer
Happy First Day of Summer!
May today be a hymn of praise
to He who grants all of our days!
Isa.61:10-11
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring forth before all the nations.
After yesterday's wind and rain the garden, adorned with nature's jewels,
springs forth with vivid hymns of praise!
May today be, in Bygone's trove,
above all else, a cherished thought
A gem in a collection of
learning to love the way we ought
A token where devotion crowns
the tempo that unravels days
Composing from hope's ups and downs
a memento of grateful praise
May today be in reverie
a masterpiece Past mediates
Into the kind of poetry
ink never quite encapsulates
Arpeggios that waltz and brood,
o'er vistas of echoes unbound
A breathless sense of having stood
with shoes removed on holy ground
May today, as moments are spent,
augment inestimable worth
An intentional investment
in treasures not beheld on earth
As, grace upon grace grants no lack
Because God keeps his promises
May today be, when looking back
A frame filled with God's faithfulness
Janet Martin
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