Balancing Life's Ledger

"The man who would truly know God must give time to Him."

- A.W. Tozer

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass 

under trees on a summer's day,

listening to the murmur of the water,

or watching the clouds float across the sky,

is by no means a waste of time.”

― John Lubbock, The Use Of Life

Right now 'us daughters' are helping mom sort through Things,

as they prepare to downsize in the next year.

Recently mom showed me an old ledger 

where every dollar spent was recorded and accounted for.

I couldn't help but wonder what another Ledger looks like

that God will open and show me every moment spent,

recorded and accounted/accountable for!

Oh! God help me be mindful of

the gravity and goodness in the Gift of a new day!

Forgive my fumbles and failures and let 

your sufficient grace be my hope and delight,

(for) with you there is forgiveness, 

 so that we can, with reverence, serve you. Ps.130:4

Ps.51:10-12 KJV

Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

and renew a right spirit within me.

 Cast me not away from thy presence;

 and take not thy holy spirit from me.

 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; 

and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Lord, I don't want to emulate

The pace that seems to dominate

The human race with breathless chase

That falls prey to dusk's dust and dew

But still, while morn-to-evening tolls

I want to strive to lovely goals

And recognize the holy prize

That gleams where morning hails anew

I want to work with willing hands

Not shirking what duty demands

Yet not dictate so strict a gait

I cannot pause to stand and stare

Aware of Whose Evidence brims

In awesome, unparalleled hymns

In every hue-commanding view 

That every new season lays bare    

How sorry, never to afford

An hour to spend with You, Lord

In Your Good Book or by a brook

Or on a hill, where zephyrs loll 

Else, in my trek from dawn till dark

Prosperity misses its mark

As I pay heed, with frugal creed 

To the body, but not the soul 

I want to take stock of the clock

That gives and takes with tick by tock

Aware of He who holds Time's key

Before eternity; to ken

With open eyes and arms and heart

The beauty of each day's fresh start

To weigh, then choose, then kindly use

This gift the Lord has made. Amen

Janet Martin

Ps.118: 19-21, 24-29

Open to me the gates of righteousness;

I will go through them,

And I will praise the Lord.

 This is the gate of the Lord,

Through which the righteous shall enter.

 I will praise You,

For You have answered me,

And have become my salvation.

This is the day the Lord has made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Save now, I pray, O Lord;

O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.

 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

 God is the Lord,

And He has given us light;

Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

 You are my God, and I will praise You;

You are my God, I will exalt You.

 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.