When I Begin To See

When I begin to glimpse the love

That gave His life at Calvary

And paid sin’s debt for you and me

(and oh, how awful that debt was)

…when I begin to contemplate

Who Jesus IS, who He became

To save us from our guilt and shame

(and oh, that guilt and shame is great)

When I begin to realize

Where we would be without His grace

No hope for sinful human race

(and oh, no heaven when man dies)

…then all that I can do is bow

And wonder how such love could be

He gave His life for you and me

(then oh, what love we should live now)

© Janet Martin

How Good the Good and Sad the Bad...

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
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How good the good we do

How sad the bad, then we

Should not point fingers; no

But seek humility

For all the good we do

Is by the grace of God

And there is no one who

Has not deserved His rod

Then we are oh, so glad

For mercy’s cleansing blood

For He forgives the bad

And He lives in the good

So then, how good the good

But oh, how sad the bad,

For all that oft ‘we should’

Is what we wish ‘we had’

© Janet Martin

 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.  For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

Rom.7:18-19 

A 'Grave' Matter

 The choices we make help create the landscape for those who, as of yet, have no choice...

Gravity of choice

Thy voice

Heeded in instants

Disappears

The echo of

A moment’s love

Reverberates for

Years and years

© Janet Martin

'This'

 Even though 'this' is not picture-perfect it is all we have. 

We should cherish it for who knows what morrow's 'this' will be...

This day grants a rainy-day inkwell;-) thank-you, rainy-windy-freezing cold May day;-)

Futile to fret for what is not

Nor let Thought plunder Past’s abyss

Better to look at what we’ve got

And seek to make the best of 'this'

For soft and swift the ‘This’ we clasp

Will disappear without a sound

Into a fathom ever-cast

Where none the key to it has found

Therefore, before we turn to crave

The ‘this’ we had but missed somehow

We should look well at what we have

And make the utter-best of Now

© Janet Martin

The Way We Cannot See

  

More music, and a little mirth by these guys here:)

Time’s wellspring from whence farewells flow

Bids us to savor each ‘hello’

Bids love’s pure praise, heartache to still

Where seasoned ways employ God’s will

Then we will not lose hope, oh no

For it is by His grace we go

Though Unknown wages wars of fear

We know that He is ever near

And we are not alone to trod

The way we cannot see to God

Therefore, in spite of sight's dim gaze

Faith fills our hearts and mouths with praise

© Janet Martin

 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa.41:10