2/12/23 Through 2/18/23

 2/12/23 Through 2/18/23

Sunday

The daily choices that we make

Determine every path we take

And where it leads, to good or ill

To foster life, or life to kill.

The children must be taught so now

That they would choose the right somehow

And walk the path to light and love

To find eternal home above

Don't make a choice of "Wait and see"

There is no neutral, you will see

You're either headed toward the light

Or to the blackest dark of night.

Monday

The offering to Thee we make

From best of what we have we take

For all is due to Your great love

And all is showered from above

The best is in humility

For all we have has come from Thee

And when we give our very best

We find You multiply the rest

Tuesday

On the waters, fear arose

But trust in God, dear Noah chose

Fulfilling each of His commands

To thus fulfill the Master's plans

To start anew where evil reigned

And break the bond on man it gained

By water, so the earth made clean

And Baptism is there foreseen.

Wednesday

The floods will come, but who can stand

Except who does as God has planned,

Who builds the ark to flood survive

And in the newness there to thrive.

The flood will wash away the sins.

Above the font new life begins

The olive branch of peace and love

Is brought by Whom we see as Dove

So many centuries ago

The details now are hard to know

But this is clear, the faithful win

Forever vic'try over sin.

Thursday

Who do you say that I am,

A lion, a prophet, or Lamb?

If Christ I must be, then followeth Me

To pass your final exam

The cross as My destiny see

So too, it is destined for thee

If the Master is killed as the Father has willed

So too, His servants shall be.

So shoulder it well everyday

For giving of self is the way

To conquer the sin and let the love in

And taste of the banquet I say

Friday

A language far apart from mine,

A way quite high above is Thine.

You choose the low and humble way

Found irksome when I try to pray.

The cross I shun, and lash I fear

But through such discipline draw near.

Give grace to face them every day

In hope at last, I find Your way.

Saturday

As Pharoah said to Moses,

"Go, but go not far."

The devil so proposes

To keep us where we are

But faith is what compels us

To trust and so believe.

The whisper that He tells us

To more and more receive

Transfigured in a moment

A glimpse to that beyond

A heavenly bestowment

Of what in ye has spawned.

Guard the treasure ever true

That none would snatch away.

The gift He has bestowed on you

Forever lights the way.

So leave behind the barren land

For land that's watered well

Live no more on empty sand

But in the bounty dwell.