3/17/24 Through 3/23/24

 3/17/24 Through 3/23/24

Sunday

For this is why the Savior came

To set the hearts of men aflame

To show them one that freely dies

Is one, the faith, that multiplies.

For when we give without reserve

And those less fortunate we serve

We die to self and life obtain

For loss of self is always gain.

Why shy away from trouble now

For every trial builds somehow

Our bridge to life eternal there

In happiness beyond compare.

Monday

One guilty and one innocent

Both saved by grace alone.

A Savior, by the Father sent

Revealing that unknown.

The veil of secrecy that shrouds 

The evil that's within

May make for man, concealing clouds,

Of all their sordid sin.

But when, by grace, the truth is known

The evil slips away

For when their wickedness is known

They'll be the ones to pay.

But if one turns from wicked ways

Repentant and contrite,

The Son whose love and mercy saves

Will lead them to the Light.

Tuesday

Joseph, man of humble service

Be my guide and confidant

Trial may not make me nervous

Be there pain, or be there want.

You endured the trials many

Quiet, calm, and trusting God

As more loving man than any,

Man all men should praise and laud.

Help me imitate Your bearing

List'ning well as You have done

Always patient, always sharing

Father of His precious Son.

Wednesday

To choose the furnace over life

Preferring so the earthly strife

To life eternal without God

They showed the earthly god a fraud.

Their God of truth and honored glory

Writes a new and different story

Cooling there within the flames

Those three steadfast and holy names.

And today we face a culture

Cancelling those whom they oppose

Like the hungry circling vulture

Only death what they expose.

Faithful witnesses are needed

Showing God, the One they heeded

Choosing now the earthly flame

To win an everlasting name.

Thursday

A covenant with Abraham

From many years ago

At last, A Sacrificial Lamb

Whose soul was white as snow.

If Abraham our father be

Then we would too rejoice

For now fulfilled, what promised He

Once by the Father's voice.

A land where milk and honey flow

Was promised for the few

A place where faithful people go

Is opened now for you.

Don't pass it by and lose this chance

To reconcile your soul

The blood and water from the lance

Will heal and make you whole.

Friday

So many blind to how we share

In wickedness and sin

How sins of which we're not aware

Contribute to the din

Refusal to repent shall be

The greatest sin of all

Our willful blindness we shall see

Is that which makes us fall.

Lord, clear our eyes and help us find

Repentance for our sin.

Give us then Your peace of mind

And welcome us within.

Saturday

The Kingdom's here, but not yet there

For fallen man sins everywhere

But Christ has come to sanctify,

To show men how to live and die.

A father teaches young in love

About the wonders up above

Where wills once molded straight and true

Fulfill the promise made to you.

So too, this Kingdom reigns below

To that extent which men will grow

Beyond their selfish will to see

With eyes affixed eternally.

Our job is to a witness be

That those in sin might also see

That Christ has died to sinners show

His Kingdom's also here below.

If we but trust, we too will find

The gift of self brings peace of mind

And when we seek another's good

We act the way that Jesus would.