12/29/19 Through 1/4/20

12/29/19 Through 1/4/20

Sunday

Each member's obligation known

To make the family fully grown.

To strengthen bonds of love within

And claim the victory over sin.

The father's job to sacrifice

His leadership, should love entice.

His steadfast love must anchor these

When storms are spread across the seas.

And mother's love should ready be

To warm the chill or bandage knee.

Submitting to the Father's plan,

In service to their holy clan.

The children too, a part must play

As they, their parents, well obey.

And reconcile when bonds are frayed

To fix what damage sin has made.

This holy clan can take a stand

To thwart the evil sin has planned,

And make this world a loving place,

But we must answer to His grace.

Monday

A life of fasting and of prayer

Was Anna's gift in temple there.

A life expectant, filled with joy,

When gazing on that little boy.

We too can find that holy gift

If daily we would search and sift

For how He speaks to us today

And follow in that very way.

We'll meet Him unexpectedly

At work or home, or on the knee.

And quietly He'll show the way

For us to follow and obey.

The many stops along the way

May seem to take us far astray,

But if we follow where He leads

Our every need He fills and feeds.

Tuesday

Light true Light illumine here

The want of dark, and gloom of fear.

The emptiness of those pursuits

Which lead to factions and disputes.

Light the path and show the way

Find the lost, return the stray.

For only in Your light we see

The answer to our humble plea.

Wednesday

Ironic how the Queen of Peace

Should have to run and flee police.

Not for some wrong or evil crime

But just to save the Son divine.

The Son who came to speak the word

Before, that only prophets heard.

But now great kindness here would come

The word of God's most holy Son.

The word of peace and epic calm

The blessing and the healing balm.

But word dividing, word of heat,

To separate the chaff from wheat.

Thursday

What does Messiah truly mean?

Has man before Him ever seen,

A leader anything like He

Who died upon Mount Calvary?

Though many good have passed this way

They are in fact, but jars of clay,

That carry what of Him they hold

The One far greater than the gold.

Mistake me not for one like He.

For I am but a servant, see.

Unworthy to His sandal loose,

Or any good, of mine produce.

A voice that cries, "Prepare the way."

Repent, and learn to daily pray.

Then listen well, and well obey

His word to guide throughout the day.

Friday

In His wondrous Holy Name

Jesus Christ, our King became,

Model, guide, and source of love,

Drawing to the One above.

Revealing what the prophets knew

The depth of love, of God, for you.

The breath of God to fill the sail

And lift the hearts of weak and frail.

That precious name, so good to me,

Has warmed my heart and set me free.,

To love in ways beyond my will,

And chase away the cold and chill.

Saturday

Destroy the Devil's works this year,

And closer to the Lord draw near.

Come and see just where He stays

Then follow Him throughout your days.

Be not ashamed to call Him Lord.

Let pride be hushed, and grace outpoured.

Be witness for the wisdom found

When daily, Christ as king is crowned.