1/3/21 Through 1/9/21

 1/3/21 Through 1/9/21

Sunday

Lord, every nation shall adore

Both near and far, Your love implore.

Light has shone, the dark dispelling,

Poor and weak, the Good News telling.

Wicked seek to quell your rise,

Yet dawn has broken on the skies.

Men of wisdom from of old

Come with incense, myrrh, and gold.

Receive a gift from me this day

To follow in Your loving way.

To make as newborn babe anew

My love of brother and of You.

Monday

What pleases Him we do each day,

And so, He listens when we pray.

The world though will never hear,

And so refuses to draw near.

The Spirit that He gives to you 

Will guide you in the things you do.

But that which guides the other way

Is only flesh and worth no pay.

The world with its thin delights

So superficially excites, 

But never finds the peaceful core

And always has them grasping more.

Give of self and love the other.

Trust each one as precious brother.

Acknowledge Jesus as the Christ,

And find your deepest soul enticed.

For those that hear and then obey

He answers every time we pray.

But those refusing truth to hear

Are those of darkness, doom, and fear.

Tuesday

A hunger deep inside of me

A longing to be truly free

On earth, cannot be slaked by things,

But only what our Savior brings.

A love so pure and undefiled

That came to earth as little child,

That calmed the sea of Galilee,

And died upon that rugged tree.

The Bread of Heaven, true is He

His flesh and blood He offers me.

True food and drink to satisfy,

My heart and soul to occupy.

Wednesday

Depart, for I must go to pray.

He told the crowd that special day.

For after feeding them with bread,

Our Lord, to private prayer, was led.

To contemplate His role below

And clearly, Father's will to know.

For flesh could not such wonders do,

But in the Father's will could you.

He promised such, I heard Him say

That greater works we'd do someday.

By unity within His will

Our work be even greater still.

To calm the seas and raise the dead,

Or on one loaf, have all be fed.

For love transcends what flesh can do

And love, the Father has for you.

Thursday

Lord, help me look beyond today,

And hear the words Your scriptures say.

Help me to love those lost in sin,

And let Your reign on earth begin.

For only when I love like You,

 Will honesty and faith accrue

And sinners lost, will then be found,

With songs of praise the common sound.

Friday

The Spirit be our witness now

That God, as man, has come somehow.

Born of a virgin, humbly grown,

Most of His life remains unknown.

But that we plainly see today

Is that which shows His Godly way.

The love He shows for those in need,

The lepers cleansed, and captives freed.

For you, it's written that you know

Eternal life is what you owe

To Him who died for love of you,

And Him who makes the leper new.

Saturday

Eternal life is this I know

It came so many years ago

In flesh and blood upon the earth

A babe of holy Virgin birth.

This truth must grow within the soul

To make the saint and sinner whole.

The Groom will come to meet His bride

And in their love be unified.

True, He is great, and we are small

Yet if we answer well His call

Begotten, each of us shall be,

For life with Him eternally.