12/18/22 Through 12/24/22

 12/18/22 Through 12/24/22

Sunday

Here for but His holy will,

We tend, our days, with fluff to fill

Ignoring that created for

Yet always grabbing more and more.

As Joseph did, so we should do

Forsaking what we want for You.

For You will give the hungry food

To all the ways of death elude.

Monday

A Nazarite the child shall be

One dedicated unto Thee.

He'll drink no whiskey, wine, or beer

And man or beast he shall not fear.

The way, he'll make as straight and true

From here, a pathway unto You.

Once barren womb, be filled with joy

For great shall be this little boy.

But worldly look at him each day

And mock his poor and humble way

They fail to listen to his call,

"Repent, or evil shall befall."

Tuesday

Ask for a sign as deep as the sea

Know that the Lord, out-done will not be.

Ask for a sign as high as the sky

Know that the Lord astonishes eye.

Wednesday

Joy is to know Him and know that He loves

In Him, surrounded like fingers in gloves.

Rejoicing and dancing for wills that align

Tis then that the joy of the Lord becomes mine.

For hark, my lover speaks to me,

Arise my dove and come to see

The winter's past and rains have gone

The vine has put her flowers on.

No other joy as such is known

When tender stem is fully grown

And wills align for now they see

Twas You, that motivated me.

Thursday

My soul, His greatness, ere proclaims

My humble heart His love inflames

All generations call me blest

That God Himself would be my guest.

His mercy shown in every day

He comes to each a different way

Exalting low and humbling high

A sign for all the Lord is nigh

The proud He scattered in conceit

The mighty fall in grim defeat

The hungry filled with all that's good

The poor now stand where wealthy stood

His promise faithful, always true

He makes this fallen world anew

That all might praise forevermore

And all the One True God adore.

Friday

Fathers turn hearts of children to God

Thus will they learn to His mercies applaud.

Fathers be gentle and humble, and kind

That children the Lord of all lords they may find

Fathers be faithful and loving and true

For children are watching the all that you do.

When little ones grow to be mothers and men

The story repeats again and again.

So do what you can on earth here below

That all of your children, the Savior, would know.

For faith is a legacy fathers pass on

It's their duty to God for the here and beyond.

Saturday

Separation from God from the earliest time

For all who committed their crime after crime.

Pushed away by the evil that man had embraced

The people of God, only darkness now faced.

But loved by their God these children of men

Somehow found hope in His promises when

Their evil was multiplied time after time

And the pit was so deep that no one could climb.

But dawn was soon breaking for morning had come.

The King, to the earth, was sending His Son.

With gift of forgiveness for all of our sin,

The gift that would let us common folk in.