1/15/23 Through 1/21/23

 1/15/23 Through 1/21/23

Sunday

A light to the nations He'll make of you

To spread what is good, and holy, and true.

The Spirit He grants, for a temple you be

That all whom you know, a new person may see.

So that you, like John, may say that it's true

The One who has come, makes all things anew.

Be ready and willing to answer His call

For His greatest of works, are done through the small.

Monday

Make of me a wineskin new

That I may ever grow with You

Always stretching out to reach

The point, to me, You wish to teach.

With humble heart and ears that hear

Keep me always ever near

Teach me at the break of day

Just how to follow in Your way.

Tuesday

The King of kings, the Great High Priest

His care extends to great and least

For One in whom no lie exists

Will be our Hope through turns and twists.

The anchor for the soul of man

Is One who made all things and can

Give hope when all is dark and dim

If we just put our trust in Him.

So don't despair, lift up your chin

The Truth alone, You're trusting in.

No matter what we here endure

His promise know, is quite secure.

The saints can all now testify

When love is always held nearby,

Amid the cold and dark they know

A bright and warming inner glow.

Wednesday

Forever as a priest

Forever healing wrongs

The Greatest and the Least

Would minister to throngs.

Melchizedek foreshadowed

The true forever One

Who paid the debt we had owed

Our King and God's own Son.

The withered and deformed

Knew well His power then

The works that He performed

Would marvel humble men.

Proud instead were maddened

And jealous of His fame

So the King was saddened

For healing's why He came.

Thursday

No soul beyond His saving

No ill beyond His cure

The road his word is paving

Will lead to life for sure

The Great High Priest, The Promised One

Has come to offer now

The sacrifice of God's own Son

To Paradise allow

The crowds from every corner here

Press hard upon our Lord

They strain to see and touch and hear

The One to be adored

I too, am one of those you see

Enamored by His word

But question if I worthy be

Of all that I have heard.

But worthy's not the question now

For none are such as He

He came to make the sinner bow

And save a soul like me.

Friday

The inner circle, chosen few

Were not unlike to me and you

The ones He called to God obey

And show to others clear the way

The way of turning back from sin

Repenting to be welcomed in

His love is always waiting there

For those in darkness and despair

Our wicked ways and sins of shame

We must in true repentance claim

For only when we see our need

Can humble souls be truly freed.

Saturday

The tabernacle is the home

For all that holy be

And when you through the scriptures comb

Will find that one is thee.

So make of thee a dwelling place

That warm and cozy be

Where beauty, truth, and love embrace

The people that we see.

When Christ abides within the soul

No pain can alter thee

He asks for not a part, but whole

So, He your strength can be.