2/5/23 Through 2/11/23

 2/5/23 Through 2/11/23

Sunday

Light in the darkness, salt of the earth

Giving to God all that you're worth

Shelter the homeless, guard the oppressed

Speak of His love, and surely be blessed.

Gracious in lending, just in your way

Trusting and firm is brightness of day.

Light is the answer to all of your ills

So turn from the wrong, and do as He wills.

Monday

Healing and creation

Both signs of something new

He calls on every nation

To hear what's good and true.

But man does not his blessings know

Nor give Him time of day.

Just focused on the self they grow

Indifferent to the Way.

Don't let the cares of everyday

Distract from what is true

He'd care for man in every way

If man, His will, would do.

Assess today just how you fare

In how you spend your time

As one who listens, well aware

Of hills He calls to climb.

Tuesday

Well-ordered all the plans He made

For mountain pass, or tree, or glade.

In perfect harmony and tune

But evil serpent would impugn.

Thus tricking man to go astray

And make a path of his own way

That wanders aimlessly afar

From where the ordered pathways are.

One way alone to right the ship

And with the tools for life equip

Is listen for the Master's voice

And make His way your only choice.

Wednesday

Sweet was the day when He fashioned the clay

And breathed forth the spirit of man

Free will he received, but the serpent deceived

And downward the spiral began.

The desire for sin that comes from within

Can be overcome if we dare

For grace He bestows, and a holy one knows

It's the Spirit of God that we share.

So ask and receive, don't let evil deceive

For grace in abundance bestowed

The trusting all know just where they must go

To nourish the seed that's been sowed.

Thursday

At last, is the woman intended for me

In eyes of this beauty, what's Godly I see.

No more of the wandering, hopeless, confused

My spirit to this one forever is fused.

Great blessings now flow from this covenant bond

The new little babies of which I'm so fond.

These children enlightened by love to the Lord

The wealth of this world could never afford.

I pray that my progeny down to the last

Would be to the world a mighty contrast.

That all would be loving, and gentle, and kind

And all such a heavenly partner should find.

Friday

In one ear and out the other

Hearing well, but deaf another

Like so many, much ignored

Knowing not what headed toward.

Oh, heal the ears of all in sin

And let them welcome truth within

Let Your word be planted deep

That wayward souls, Your law would keep.

So let me too, a beggar be

And clearly always speak to me

That I may listen and obey.

And follow in Your righteous way.

Saturday

Blessed Lady in the stone

Show me Christ and Christ alone

One of millions, there I saw

The sick and crippled all in awe.

All in awe of graces shed

All to Jesus Christ are led

Ones coming from around the globe

To all the healing mysteries probe.

None can see and be unmoved

By all the healings firmly proved

By all the joy that fills the air

And all the peace encountered there.