3/26/23 Through 4/1/23

 3/26/23 Through 4/1/23

Life He gives to mortal bodies

Buried in the hills and wadies

All who in the Spirit dwell

Of such a miracle will tell

He will settle in the land

And as the boundaries expand

A peace and calm as none before

Will be forever at the door

Monday

Impossible the situation

Here a selfish wicked nation

Rife with lust, deceit, and anger

Steeped in sin we sit and languor

Where's our Daniel when we need one?

Truth, by lies, is overrun

Just refuse participation

Possibly, you'll change a nation

Each a part to play in changing

Such a nation rearranging

Taking focus off of you

And turning back to what is true

Tuesday

A god we make of stupid things

And then our worship sadly brings

The chains of slavery as before

And not the love we're looking for

It seems too high a price to pay

And all that work gets in the way

Of pleasure now which rules the day

But yields a higher price to pay

For all of history reveals

The emptiness of sin's appeals

And how was won the special prize

By those with only humble eyes

So, strip me Lord of that within

That yields to emptiness and sin

Then fill me with a life of grace

And bring me to Your dwelling place

Wednesday

My God, You are but God alone

None other fashioned from the stone

And none shall have my sacred bow

But only One and only Thou

A fourth seen strolling in the fire

Kindled there for ill desire

Untouched by flame or smell of smoke

For He the God of which they spoke

No god of pride or selfish lust

Deserving of our faithful trust

But God alone who made us all 

Is He alone before we fall.

Thursday

One's wholly in or wholly out,

No middle ground there be.

His work should show without a doubt

That truly, it is He.

But willful blindness blocks the view

When pride gets in the way

Take care that blinded not are you

And never go astray

For evidence is clear as day

Since Resurrection Morn

Just let the doubt be washed away

And Christ in thee be born.

Friday

For what good works you want Me dead?

Not for the works, but what You said.

You claim to be the Father's Son

You claim that You and He are One.

Such nonsense we cannot believe

What mind such tales could ere conceive?

A mind that's One with Him in love,

A Son that came from Him above.

The works I do are ample signs

I'm here to do what He designs

If trust my words you cannot do,

At least believe the works I do.

I slip away from you this time,

But knowing soon, the hill will climb

To Calvary, My greatest sign

That I am truly, Love Divine.

When resurrected, clear will be

My words are true, and meant for thee

But if you willfully refuse,

You get eternity you choose.

Saturday

Oh, how true and aptly spoken

One should die to save a nation

Slaughtered, but no bone is broken

Sacrificed for all creation

Such is how He draws together

All the nations of the earth

Love becomes the strongest tether

None we have of greater worth