8/25/24 Through 8/31/24

 8/25/24 Through 8/31/24

Sunday

Lord, to whom shall we go?

No other with life that we know.

Your teaching is hard, and our senses are jarred,

But to You our allegiance we owe.

We've seen enough by this time

To know it's a new paradigm.

And the message You told, goes beyond all the old

Presenting new heights we must climb.

Monday

Woe to the ones who are lacking in love

Who turn not their hearts to the gifts from above

\Who seeking forever the wealth of below

True joy and true happiness never will know.

For ones who with eyes of their faith plainly see

There is glory beyond, and that love is the key.

Each sacrifice offered, each pain that's endured,

Will strengthen the bond to the Rock that they're moored.

The sheep hears the voice of the Shepherd that calls,

The goat just ignores and eventually falls.

Blinded by avarice, money, and fame

The goat ignores goodness, the worthless to claim.

Don't dance with the fools in their revelry raised

But come to the pasture where docile are grazed.

Enduring each trial for love of the Lord,

And purchasing graces no wealth can afford.

Tuesday

Woe to the blinded who will not to see.

The ones who are selfish and prideful, like me.

So easy to see there's a gnat in my drink

While swallowing camels of pride now, I think.

De tail' is what matters in all that I do

But oft overlooking what's crucial to You.

I focus on dust while the stains still abound

The splinter removed, but the plank never found.

The outside may shine, but the inside You see

Is a much different picture, repulsive to Thee.

I beg for Your mercy and ask that someday

My will be conformed to whatever You say.

Then clear as a crystal on bright sunny days

The inside and out will reflect all Your rays.

No more be I blinded or deaf to Your word

Obedient always to all that I've heard.

Wednesday

Here I am on every morn

Inviting love to be the norm.

But oft you simply turn away

And look unto a selfish way.

It's not enough to look the part,

My love must be within your heart.

So, turn to Me and never sway

Then learn to love throughout the day.

Thursday

When we see through eyes of hist'ry

Clearer see what was a myst'ry.

Oft it seems that evil sinning

Is the side that's always winning.

But when seen through eyes eternal

Far more's seen than what's external.

All will come to death as wanting

Some for glory, some for haunting.

Truth and goodness lead to glory,

Lies and evil, diff'rent story.

After death comes life forever,

Good to glory... evil never.

Lies may bring a pleasure now

But full of emptiness somehow.

They promise much, deliver nil

But fools persist, believing still.

Be wise and listen for what's true

The God of LOVE created you

For glory in eternal light

And not to languish in the night..

Friday

Here the simple fool the wise

Tearing down their thin disguise

No eloquence of human mind

Can top what pure and simple find.

The Cross of Christ they cling to now

And through this foolishness somehow

Confound the wisdom of the day

And enter through the narrow way.

The wisdom of the world is blind

And never will their riches find

But stumbling blocks that hide the door

And ne'er the peace they're looking for.

Then lo, at last, that final day

When wealth and fame shall melt away

They're left with nakedness and shame

And shocked to find they lose the game.

For when the door is shut and barred

With mighty angels standing guard

The fool is seen to be the wise

For naught the earthly treasure buys.

Our choices, firmly made by then

With no more chance to try again.

The cries of bitterness and pain

Forever in that soul remain.

Don't wait another day to turn

And risk potential lasting burn

His mercy waits for truly wise

But foolish pride persists and dies.

Saturday

Oh, so many talents given

But from good and wholesome riven.

Used for pleasure, graft, and sin

Instead of growing life within.

Where are good and faithful servants

With the kind of strict observance

That will use Your graces well

And cause Your purse of grace to swell?

Let me bury not Your treasure.

Use it to its fullest measure.

Multiplying all received

That Your approval be achieved.