9/1/24 Through 9/7/24

 9/1/24 Through 9/7/24

Sunday

Your law, oh Lord, is truth and light

Your wisdom guards the darkest night

What nation here could ever know

How deep and wide Your rivers flow.

You lead Your people Israel

On heaven's path away from hell

You call us ever closer still

To perfect love within Your will.

That once obedient we find

Contentment and true peace of mind

As doers of the law You give

That we, with You, may always live.

Monday

The message is simple, no trickery found

But Jesus so humble and thornily crowned,

Beaten and bloodied for wrong that we've done

Then nailed to a cross was the Holiest One.

But Jesus is risen.  Oh yes, it is true

His passion was offered to save such as you.

To bring us the freedom and healing of love

And show us the care of His Father above.

Don't seek to destroy what is meant for your good.

Forsake all your pride and shoulder the wood.

The cross is salvation that pierces the night,

Our path to the land that's eternally bright.

His law brings prosperity, wisdom, and health.

Each word like a rushing fountain of wealth.

The gifts of His Spirit are life to the low

Far exceeding the wealth that is passing below.

Tuesday

For lo, we have the mind of Christ

A treasure rich, and highly-priced.

Where waters of the Spirit flow

The mind of God the people know.

But what a shame where all is dry

For we but hear the people cry

In search of One to slake their thirst,

Yet only by the wrong coerced.

In Sacraments the Spirit gives

The light that nourishes what lives.

But left in darkness who can thrive?

To only greater depths they dive.

Baptize these little ones and see

His Spirit works within to free

And writes upon each heart within

His laws to keep them safe from sin.

So, don't delay, let waters flow

For every child deserves to know

Their Savior, Lord, and King of kings

Who only their contentment brings.

Wednesday

Deserted places clear the mind

And this is where His will we find.

Not wand'ring in the desert waste

But seeking Him to come with haste.

For when His word is spoken clear

The quiet heart will surely hear

And though His will be not our own,

What must be done is clearly known.

So cower not in busy's shroud

But leave the large rambunctious crowd

To hear His voice in quiet still

Then act upon His perfect will.

Thursday

Deep in the water you'll finally see

The wisdom of man is quite foolish to me.

For all is my own, but I offer to thee

The all that you need to be totally free.

The cares of the world and the trials of the day

May seem quite a burden you carry this way

But do as I say and a blessing you'll see

I give all you need to be totally free.

You cling to what's temporal and passing away

Although it does naught to help show you the way

My word is a beacon, a light to your path

Repent and be free of the burden of wrath.

My love is abundant in all that I do

I offer my life to creation renew

Come see that My mercy is waiting for thee,

\Repent and give all to be totally free.

Friday

No room in the old for expanding of new

The stretching that comes from the freshness of dew.

The heart must be pliable, ready to grow

If one is expecting our Savior to know.

So, freshen the wineskin, prepare for the must

The growth will be coming in knowledge and trust.

Some teaching is hard and requires belief

But wine fully aged gives a sip of relief.

Saturday

According to the Master's plan

A Sabbath rest is good for man.

When all was made He called it good

So, honor Him with rest we should.

When all was good He rested well

But love's destroyer came from Hell

With pride to foul the Garden's spring,

To death as man's destruction bring.

The beauty lost was man's demise

But our Creator, far more wise;

Another's coming as He said

To crush the evil serpent's head.

One pure and spotless, undefiled

Full of grace and Godly styled

His Sabbath rest He took within

The Virgin's womb that's free from sin.

It's clear this One is Lord of all

One here to remedy man's fall

Our Sabbath Lord from far above

Who rules with sacrificial love.