10/13/24 Through 10/19/24

 10/13/24 Through 10/19/24

Sunday

Yes, Wisdom far exceeds them all

Before her gold and silver fall.

As none but sand upon the ground,

Are riches when true Wisdom's found.

Good health and beauty seem as naught

When wisdom of the ages taught.

Her splendor lights the darkest room

With light the dark cannot consume.

Yet there with wisdom comes all good

The fact not often understood

That beauty, riches, wealth, and fame

We find when first, we wisdom claim.

Monday

How great the sin our age has known

The wickedness we fail to own

Though much we see we fail to turn

And so, you see, we choose to burn.

The sacrifice that love entails

Compared to joy it brings, it pales.

Yet still we sin to have our way

Unmindful of the price we pay.

To mend a broken bone there's pain,

But on the other side there's gain

Ignoring that which needs repair

Though easy now, it brings despair.

The Ninevites of Jonah's time

Were wise enough to see their crime

To fast and mend their evil ways

With focus on the final days.

And here we are, so smart today.

We try to mold the truth our way

We close our eyes to love's concern

And once again we choose to burn.

Today there's something more that's known,

The love that Jesus Christ has shown

And how the gift of self can be

The key to life eternally.

Don't be a fool and close your eyes

But be repentant, humble, wise

And follow Christ who shows the way

To peace and love in endless day.

Tuesday

So few that know just what's inside

So few can penetrate the pride

To see the filth and murky mire

Of all our evil, base, desire.

We'd rather follow worthless rules

And prove ourselves as stupid fools

For when the outside looks so clean,

The inside proves a different scene.

The inside's clean where love abides

And then you're clean whatever sides.

Not one that hides the other's ills,

But both that do what Father wills.

Wednesday

Flesh crucified brings joy to man

The way no selfish hatred can

For all we try to gain is lost

When love for one another's tossed.

Hatred, rivalry, and greed

To only war and factions lead.

Defilement and fury reign

Where all we want is selfish gain.

But love and peace shall rule the day

When things are turned the other way

For patient kindness never wanes

Wherever love for Jesus reigns

Thursday

When prophets came and faith would bud

You plotted how to shed their blood.

It's not enough you turned away

But others too, you tried to sway.

When evil masquerades as good

And takes the place where righteous stood

So many souls are led astray

By promise of an "easy" way.

But woe to you who act this way

And lead My people far away

With blood of prophets on your head

You make a poor eternal bed.

Friday

The harvest is rich, but the laborers few

Are you listening well for His calling on you?

So, ask of the Master more labor to send

To heal all the sick, and the broken to mend.

To carry the word without money or sack

Always moving ahead, and never aback.

Say to the masses, "The Kingdom's at hand."

So, listen and follow His every command.

Saturday

Lord, who am I, one soft and weak?

What right have I of all to speak?

So little suffering endured

But one who begs for life assured.

Much love I need for fellow man

To walk the road that faith began

To look at every soul in view

And see a work of art from You.

The martyrs show what saints must be

Ones totally in love with Thee.

To even love the evil throng.

Forgiving every sinful wrong.

So far away that seems from me

I shrink from every pain, You see

I search for comfort, peace, and rest

And pray somehow, I pass the test.

My hope in mercy only lies

For naught are worth my feeble tries

No value in the things I do

To earn my way to life with You.

But yes, a simple kindness counts

Each act of love, to heaven mounts.

No little one is left alone,

The Little Way can lead me home.