10/20/24 Through 10/26/24

 10/20/24 Through 10/26/24

Sunday

Once again we hear the call

The call to give a total ALL

Not one of convenience meant just for show

But one of commitment to prove what we know

No less than ALL we have we need

For All is needed to succeed

The Cross He accepted for love of us ALL

He saw beyond death to the fix of the Fall

No good is what we have below

At death, to all, we must let go

Possessions are useless, they rust and decay

Unless used in service of showing The Way.

Monday

How dead we were yet brought to life

When sin and wickedness were rife

By flesh controlled, a child of wrath

Traveling down the "easy" path.

But He who's rich in mercy cared

And so, the way of life He shared

That we might live a life made new,

With truth and good, what we pursue.

No longer swayed by earthly wealth

In love and mercy's perfect health

As poor in spirit, so we move

But wealthy ones, at last, we prove.

Tuesday

Good servants be ready and waiting you see

For Christ comes when none are expecting to be

Those called to eternity, ready or not

Working hard for the Kingdom, or lazily caught.

What shame for the lazy, cast out in the dark,

Their chance lies behind, and the future is stark.

Their labor is shown by the fruit they produce

With no possible alibi, case, or excuse.

But good He will bring to the Heavenly feast

All those faithful and true, the great and the least.

He'll wait on the faithful in raiment of light

No longer be death or the dark of the night.

Wednesday

All that God gives us comes from His love

Each trial in patience, a gift from above.

No malady, sickness, darkness, or pain

Is allowed to befall us except for our gain.

If we see with the eyes of our Lord we will find

How many the ways that our hearts have been blind

How small is our faith and how little we've seen

When the truth is how great His loving has been.

In our duties to Him, it's quite often we stray

We think it's but little we fail to obey.

But then when we see what He asks and we do

In shame then He shows us, how little are you.

When He is the Master and we are the slave

We see all the riches, in love, that He gave.

We see all He wants is for naught but our good

So, all in that vein, be accepting we should.

Recognizing as gift every trial we face

We see that it's truly His love we embrace

Care giver or taker, for both we can be

Each trial is love, and it's clear now I see 

Thursday

What man on Earth could ever see

The height and length and breadth of Thee?

For You who have no end might say,

"What you can see should light your way."

You call us simply to obey

To follow on the lighted way

It's faith and trust You wish to see

For light is that which makes us free.

The light and dark this world share.

In shades of gray, most unaware

That clear division comes at last

With sinful into darkness cast.

Friday

Determined  in His holy will,

In unity of life, we fill

Our days with purity and light,

With wisdom for the holy fight.

So, persevere in unity

Be gentle with humility

With patient love your bond of peace

Will strengthen so to never cease.

Saturday

A nation of children both foolish and weak

The wicked they search for, and folly they seek.

They mask it as freedom and rights of the strong

But simply the truth is, they're horribly wrong.

Driven always by wind that blows up the waves

They look on as evil, the Truth that man saves.

Those infants, unable to see that it's love

That motivates all of His words from above.

He gives us Apostles and Prophets and more

With pastors and teachers to show us the score.

At the end of the game it nothing to ALL

So, let's open our ears and answer the call!