11/3/24 Through 11/9/24

 11/3/24 Through 11/9/24

Sunday

In summary, it's just these two

They make sufficient guide for you 

They show that love's the master key

Unlocking life for you and me.

Love God and neighbor every day

And you will find the narrow way

These two commandments capture all

No evil there could then befall.

So simple yet so hard to do

But these create a life anew

For this, the heart is yearning now

Oh help me learn to love somehow.

Monday

Let not the ego reign so high

You fail to see the passers-by

The poor and weak, the blind and lame,

The lowly ones for whom He came.

Tuesday

Rejecting not the Master's call

We so avoid a fatal fall

He offers man the way of love

That leads to peace and joy above.

Yet often man can't see that far,

He's blinded by a sinful scar

A scar that keeps his eyes on Earth

Instead of seeking second birth.

We must remove the scales and see

The glory He has waiting thee

If we but trust and then obey

Each word of love we hear Him say.

Wednesday

Anything that's less than all

Is turning from the sacred call

For anything but all our best

Means failure on the final test.

His grace will flow to willing hearts

Without His will no gift imparts

But docile souls conform and see

The many gifts He has for thee.

The feast awaits a ready soul,

A goodly measure packed and full

While unprepared lie cold and damp

Like virgins with an empty lamp.

Thursday

All that I've had and all that I own

Can never compare to the One that I've known

The mercy He's shown to a sinner so great

The rescue He made from a terrible fate.

I pray that someday I'd atone for it all

But I know in my heart that again I will fall

So great is my Savior, His mercy remains

All possessions are loss, but His mercy my gains

Friday

This body one day will conform to Your love

In the land of the living that lies far above

No longer the stomach be lord of this place

Then Love be the Master who's filling with grace.

No longer the hoarding or grasping for more

But giving of love from the limitless store

Stand firm in the way of the Lord every day

His word be your guide what to do and to say.

Saturday

The unity that Christ demands

Far more than what man understands

One faith He calls for all to be

Not fractured by disunity.

One stream that from His temple flows

And life on desert land bestows.

One faith that men should all confess

One Church to feed and heal and bless.

Oh Lord, how far that man has strayed

Because Your word was not obeyed

Now help us turn in love to see

How much we need Your unity.

One Lord, One God, One Father known

One faith for all to call their own

Then fruit abundantly would grow

And better witness we would show.