7/5/26 Through 7/11/26

 7/5/26 Through 7/11/26

Sunday
The wise and learned fail to see
What little ones have found in Thee

The Father's love, unmatched below

The Son has come to clearly show.

How One so lofty, high above

Should show this pure and perfect love

For sinners that the Son would die

His merits, but to man, apply

So humble when of crimes accused

When spat upon and badly bruised.

The lash He suffered silently

And thorns were placed so violently

Each nail to pierce the hands and feet

With patient love did Jesus meet

A meekness never known before

And love enough to win the war.

His yoke is easy, smooth, and light

No burden but a pure delight.

To Him, one bound by loving thong,

To heal the sick and right the wrong.

Monday

So far away is perfect love

And perfect faith as well

So many generations of

The ones the story tell

Those searching for what's good and true,

The beautiful as well

All found the three fulfilled in You

And there they chose to dwell.

I, too, have seen and heard enough

To know You are the King 

The hot, the cold, the smooth, the rough...

From all I've learned to sing

But still, I'll never know until

The final day is here

Have I conformed unto Your will

Enough to banish fear?

We never know, but trust in grace

And mercy to the end

He'll bring us to His dwelling place

If we, on Him, depend.

Tuesday

One God alone is in control

Yet lesser gods we still extol

So foolish when we see what's true

But fail to follow after You.

When lacking love, we focus in

And fail to see our selfish sin

We leave the harvest in the field

And fail to give a proper yield.

We need more laborers with love

Who focus on the time above,

And share the news with all below

So, many more, the King would know.

No longer mute, but speaking well 

And not afraid of who we tell

That Jesus Christ is Lord and God

And lesser gods are but a fraud.

Wednesday

The Kingdom is coming quite soon

To signs, we should all be attuned

Repent and be clean, too often it's seen

We're well into late afternoon

Don't call for the cover of stone

One left in the open alone

Must call for the King, His mercy to bring

All evil, at last, overthrown.

What terror that day will invoke!

How true, what the prophet had spoke!

As blessings increased, our greed never ceased

But wealth is now all up in smoke.

Too late for His mercy that day

In justice, the evil then pay

Turn and repent, or to Hades be sent.

It's time that you hear and obey.

Thursday

Unburdened by the daily cares

The faithful witness freely shares

The Gospel story, plain and true,

And such is what He asks of you.

No money, food, or clothing, spare

But just the word of life to share

His love suffices every need

To make the Father's plan succeed

A humble soul is what it takes

A one not bothered by mistakes

A one forgiveness freely gives

A one who, in the Master, lives

Our every need He meets each day

In new and unexpected way

Our trust He wants, to power show

For trust it is, that makes us grow

Friday

Success, we may not ever see

But faithful, all are called to be

We've seen and know what's good and true

So, worry not when suffer you

The trials come in many ways

The family breaks amid the haze

Some choose the here and now to win

But others turn away from sin.

Though wolves devour the sheep and doves

The docile one, the Father loves

He gives them words they need to hear

So wolves, may too, be drawing near.

Some day He'll show us how He used

Our suffering, to save confused.

We'll see in trials bravely faced

The lines of love, our efforts traced.

Saturday

No secrets on the final day

For then we all will know the way

To where our many choices lead

Then, Mercy! Mercy! Lord, we plead.

If we repent before that time

Then heavenward, the soul may climb

But not the proud who never turn,

They head where they forever burn.