7/13/25 Through 7/19/25

 7/13/25 Through 7/19/25

Sunday

If only we would heed the Lord

If only keep His law of love

His voice would lead the way aboard

The train to life with Him above.

It's not too high or far away

It's not too hard for you to do

It's simply there along the way

An act of kindness meant for you.

Don't turn your head or glance aside

See well beyond the outward signs

For this one, too, the Savior died

With such as these in His designs.

Monday

The lines of division now clearly drawn

A clarity comes with the breaking of dawn

For all that is evil has taken its side

Be not swept away in the ravenous tide.

Unworthy are those refusing the cross

For those seeking life, must suffer some loss.

All evil destroys, but our Savior renews

If it's life that we want, then life we must choose.

Tuesday

How many signs needed for change?

What does it take to lives rearrange?

We've seen many works and wonders of grace

Yet still we remain in our obstinate place.

Drawn from water, raised as a king

Babe in a basket, freedom would bring.

Witness to wonders all worked through his hands

Yet the people still failed to heed his commands.

Woe to those who see yet remain

Planted and still awash in the stain

Sodom fares better than those who are found

Impenitent, still in their sinfulness, found.

Wednesday

Hidden from learned and hidden from wise

But plain in the view of the childlike eyes.

None knows the Father but only the Son

In simple humility, vict'ry is won.

Come to the mountaintop, come and draw near

No need to falter or tremble with fear.

Listen for all He will ask you to do

And then be obedient, faithful, and true.

Thursday

We're called to love beyond our strength

To follow Him to any length

To boldly sail uncharted seas

And so, the yoke of Jesus seize.

The Cross to share as Simon did

Though many from the burden hid

They couldn't see how light the load

Where purest love and mercy flowed.

The heavy Cross he shouldered well

And even so, the Savior fell,

But rose each time to travel on

Through darkness to the Easter dawn.

Each burden joined to Him this way

By those who listen and obey

Remains a burden we must bear,

But Christ assumes the lion's share.

Friday

Lord, let me see with clarity

The work You have laid out for me.

Make me repentant, humble, true,

And totally a one for You.

The lamb was sacrificed of old

To warm the many hearts so cold

Who failed to see that in their day

The Lord was lighting up the way.

Grant me the vision that I need

Allowing me on flesh to feed.

The Living Bread from up above

That teaches sinners how to love.

I need that food in every day

To keep me on the narrow way

Astray, I wish to never be

But one of ninety-nine with Thee.

Your love's so great You search for all

I pray they too, might hear Your call

And find the pasture green and sweet

With Godly rest and lots to eat.

Saturday

Death to life the evil planning

O'er the fields of time it spanning

See His acts of love forever

Still confound the wicked clever

Make of us a stark division

From the evil in the vision

Help us turn from sinful pleasure

To the love without a measure

Egypt, far behind and fading

Demons stuck in mire wading

Waters flowing back and drowning

God alone as King now crowning

Still today, is evil trying

But the faithful not are buying

Steady hearts of good prevailing

With the grace of God unfailing.

7/6/25 Through 7/12/25

 7/6/25 Through 7/12/25

Sunday

Put trust in God and God alone

Let Him for all your sins atone.

He feeds the flock and tends the sheep

To promise of the Father keep.

As baby at the mother's breast

He offers man such peace and rest

But we must trust His loving arm

To keep us from all evil harm.

He sends us out in pairs of two

To do what His disciples do.

To spread the word, "The Kingdom's here"

And draw the wayward sinner near.

For all have sinned and turned away

And all He seeks until such day

Their life on Earth shall come to close

With final destination chose.

Be not refusing until then

Be not like prideful, wicked men.

Who boast of all that they have done

And lose the Mighty, Holy One.

He longs to comfort, heal, and cure

And longs to make you clean and pure

His mercy does the mighty deed

But first, we must His mercy plead.

Monday

Each holy place is sanctified

By One of whom they crucified

When e'er we bring His presence near

And make the love of Jesus clear.

My home a Bethel for the Lord

A place on which His grace is poured

A place where praise is on our lips

And God, with every gift, equips.

So too, our place of work should be

A place of love and sanctity

A place where all can meet the King

A place where harmony we bring.

A Bethel on the sporting field

Where always to the Lord we yield

We build a Bethel where we go

So all on Earth, the Lord should know.

Tuesday

So often we wrestle as Jacob once did

For many a year, the truth we have hid

We want to be lord of the life that we live

But truth is what only the Master can give.

We have no control of the wind and the wave

But we have all the signs and the wonders He gave.

If these we believe, we should join with His crew

For the harvest is ripe, but the laborers few.

Wednesday

Chosen by God to distribute His food

To all of His children, and none to exclude.

The world must be fed by the Church of today

For many are lost, and many astray.

Through Joseph and brothers, the food was disbursed

By drought, all the world back then had been cursed.

So too, the Apostles in Jesus' day

Would feed with Good News in a spiritual way.

So many are hungry now, even today,

We must not be lazy or just turn away.

For those with the grain must attend to the need

And graciously, all of the hungry now feed.

Oh, help me to answer the clarion call

By doing my part, be it big, or it small.

The food is sufficient that all can be fed

With the finest of Wheat and the Life-giving Bread.

Thursday

No sack for the journey and no extra clothes

Good food and safe lodging the penitent owes

Freely you're given, so freely you give

You're sent to the hungry, so hungry may live.

Advance of his brothers as Joseph was sent

Though evil intended, for good it was meant.

The family is saved by the one they had sold,

His sacrifice turned to the purest of gold.

Your journey directed by hands of the Lord

Through trial and triumph, His blessing out-poured.

We see when reviewing the trials we face

We only survive by His mercy and grace.

Come closer, He beckons when fear fills the air,

He wants but our good and His goodness to share.

Don't worry, for what you are lacking, He gives.

In simple repentance, our worst He forgives.

Friday

Like lambs among the wolves, they went

To Egypt, by the Father sent

Yet prospered in the land of slaves

By trusting in the God that saves.

By acting as the Father willed

Though some are beaten, some are killed

They prosper as a nation strong

Who to the Lord alone belong.

For once encountered, lives are changed

No longer from the truth estranged

All trial seems as nothing now

If we just stay with Him somehow.

Saturday

Fear not, for one day all is shown

But not by sin shall we be known

Repentance is the only key

To set the captive sinner free.

His love so far exceeds our sins

And love is where new life begins

Where love is present, fear will flee

And clear the path for life we see.

Adoration...What a Blessing!

 Adoration...What a Blessing!

What a blessing it is to be with my Lord

His Body and Blood in the monstrance adored.

It's quiet and peaceful and good for my soul

A way to be cared for, healed, and made whole.

So few who receive of His generous store,

So many out working and striving for more.

They can't see the treasure disguised in the Bread;

But long to be comforted, sated, and fed.

No time is the cry of the busy and stressed

No time to be comforted, cared for, and blessed.

No time to commune with the Maker of all,

No time to be quiet and answer His call.

How foolish the mind that is cluttered and filled,

No time with its Maker, for friendship to build.

Some day, they will see just how foolish they've been;

To choose over Jesus, the pleasures of sin.

For even if good, all their busyness seems;

The busy distracts from the plan of their dreams.

Our life with the Lord must begin here below

If ever we wish to, in Heaven, Him know.

6/29/25 Through 7/5/25

 6/29/25 Through 7/5/25

Sunday

Who is He? The people will say,

A prophet, like back in the day?

A One from above with a passion for love

And showing a drastic new way.

But who do you say that I am?

True God in the form of a man

This word given you by My Father is true

And here, for the Church, is My plan.

The Rock is the chief among men

The others will go to him when

Dispute shall arise, or need compromise

His word is the final Amen.

The devil will try to deceive

The weakest of those who believe

But never shall he pull the wool over thee

If close to the Cross, you will cleave.

Monday

I need Your help to see the sky

I need Your help to know just why

These words are here forever framed

As Scripture and as such acclaimed.

In Sodom, here I think we see

How patient that our Lord can be

Forebearing such calamity

If worthy, just a few would be.

Your mercy is what all men need

And mercy's comfort what we plead,

But mercy needs repentance so

You know the proper way to go.

All mercy fails if wrong we go

When still the righteous way we know

For holiness, each man must choose

Or in the end, he all will lose.

Tuesday

Once rescued from the midst of woe

Again to sin, we must not go

Not even look with longing eye

Or lest you turn to stone and die.

We cannot let the chains of sin

Gain purchase on the heart within

We flee from sin to save the soul

And strain ahead to reach the goal.

Through mighty wind and stormy sea

The faithful, to the promise, flee

But only One can calm the wave

And still the wind to sinner save.

In fear, we see His mighty hand

But love is in His each command

He cured the sick, the lame, the blind

And all, through Him, the Truth will find.

Wednesday

Do we also ask the Lord to leave,

Or to His words of wisdom cleave?

Are words of wisdom gladly heard,

Or selfish demons more preferred?

We make a home within each heart

Where love can grow, or evil start.

Where love is welcomed, fruit will grow

But selfish, much division know.

The chains of sin preferred by some

For they refuse to know the Son.

They hear His voice and see His deeds

But only more contempt it breeds.

When He reveals what's deep within

We must reject the sordid sin.

If we refuse to bend our will

We simply wallow in the swill.

True freedom's offered every man

But only humble, docile, can

Receive with open, loving hands

Unhindered by the evil bands.

Don't shoo the Blessed One away,

But offer rest and ask to stay.

Such love as His before unknown

Is now unto the humble shown.

Thursday

Be no longer unbelieving

But proclaim Him as your God

Although trying, not deceiving

That disgraceful, worthless fraud.

The devil tries denying still

The risen Christ as Lord

Believers see his filthy swill

In light of love restored.

No need to probe His hands and side

But simply look around

Believers on the roughest ride

Somehow, true joy have found.

Friday

Why should a woman be drawn to a man?

Somehow, it is part of the Father's great plan.

The rough and the smooth, the strong and the weak,

Are drawn to be one as each other they seek.  

The beauty, the beast, the man and his bride

The odds of their coming together defied.

But plans have been made by the Father above

To bring them together in self-giving love.

For simply, a call has been placed on each life 

Most commonly called to be man and wife

If called to be married or single it's true

The Lord has a call He made special for you.

So, look in the mirror and search in your soul

What else do you need to make your life whole?

If something is lacking, then answer God's call

He made you for gift, and for giving your all.

Saturday

Don't try to save what's old and worn

A patch that's new will soon be torn

Then wine and skin will both be lost

And both amid the rubbish tossed.

In ways anew prepare to fast

That wine and skins are made to last

With power of unselfish gift

To God the offering we lift.

6/22/25 Through 6/28/25

 6/22/25 Through 6/28/25

Sunday

Oh, the Holy Blood and Body,

Oh, the Sacrament Divine.

Come to me and there embody

Every humble gift of Thine.

Make my eyes to see the myst'ry

Make my ears to hear Your word.

Once again, as throughout hist'ry

Let the hearts of men be stirred.

Here, the source of life within me

Here, my food and daily bread

Christ Himself to come within me

Making sure I have been fed.

Monday

Judgment is for One alone

For many sins we must atone

Each eye by selfishness constrained

In Christ alone, pure truth contained.

The beam that clouds the vision now

We must remove by love somehow,

To clearly see the Master's plan

From whence, at first, the time began.

The Garden lost by sinful man

Disrupted then the perfect plan,

But in great love and mercy shown

The Son was sent to sin atone.

Tuesday

Oh, the work when water flows

When seed is planted, and it grows.

All sin rejected, man set free

With waters flowing over thee.

This act by God will free the man

Alike no other action can.

All stain of sin is washed away

And purity regained that day.

Indelible, the mark it gives

As long upon the Earth he lives,

And well into eternity

The light of grace is shone for thee.

Wednesday

A promise made, a promise kept

It came to me just while I slept

I saw a fire brightly burning

From the darkness ever turning.

He speaks to all in diff'rent ways

Some in the dark, some in a daze.

Listen we must, trust in His word

Even though sight, is somewhat blurred.

Trust in His way, clear you will see

Where to go, and how to be free.

Shepherd will call and sheep will come

Into the light, and darkness from.

Thursday

Lord, help me act on all You say

Give me strength throughout the day

Let Your word resound within

And keep me far away from sin.

A doer, always make of me

And in the mirror, let me see

All that needs to change like Thee

And all I need to cleanse from me.

I want my house to firmly stand

Against the flood on solid land.

Make my ears attune to You,

My answer, "Yes", in all I do.

Clear away self-righteousness

And make me every sin, confess.

Heal me with a word from You

And on my dryness, pour Your dew.

Let Your Spirit so descend

And to my heart, repentence send.

Change my every way to Thine

Within me let Your glory shine.

Friday

So many times, I turn away

Throughout the passing of each day.

My selfishness and greedy eye

Forget the glory from on high.

In sinfulness, I turn away

But yet again I hear You say,

Come follow Me, repent and see

The all I have in store for thee.

Within the mind of Love I see

Great mercy there again for me.

Such love before no man has known

But such a love for each is shown.

Receive my heart and all I own

Then water well the seed that's sown

Let every act of mine be true

Declaring so, my love for You.

Saturday

With just Your word, the servant healed

Such power none but God can wield.

 I see and know You're far beyond

And to Your word, I must respond.

I come and beg Your mercy, Lord

I see Your works to all outpoured

And ask that so You favor me

By answering my humble plea.

The soldier so implored You then

And so do I, today, again.

For one who serves has fallen ill

Let restoration be Your will.

I trust in faith You'll hear and heed

So bringing healing that we need

And once restored, Your servant see

The glory that is due to Thee.

6/15/25 Thrugh 6/21/25

 6/15/25 Thrugh 6/21/25

Sunday

So much more I have, it's true

The Garden store was lost for you.

But now restored, you can reclaim

What Adam lost when entered shame.

By Triune God, the stars were made

Each atom in the dance arrayed.

So far beyond the mortal mind

The truth of God alone we find.

A will He gave to choose the good

But there within the Garden stood

The knowledge man could not resist

And so, the Garden's love we missed.

No more the mind could fathom love

But Jesus came from far above

To show the way to see again

What Adam lost for all of men.

And now, we too, can choose as well

The joys of love, or pains of Hell.

His way so far above our own

But Jesus Christ has made it known.

The Spirit, too, is offered man

To follow with the Father's plan

But we must offer all we own

As Jesus on the Cross has shown.

Monday

What is Your message in this Lord, I pray?

A time of salvation, today is the day.

Now is the time as we make every choice

To heed or reject what we hear from His voice.

Through your endurance, His grace will abound.

Cause no one to stumble, let no fault be found.

In trial or triumph, insult or praise

Be truthful and loving in all of your ways.

No eye for an eye, or tooth for a tooth,

But now is the time for the humbling truth.

The way of the righteous is freely to give,

Do not refuse love, and forever you'll live.

Tuesday

Love one another as I have loved you

This, the command that is given to you.

Be perfect as well as My Father is so,

By this, you become as a star in full glow.

The light and the dark, the sunshine and rain,

The good and the bad, they all suffer pain.

The Father has love for all people He made

His son, with His life, for all people has paid.

So, do as He does and love people the same

To do any diff'rent is bringing you shame.

The rich and the poor, the slave and the free

Are loved just the same by the One in the Three.

Wednesday

In weakness, Lord, I praise Your name

The One of everlasting fame.

For weakness is where strength begins

How sinner, over evil, wins.

I thank You, Lord, for all my flaws

It may sound foolish, but because

In weakness, I have seen Your grace

And found Your kind and warm embrace.

In faith, You keep me from despair

For me, I've seen how much You care,

And how You love without reserve

By giving what we don't deserve.

"Oh, happy fault," the words are said

For Christ has risen from the dead.

Now grace abounds to strengthen knees

And weakly, cure of their disease.

Thursday

Corruption of thought by the serpent to Eve

The way of all evil is meant to deceive.

Distrusting of God is the swindler's plan

which leads in the end, to destruction of man.

You see what was lost in the Garden by Eve

No less, it is you, he attempts to deceive.

Once given the faith, you were baptized in love,

But now turning away from the Father above.

Make god in your image, the serpent beguiles,

And so, we have churches with many the styles.

The Spirit leads one in the way of the Lord.

To stray from the truth, no man can afford.

His judgments are honest and all of them true.

No prideful excuses, then ever will do.

So, look in the mirror, then humble your will.

The humble alone are the ones He will fill.

Friday

To focus on me is foolish, I see.

There's nothing of value I do.

For all here decays, but the one who obeys

Is blest with the value of You.

Saturday

Of weakness only can I boast

In thoughts of flesh, my mind engrossed.

I try to train my mind above,

But have not strength for such a love.

I need a gift of holiness

A way of love, I must possess.

To turn from what the body craves

And turn to Him alone who saves.

All here today will pass away

As flowers fall from day to day.

I need the lasting love of God

This passing fare, a worthless fraud.