Be Careful/Prayerful

'Be Careful we don't want your toes too close!'  I cautioned Tot yesterday as he got as close as he couldto watch Janet cut up a massive pumpkin on the floorbecause it was too heavy to lift to the counter-top. Due to a bumper pumpkin-canning crop I welcome any favorite pumpkin recipes(preferably not rich desserts) those recipes are easy to find😅 From little tots to adulthood...a mother's most-oft repeated caution must surely be 'be careful'!!I find myself saying it countless times to the children in my childcare and many times to my grown children!As we mature we realize there is only one way to be truly careful and that is to be duly prayerful!The best way then, to say 'be careful'is to say, 'be prayerful'! Be careful/prayerful then, lest unawareIn what appears as harmless funWe miss the deathly hazards whereThe tempter's web of lies is spun Be careful/prayerful then, so when we we meetThe Wolf, dressed in sheep-like disguise We will recognize and defeatWith truth, the mastermind of lies Be careful/prayerful then, and do not winkAt God's Word, man's authorityWhere what He says, not what we thinkIs what our conduct ought to be Be careful/prayerful then, and by God's graceCommit to Him, heart, soul and mindLest careless, prayer-less, we embraceHands of the blind leading the blind Janet Martin Eph.5:15 NIVBe very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, Pumpkin can be turned into , and all sorts of goodies!We mix, stir and bake...and voila!! within the hour, results! Some results for choices we make, take far longer with far more serious and far-reaching effects! Be careful/prayerful!!