Brief Encounter (with Today) or Truth's Long Encounter (with Eternity)

Ps.139:16 all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be... Heb.3:12-13 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. but exhort one another daily while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin I wonder what today will bring! Yesterday brought a sweet visit with my sister at a friend's beautiful home! ...and an opportunity to be utterly enchanted by our Creator's handiwork as we walked on a riverside trail nearby! this poem originally was the first three stanzas, then, as I was posting it, three more tumbled out😅😏so, maybe you just want to read three or maybe you will read six.Either way, may God bless and guide you and me  as we try to make the most ofToday's Brief Encounter Where you will go, I know; your predecessors lead the wayThrough twilight’s westward gate each brief encounter disappearsYet, when I wake, once more you fill each window, like a trayReplenished with what waits to fuel prayers, laughter and tears And, though I do not know the ins and outs of ups and downsI know Whose faithfulness abides to cup each come-what-mayThat waits to weave an echo-labyrinth of smiles and frownsAs yesterday’s tomorrow dons the fleet shoes of Today …to run beneath my feet, the sacred sweep that ekes towardThe finish line where Time and taker’s marathon is throughThus, dear Today, before you fade where dusk tugs heaven’s cordAnd tucks you beneath stars, I want to make the most of you Because only God knows how many of you yet remainBefore each Today He ordained for me has come to beSo then, because I know that you will never pass againI want to make the most of mercy's gift of you to me Because there is much more than memories to make, at stakeMuch more than love's emotional or sentimental spreeToday is the day of salvation; a gift all should takeTo prepare for Truth's Long Encounter with Eternity Then we should pay attention to each Today that we have(As surely as the upward flight of sparks, its end will be)But, Soul transcends the trek that spans between cradle and graveWhere Today's brief encounter hems Truth's Long Eternity © Janet Martin