Fortune of Favour

Sometimes it's easy to lose sight ofMore than Morning rolling over the skyline, isn't it?! A burnished ambience swaddles the earth as the heavens seem torn between rain and sun! ...for now, sunshine seems to be triumphing! From the Giver to the taker rolls the toll of morning tideLike a blushing river rushing over skylines far and wideUniversal, kind dispersal of God’s mercy; we embarkHope and heartache humbly partake of the gift that rends the dark From the Teacher to the reaching readiness of creature callAltogether, born to weather whatsoever will befallWhere the earning of our learning often startles me and youWith the ruing and undoing of so much we thought we knew From God’s love that will not falter to the altar of TodaySpills a flood of grace and goodness time’s epic ebb cannot swayFrom His table we are able to partake of mercy’s feastGaze in wonder at hope’s grandeur from the greatest to the least From the Giver to the taker mankind’s numbered days declineGrowing older as we shoulder ways that chasten and refineTender splendor, Healer, Mender of the brokenness we bearFrom the Giver to the taker, spills our kind Creator's care Oh, how hard would be the heartache, how melancholy each mileWithout Hope’s immortal portal to comfort and reconcileAs we press toward the mark where darkness and dread disappearFrom the Giver to the taker brims love’s clarion hymn of cheer From the Giver to the taker, what fortune of favor flowsFrom our Father up in Heaven what redemption He bestowsOh, what depth and height and breadth, His riches none can comprehendGod, faith's author and perfector, God, man's protector and Friend © Janet Martin Rom.11:33-36O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen. A wonderful hymn of hope and worship to begin a new week!