Gift-awareness

“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” ~ Hans Urs von Balthasar ...as He rekindles skies with molten gold and rose The rose glow was brief, soon snuffed by a shroud of impending spring showers This life we live is like a gift we open every dayTo glorify the Giver by the things we do and sayTo solemnize the prize that God’s renewed mercy bestowsWith praise, as He rekindles skies with molten gold and rose This life is like a race that teaches runners to endureFor joy still set before us that this world cannot secureAnd no one knows how near or far the finish line is setBefore we cross into Yon Incomprehensible Yet This life composes testaments we should not overlookEach day a sacred page we fill and God seals in a BookWhere we all hold a precious part in His heart and His planAnd all are called to love Him first and then our fellowman This life is like a gift we open every morning, ohThen pray we seek to honor He who grants Time’s fresh ‘hello’And live as if today could be the final gift, beforeWe pass over the finish line into Forevermore Oh, what a dreadful pity if, too late we recognizeThe gift of day-to-day was but the prelude to the PrizeBut what a joyful morning it will be for all who sawBeyond faith's frond and humbly esteemed each new dawn with awe © Janet Martin Rom.11:33-36 O, the depth of the richesof the wisdom and knowledge of God!How unsearchable are His judgments,and untraceable His ways! “Who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has been His counselor?” “Who has first given to God,that God should repay him?” For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.To Him be the glory forever! Amen.