Life's Most Treasured Collection

I started this poem when today was brand new,then, along came life love and turned its gem into another almost-memory! Today is all we have to make the most of what we holdA cup refilled with give-and-take sparkling with moment-goldWhere it is up to us to choose how we will use its giftOr who we strive to honor with the dues dawn sets adrift Today unfurls fresh thralls to whys and wherefores that we chaseNo charge too great or small to be accomplished by God’s graceAnd for His glory; hallelujah! What an enterpriseTo uncover the secret to where true happiness lies Today soon gathers up its lease of opportunitiesAs twilight claims another masterpiece of memoriesWhere what may seem quite commonplace is part and parcel ofLife’s most treasured collection of todays turned into love © Janet Martin Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge,nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.