Like Velvet Tulle

Below is a paragraph from the study page for the leadersof last Sunday's Sunday School lesson...sound encouragement/wisdom to live byas we dwell on the theme of faithfulness! 'We can’t undo the past, but we can be decisively committed to the next step, the next moment, and the next opportunity.What if you committed to faithfulness one day at a time? And what if your faithfulness marked the people around you in significant ways? Then I would imagine that your faithfulness will lead to future opportunities for greater influence.Don’t waste today.Be faithful to your purpose to live as the salt of the earth and the light of the world.And God will use you today and, Lord willing, multiply your efforts and opportunities tomorrow.' -The Gospel Project Since last Thursday our area is an ice-and-snow castle!! Like velvet tulle the crepuscule of night dissolves; it fallsLike paper from a gift that lifts the darkness from earth’s hallsLike whispers of mercy and love brushing shadows awryLike a fresh sheet beneath our feet that reaches to the skyLike smiles across the miles that toss barges of want and needLike little boats or music notes that bob and press and pleadLike melodies in symphonies where seasons rise and fallLike music bars or shooting stars or like a madrigalTo fill that cast of Almost Past with what none should ignoreToday; the place where by God’s grace it spills from shore to shoreTo set the stage, where age to age the fruit of choice becomesAt that last breath the life and death of very sacred sumsWhen, like soft tulle the crepuscule of time and grace will fadeLike mist upon the Sealed Bygone of choices we have made © Janet Martin Psalm 51:15-17O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.