Majestic Masterpiece (aka Mercy)

To the locals, no, this was not today!😅😅 The one below is this morning!! just as majestic...at second glance! Gold-dipped daybreaks have been far and few between, the last few months!!The first photo one of the few from mid-February!But, whether gold or gray the Giver is the same, who grants each day What a sound, like muffled thunder, or a rolling seamust fill God's earsas millions of feet touch down each morn on the façade of eternity Yes, at first glance it appeared to be'another lackluster dawn'But a longer look transformed it...and suddenly I was smitten witha rekindled desire to taste in full its sparkle of momentsfar too precious to waste It rolls from age to ageUnruffled by the yearsIt sits at front and center stageAs night unveils its piersTo bear the brunt of feetWhere raring highs and lowsOf eternal import competeUpon its fleeting pose It gleams with hope’s appealAnd groans with hope’s despairAnd laughs with hope’s replenished zealAs worry yields to prayerAnd hunger to the MustThat none can long ignoreBut hounds Soul’s vestibule of dustWith wolves that stalk death’s door It gleams with dreams rebornFrom shards that love will purgeIt rises on the mist of mornLike a majestic verge  To grant to mortal berthAnother worthy leaseAs God plants on the face of earthMercy’s fresh masterpiece Anchored in swells of changeA surf, where seasons shiftAnd circumstances rearrangeThe turf, but not the giftGod siphons from the ashOf Bygone’s lifeless frayA jewel for yon eastward sashA phoenix called Today How oft we trample itUnderfoot without thoughtWhile, all the while we sample itWith what God’s grace has wroughtForbid we haste, unawedBy God’s mercy displayedBut as we waken, first applaudThis day that He has made © Janet Martin Well known, well-loved easily forgotten versesthat really bear daily repeating, don't they?!!💓🙏 Lam. 3:22-23The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[] his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Psalm 118:24This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.