New Month's Resolutions
Happy, happy March! (already?!!)
This winter is flying by and hardly feeling like 'real' winterwith its milder temperatures and lack of snow!Although last evening wasn't mild!I almost froze my fingers to get these sunset poses!!!
I had to miss the magnificent, pink finale because I needed to go back inside to thaw my hands!Note to self: never assume to be fine without mittens no matter how mild a few days earlier was!
May we make today more cheerful by being thankful and kindAnd by keeping thought life gentle with fellowman's needs in mindMay we not be blind to beauty's wonder-thund'ring treasure troveBut embrace life's common duties with a glad and grateful love
Pray the Lord's goodness will fill us with joy bursting at the coreRather than highlights that thrill us then leave us thirsting for morePray love’s meek and quiet spirit shields us from frontlines of strifeFrom lust of the flesh and eye, and dust to dust’s vain pride of life
Behold! each moment-memento brims with opportunityMay we delight in the tempo tuning Today’s symphonyFor, sufficient for each hour is God’s glorious grace unfurledAh! Nothing can overpower He who overcame the world
May we make today more lovely by the way that we replyTo the Giver; not rude-grumbly, but with humble ‘here am I’As creation spills our ears full, as dawn sets yon heights ablazeMay we make today more cheerful by joining its hymn of praise
For soon high's noon's full bloom flounders; soon plush petal-mettle yieldsTo the tug that always counters today with tomorrow's fieldsSo, before today is gathered into Bygone's works of artMay its moments as they scatter leave a smile in someone's heart
© Janet Martin
For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds;
I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
How great are Your works, O LORD,
how deep are Your thoughts!
A senseless man does not know,
and a fool does not understand,
that though the wicked sprout like grass,
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be forever destroyed.
But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!