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Phil.2:3-4Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others... 'Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.' Matt.7:12 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. A new day scales earth's eastward edge Worlds reappear to sightAs God maintains His ancient pledge Of seasons, day and night... *** What are you up to today?I am only doing childcare one day a week right nowand that day is Wednesdaysso I am enjoying the company of twoeager, affectionate and energetic little boys... Ah, what we do with where we are and what we have, my dearIs of far more Importance than at brief glance, may appearWhere train of thought (and sometimes not) turns into words and deedsAnd what we say and do turns into potent, scattered seedsThen, when the sum of it takes root and the shoot is full grownWe bear witness to steadfast truth, 'by fruit the tree is known’ Ah, what we do with here and now is how lifetimes accrueNo turning back, no leaping over present moment’s dueWhere no one is forgotten, or of insignificanceNo matter who or where we are, action bears consequenceSo then, what matters most (because we all will give account)Is what we do with what brims from time’s invisible fount Ah, what we do with what may seem to deftly disappearIs worth a second look because of what remains, my dearFrom God’s goodness and mercy, morn’s fresh opportunityAnd if we ask, He helps us who-wherever we may beTo do our best with what we have, not what we wish we hadThis is the day the Lord has made to rejoice and be glad …and recognize the value of a Prize we press towardWhere the fruit of the tree effects recompense of rewardFor, what we do with what we have will verily becomeSomething we ought not to ignore; a lifetime’s sacred sumDoes this not stir humbler regard for what we have, beforeLife's fruit is gathered into baskets of Forevermore…. © Janet Martin