So That We Are Without Excuse

1 Tim.4:12-16 (NKJV)12 Let no one []despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, []in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to []doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. (posted above)  first laid the groundwork for today's poem,(click link for beautiful encouragementto persevere faithfully, right where we are) ...then I looked up to see a burst of pink permeating the atmosphere ...as I gazed I was smitten with this passage in For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who []suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is []manifest []in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and []Godhead, so that they are without excuse,... He bestows to the heavens, rose and periwinkle huesHe fills them with splendor no one can ignore or refuseHe imbues earth and sky and sea with wonder’s pedestalSo that His divine nature will be evident to allSince the creation of the world God’s hidden attributesAre clearly seen and understood; we are without excuse He stirs within the human breast, an urge to satisfyWhere none but He can fill the quest that tests longing’s replyThough much will try to take His place, where the devil deceives, , , only true faith receivesWhere His goodness, mercy and love abound to one and all where God’s grace runs rifeAnd gives us Living Water from a blood-bought Fount of lifeCall upon Him while He is near, while He may yet be foundSeek Him with reverential fear (we tread on holy ground)Beneath majestic heavens, His love decreed that none should miss faith’s opportunitySo He instilled in what He made, His divine deitySo that we are without excuse; and no one is exemptOh, pray we do not look on Him with unbelief’s contemptWhen everyone will look upon the Saviour of the Soul © Janet Martin