The Best That Boast Can Laud (begins and ends with God)

Happy...Friday?!! Already😅🙏💗 So many sweet photo-op skies this week...Below, just a few! Col.1:15-17The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth,visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. All beauty we behold is divinely founded!without God's mercy and might to hold it in placeit would all fall! Artists, since the beginning mimic His creation,all inspiration of God-breathed origin! My poetic endeavors have been challenged this weekit seems. It flew by in a blink of blessing! Mon.-Food safety and management course, Tues.-grand-sonny visit, appointment, small group gettogether, Wed. finishing food prep and delivery Thursday-Help my mom with spring-cleaning (forgot camera!!)😭...and just like that!!! It's Friday! Today I am prepping food and house for our youngest daughter's birthday celebrationon the weekend!A whole bunch of friends staying over while Jim and I stay out😅💝 I began this poem yesterday morning!The first line fell from Heaven as I stood admiring the skywhile rubbing sleep from my eyes... Time’s fountain brims with life; it peals from belfries gold and grayIts showstoppers run rife; God never takes a holidayThe Hand that tunes the tide that ebbs and flows with season-sweepsRegales the countryside with color, crowned with boundless deepsThe best that boast can laud as brush and pen rush awe’s grandstandsBegins and ends with God; each work of art drawn from His hands He grants the breathless dance of worship’s unrehearsed requiemAnd cheers hope’s countenance with refreshment where mercies streamIn wonders of creation, from the wellspring of his WordReasons for celebration overflow and undergirdTo kindle exaltation that is incomparableSalvation’s invitation still extends to one and all God’s goodness never ceases to thrill the soul that believesUnrivaled masterpieces humble all mankind achievesThus, the best boast can muster as we meditate on ThisAre endeavors to trust Him more because of Who He ISHis faultless Influence imparts the best that boast can laudAll art we woo from hands and hearts begins and ends with God © Janet Martin Every artist who ever has dipped pen or brush into inkwells and paint palettesdraws from scenes cupped and cradled in God's Hands!Thus every work of art ought to be signed-By His graceFor His glory!