The Holy Whole (of Soul's eternity)

Gorgeous sunny, spring daybreak! I'm sure everyone in our neck of the woods wants to make the most of FINALLY, a fabulous stretch of sunshine warming winter-weary bones! Lawn-raking never felt so fine, like spring-cleaning the outdoors! The wise in this world endeavor to make the most of every day, no matter the weather! Because, no matter who or where we are, death is life's gravest matter and none of us knows how near its Door draws with each breath we take... *** We live but once; the wise weigh well the measure of its leaseFor there are none who can foretell how soon a life will ceaseBut only God, who grants each breath beholds the holy WholeOf numbered days before the death that bares the deathless soul Not one of us can know who next will hear His summons fallTo draw us from time’s brief context to meet the Lord of allDeath is life’s gravest matter borne on seasons as they rollIts dust and ash we scatter, the torn garment of the soul The holy Whole of moment-sums slip subtly, yet rifeThrough the undoing that becomes the measure of a lifeThe wise, aware of today’s momentous fragilityWeigh well the flickering blaze of accountability Oho, how soon the afternoon dons twilight's dusky hues  How swift life's gleaming gift spawns the shadow of deathly duesHow surely no one knows That Rending Toll's proximity That will  unveil The Holy Whole of Soul's eternity © Janet Martin Luke 12:35-40Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Oho, how soon the afternoon dons twilight's dusky hues...