The Terminal Temporal

Rom.3:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom.6:1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? A solemn tone to today's train of think-ink...It is impossible to repent and continue living in sin!As humans we all sin, yes, but that is not the same as living in sin. For every tree is known by its own fruit...Luke 6:44 Jesus didn't die to save us so we could continue living in sin.Jesus came to earth to die and rise again, Truth is not altered by our denial of its facts;Truth IS!Truth is its own Absolute! Hallelujah!(That's what makes Him/it trustworthy) Today's solemn splendor spilled in a temporary tracery of white! Today in solemn splendor spills from He, worthy of all our praiseThis is no flippant grant He wills to fulfill mortal’s numbered daysSovereign God lends the lease that bends with choice wedded with consequenceThe bedrock of His Truth transcends time’s brief exploits of PreferenceAs through The Temporal we pass like lightning in an hourglass Today, in gracious grandeur gleams like a pendent of hope and graceWith faithful fervor Mercy streams from Holy God to human raceBattlegrounds of hunger and thirst weather war-cries of pride and lustWhile the deathless soul is immersed in apparel of dust-to-dustAnd Temporal we behold will soon melt like mist upon a hill Today, in precious promise pours from a Presence that is not movedThough, by and large the world ignores Him; this by bold disregard provedWhere His Word is not hidden in the heart so that we do not errWhere conscience is not stricken by sin that entered in unawareWhile The Temporal lulls asleep those who no earnest vigil keep Today, in kind compassion brims from He who, oft misunderstoodAbides, worthy of worship’s hymns for He is trustworthy and goodAnd never makes mistakes; He takes the broken pieces we releaseAnd from repentance He reshapes dashed shards into a masterpieceAnd tunes us to the Temporal, that, tick by tock unveils the Whole Today in solemn splendor spills and refills smorgasbords with ChoiceA free-for-all that soon reveals whether we heed that Still, Small Voice This is no flippant grant God wills to the Soul's temporary capeIt is a gift; a gift that drills us with temptation and EscapeBefore the Temporal gives way to never-ending night or day © Janet Martin 2 Cor.4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.  Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.  It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.  Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—  lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.  And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” Mark 13:32-37