Thoroughfares of Retrospect

Our mind is the control tower of our life~Charles Stanley As we look back on another year almost spentwe traverse thoroughfares of retrospect, don't we?!My, oh my-oh-my!What a showcase of mistakes and mercies! Sometimes it appears technology hasreduced attention-spans to tik-tok sized snippets!How much is lost at great cost!!Listening to a message like the one below means taking the time to turn off distractionsin order to fuel thought with good counsel!So worth the time it takes!Will you join the millions and millions who have taken the time to listen to this message? And if life does not allow the freedom right now to listen to the whole of it,The first two minutes offer SO much to think about, until you have time for the remainder! In retrospect we realize what matters does not changeWhere guests that the mind entertains proves who we love the mostAnd though we cannot keep so much of what the years estrangeWe can take careful charge of thought’s dinner-parties we hostAnd prepare with a wary heart, the table where Thought lollsBefore the hand reveals that part that the mind first cajoles In retrospect we find what wise and fool's proof  cannot nullWho we love most is soon exposed by time’s tender romanceWho we revere and hold most dear is clearly visibleBy what we choose and how we use the blessings that God grantsWhere Thought is like a banquet table laden with buffetsWhere so much good and so much bad can capture our gaze In retrospect we see how swift time’s subtle shuttle fliesWhile tears and laughter spill, while we are often filled with aweAt lifetimes woven with the threads of dawn-to-dusk’s demise/disguiseWhere thought is like an evil god if left to its own lawAnd ignorance is like a noose dangling from gallows whereTime’s subtle shuttles fly while Thought offers Fresh Thought a chair In retrospect we oft admit we did not do our bestTo bid Thought to pay sacred, meeker, and more earnest heedTo what God says rather than what Well-meaning Thoughts suggestWhere holiness, not happiness should be Thought’s primal greedBecause the lot of the undying soul is undeterredThus Thought should feed its dinner-guests with counsel from God’s Word …where Thoroughfares of Retrospect spread out a humbling feastFor Thought is always hungry and the Tempter always nearAnd we concede at best Thought is a needy, bumbling beastSubject to err without God’s Word to gird and commandeerTherefore, no matter what befalls Thought’s menus to arrangeIn retrospect we realize what matters does not change © Janet Martin Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.