To Be a Living Sacrifice

To be a living sacrifice requires an awareness of a heart-shaped altar andthe holy ground called Today Today's Holy Ground is theHappy Halfway through June point!Already?!! Rom.12:1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,in view of God’s mercy,to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Eph.6:10-11Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand againstthe wiles of the devil. This world is charged with altars; Why, beneath our very feetOft good intention falters where worship’s rivals compete To be a living sacrifice where ‘golden calves’ contendIs an enterprise of great price and recompense, dear friend Sometimes sight serves to blind us rather than to help us seeHow all that falls behind us bears accountability To love the Lord with all our heart and soul and strength and mindTo live to do our humble part to be patient and kind …is impossible to pretend; on altars, etherealWith word and deed, dear friend we prove who we love most of all God's guidance is a given for all who His grace sets freeBut whether we will listen is no given guarantee This world, charged with virtue and vice vying for time and loveConfirms, through what we sacrifice, what nothing else can prove Lord, pray my love amounts to more than noise of clanging bell Where today's altar beckons, Lord, my offering will tell  © Janet Martin