There is nothing glamorous or sensational  when it comes to humble, faithful obedience. Look at the cross!! No wild applause praises the Living Sacrifice. Often it is not beautiful to behold! Yet, only careful, diligent obedience to His commands  makes manifest our declarations of love for God Today as in the days of Moses, the condition of  God's blessing remains the same... James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it,  and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,  this one will be blessed in what he does. How ..read more

 Four more sleeps till the first day of spring!! Soon earth will burst with garden rooms Forsythia and dogwood plumes Tulips and daffodils will stroll Like little girls across the knoll And heaven will tip welkin jars To dapple dells with violet stars And orchard thoroughfares will tease Noses with heady blossom breeze And honey bees will buzz and hum From lilac to geranium And rose buds will spill miracles And trees will hoist lace parasols And woodland citadels will ring With feathered throngs that sing and sing And brooks will tumble out to the sea With a refurbished melody And ..read more

  You may feast on information Theory, theology scientific explanation hypothesis, philosophy I prefer to sup on sips Of ink teased into poetry I prefer the art Of heart-shaped Hopes and Nope’s sting reconciled By possibility Still waiting, for ink-oceans to run wild © Janet Martin ..read more

 this poem was inspired in part by 'the age-old New' aka morning New day like a sky wide duvet of blush and blue and gold, unfolds Above earth’s trench-and-trove tableau bursting with what the future holds The loom that weaves lifetimes resumes its subtle dismantling of youth Doubt and deception’s clout still the bold, uncouth archrivals of truth Desire and duty aspire, conspire, compose reply While pardon cradles gardens and gutters and stutters of oh-my ...either to He who orchestrates the sky-wide Gates of day and night Or to lesser gods, frauds with an insatiable appetite Once ..read more

The pleasure of the win... The swirl and twirl with youth... The sparkle of the child The wizened crown of years... The silence more pronounced In woodland's leafless tolls The pleasure of the win  The sting of defeat's blow The sense of springtime closing in On a world full of snow The swirl and twirl with youth That ruthless hands estrange The resolute bulwark of truth In a world full of change The sparkle of a child The wizened crown of years The laughter when sheer joy runs wild In a world full of tears Love's proof by how we live Where so much is at stake The kind an ..read more

Rom.3:23 For the wages of sin is death,  but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom.6:1 What shall we say then?  Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?   2Certainly 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 eart ..read more

Every single who-what-where-when-how is subject to the Same, sacred, universal Why? Wishing you a glorious weekend of awareness of the Perfect Why In all the ‘doing’ that we do And all the blessings we applaud And all the wonders that we view That rouse ‘wows’ most emphatic nod In all the triumphs that we toast And all the offerings we bring And all the bounty that we boast And all the praises that we sing And all accomplishments that thrill And all pursuits still on the go  And all the ledgers that we fill To document their status quo In all our suffering and pain In all the vall ..read more

(Oh!! as I worked on this post I realized those first few flakes were but the prelude...) This morning we return to a more monochromatic canvas after, for 2023, a record-breaking three mornings in a row of marmalade-hued morn! We are all in this together Universal farandole Until God unties the tether Twixt the body and the soul From first breath we start to weather Mankind’s fundamental plight Where we, all in this together All are precious in God’s sight Sometimes we don’t treat each other Quite as kindly as could be Where we, all in this together Are like a big family Time wa ..read more

Ending an era with this little gal today;  she is soon to be a proud Big Sister (She doesn't know that she is the latest owner of a piece of Janet's heart?) But oh, what a perfectly-precious farewell day with two of my favorite little gal-pals? It doesn't look like it here but oh, the conversation...???? They talk about Mermaid tattoos And Minions Bubble-bath and things Like, how when thoap getth in your eyeth/soap gets in your eyes It ‘really-really-very-thtingth’ /stings And nothing is impossible In a world not yet four years old Still oblivious to the pull Of Bygo ..read more

Rom.8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Yes! A sunrise decorated daybreak's skies today! Something akin to joy/spring fever surged through me as I drank it in which got me to contemplating joy... then lo, and behold! it was the topic of today's devotion from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers How gently joy does not dismay Its source, like a wellspring Of blush and gold to counter gray That life is bound to bring How surely joy restores the soul Amidst much creature care To cheers us on toward the goal Of joy beyond compare ..read more