Daily Devotional

Life's Lessons

How much time will you spend today observing in the world
The many precious lessons just like little flags unfurled
That teach us of God's presence and His mighty plan for us
When we adopt His purposes and place in Him our trust

Will you take time to lend to Him your vision and your ear
Allowing Him to show to you the things you need to hear
That illustrate so perfectly the things that we must learn
If we would have eternity for which so many yearn

Where all is joy and glory not a sinner there in sight
No fear of death nor heartache not one evidence of blight
For everything is perfect from the smallest little mote
To every massive star we see of which the seers wrote

And there also the lessons that we see and learn today
Will still be what we study as we show others the Way
God led us here to understand His plan for you and me
That saved us from eternal death to live eternally

Like butterflies and hummingbirds and little grains of wheat
From beauty to mobility and good things that we eat
From blades of grass and flower blooms to waves upon the shore
There's lessons that we daily learn and oh so many more

Of how the grass may wither when the ground is hard and dry
When rain's been long in coming and the sun still fills the sky
But when the clouds return and drops of silver rain arrive
The grass receives this blessing giving food so others thrive

And flower blooms long hidden in the winter mantle's white
When spring returns burst from the ground to bring to us the sight
Of beauty with their fragrances blessed with the morning dew
Enticing all our senses just the way that flowers do

When they wake from their slumber struggle from a bud to free
Transformed by God's amazing grace to be what they might be
When they're fully connected to the perfect Source of Life
That brings forth grace and beauty from a life of dark and strife

And then there are the waves we see that break upon the shore
That teach us of the Father's love that gives us so much more
Than just love and forgiveness but a life that's full and free
As endless when Christ comes again as waves upon the sea

Psalms 103:11-22; Job 14:1-12