In the Poet’s Corner

~Consider It All Joy!

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“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4

Consider it all joy!
When the house is a mess
And your family is tired and sick.
Consider it all joy!
When your day falls apart
And none of your well-laid plans will stick.

Consider it all joy!
When your workload is high
And you’re already so tired and beat.
Consider it all joy!
When your dinner gets ruined
And you don’t know what you will eat.

Consider it all joy!
When in the dead of night,
The baby wakes up with cries and tears.
Consider it all joy!
With so much going wrong,
You seem to have met your greatest fears

Consider it all joy!
When no one will listen
And your words seem to fade in the air.
Consider it all joy!
When you want to complain
And exclaim that life just isn’t fair.

Consider it all joy!
When your heart starts to break
And the tears come unbidden and strong.
Consider it all joy!
When you can’t find your way
And the pathway is weary and long.

Consider it all joy!
When the mountain is steep
And your feet are so weary and worn.
Consider it all joy!
When you can only creep
With your hands and knees bloody and torn.

Consider it all joy!
When they shout in your face,
When their hatred is painfully clear.
Consider it all joy!
When they revile your faith
And care not about what you hold dear.

Consider it all joy!
Throughout all of life’s trials
That may beset you on life’s journey.
Consider it all joy!
Sing your praise to the LORD!
Endure with faith for His great glory!

To the KING be all the glory!

~On the Seventh Day of December…

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On the seventh day of December,
The weather was rather chilly!
Ice covered the doggie dish –
And he tried to eat it – so silly!

The group of happy siblings,
Planned to spend the day outside.
They set up their big, favorite tent,
To there, for many hours abide.

The eldest took along A Christmas Carol,
And from thence proceeded to read.
But only after a game, cake and tea,
Was the reading allowed to proceed.

The time spent outdoors was fun!
The siblings had a great day!
And though the book wasn’t finished,
Before Christmas, I’m sure it may!

To the KING be all the glory!

~On the Fifth Day of December…

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On the fifth day of December,
T’was a rather strange one!
Nothing much, worth writing,
Happened in it’s run.

A little rain, sprinkled outside,
The youngest was sick with a cold,
Actually, most of the family was –
With a cold, that was getting old.

A little more decorating was done,
And some much needed cleaning too.
Now that everyone’s going to bed…
I suppose this day, must be through!

To the KING be all the glory!

~On the Fourth Day of December…

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*insert picture here… if I had one. :p*

  On the fourth day of December,
My brain is much too tired,
To create a nice and flowing rhyme…
It feels all muddy and mired.

Instead I’ll go, read to my sisters,
Then hurry off to go to sleep.
Then maybe when the morrow comes…
The wells of rhyme, will again be deep!

To the KING be all the glory!

~On the Second Day of December…

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On the second day of December,
Decorating never came off as planned.
Nothing of major importance transpired,
No ones activity was very grand.

The family did have afternoon tea,
With Irish cheese and chocolate cake.
And while the food may sound a bit odd,
It did quite a delicious repast make!

When the sun had sank below the mountains,
And the stars were twinkling in the sky,
The family drove around neighborhoods,
Watching the Christmas lights that went by.

Weary at last, they came home,
Ready to go to sleep in their beds.
With visions of twinkling Christmas lights,
Colorfully dancing in their heads!

To the KING be all the glory!