If I Didn't Know You

If I didn’t know you
A sunset would simply be
Colors in the sky
If I didn’t know you a butterfly
Would simply be
A butterfly
I’d never hear You whisper
In the evening breeze
Or know you are the Master
Of all my stormy seas
And when I feel so lonely
I’d truly be alone
If you were not my best Friend
That I have ever known

If I didn’t know you
Then my life would be
A series of random events
And every joy or tear I’ve known
Would be sadly
And uselessly spent
The dearest loves I treasure
Victims of circumstance
And I could never measure
The value of this dance
My life would be a journey
With no destiny in view
A futile race to nowhere
If I didn’t know You

But I do know You
Master painter of
Each sunset in the sky
Yes, I know you
Creator of the hurricane
And butterfly
As the breezes whisper
Your love songs from above
I bow before You, Master
Before the God I love
For I know You just a little
You know me through and through
Yet you love me anyway
Oh my God, how I love You

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Janet Martin

Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. Ps. 139:14

His Masterpiece

We take with our first breath, a brush,
Straight from the Master’s Hand,
And while our mothers cuddle and hush
And heed our each demand,
The first soft strokes are dabbed upon
This canvas large and bare,
And none but the most Awesome One
Will know what’s painted there.

Some will have splashes of laughter and light,
Some will have clouds filled with rain.
Some colors will be brilliant and bright
While some will be muted with pain,
Some will have blends of shadow with sun,
And reach for the mountain top,
Some will have barely begun,
And the Master their brush will stop.

Some faces we paint white or black,
And some are in between,
Some hills are barren, gray and dark,
While some are lush and green,
Some have seasons, warm and bright,
And some are cold and bare,
Some canvas is mostly black or white,
But the Master’s hand is there.

Some painters seem in such a rush,
While some will dilly-dally,
From glorious heights, some gaily brush,
While some stay in the valley,
But on each canvas, tone on tone,
There is sorrow mingled with song,
And blends of rainbow with sullen stone
Will touch the weak and strong!

Some artists travel far and wide,
While others stay at home,
Some will paint when the laughter has died,
And some with mirth and song,
But then, one day the brush will still,
The painter’s hand will cease,
And only then, will the Lord reveal,
His perfect masterpiece!


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Your love, O Lord, endures forever,
Do not abandon the works of Your hands.Ps. 138:8