Sunday is a day of rest
And of worship, for we’re blessed.
Remember though, that adage old,
As good as rest is change we’re told.
Seek change if it is rest you need,
Somewhere new, your soul to feed.
If in town you spend your days,
Go to the country; feel and praise.
If you cannot leave your home,
In the country fair to roam,
Look inside yourself; be still,
There find soul’s nectar, drink your fill.
Wise the psalmist when he wrote
For folks of old, and here I quote,
“Don’t just toil on Earth’s dark sod,
Be still, and know that I am God.”,
Seek the truth and when you find it,
Test within, the truth behind it.
Love beats in time with heart and soul,
And helps the spirit reach its goal.
Stretch your spirit, if you’d be strong,
Leave habit, comfort, move along,
Try what you think’s beyond the norm,
Inner strength will you transform.
Your spirit never fears the worst,
It taps the power that from the first
Made us immortal; sister, brother,
God links us all to one another.
East or West or North or South,
Despite the language from your mouth,
Buddha, Islam, Christ or mission,
His love is ours, without condition.
Every road will take us, where
The love of God our homes prepare,
In spirit realms, so fair and bright
We all will dwell. No need to fight.
Some get there quick and others slow,
Why is that? Is it always so?
The quick ones help their worldwide kin,
The slow, too much of self let in.
The quick judge not, for this they know,
We always reap what’er we sow.
They know mistakes are how we learn,
Are patient, kind and wait their turn.
The slow find patience hard to bear,
They want to change the world and tear
Apart, and start anew,
To give them more than me and you.
So understand and be content
With all that God on you has spent,
Your hand in His, just trust and know
You are His child, He loves you so.
The light within your soul is clear,
Hide it not with doubt or fear,
Or selfish thoughts or hate or strife,
Your light is love and love is life.
Lionel Owen
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