April 19, 2022 Scripture Meditations Based on Esther 7-10
Key Verse – Esther 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME YOUR SALVATION’S JOY
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy
Such I accept with mirth-filled gratefulness
Along worship’s earnestness
By Your loving kindness.
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy and light
Such I delight in with illumined sight
Along wisdom’s plight
By Your direction so true and right.
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy and honor
Such I rely upon with sincere fervor
Along willingness’ clamor
By Your merciful ardor.
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy and victory
Such I trust with jubilant testimonial story
Along Word’s miracle-territory
By Your magnificent glory.
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy and restoration
Such I receive with heartfelt appreciation
Along work’s dedication
By Your powerful motivation.
Thank You for granting me Your salvation’s joy and contentment
Such I yearn for with prayerful sentiment
Along watchfulness’ predicament
By Your perfecting fulfillment.
Bright bulbous bubbles bounced from the bowels of her breath.
She is the giving faerie, and this is how her gifts get delivered.
She puts talents in them and sends them off to find the right people.
Her bubbles have fantastic instincts and travel in the right direction.
Some are given the gift of fame – not as many as you might hope.
Others are given optimism; this is not the most popular one.
The most popular one is wealth by entrepreneurship, through u-tube.
The faerie smiles as she releases them into the atmosphere to find their way.
Life isn't a wish-granting factory.
It's the sweet cover of open lip's mockery.
It's a house for all to live in -
the liars, the murderers and the rest of the sins.
Life steals your childhood dreams,
puts it in a jar and makes it seem
as if it just gifted you a present
because you lived in its past and presence.
Then in the future - if Life gives you any,
you'll see that Life is playing games, at once, to many;
you'll resent Life for giving you puzzles and quizzes
that once resolved will just turn to mere bliss.
In the corner of The Room where broken things lie
are your wishes - once soaked with hope but now dry,
drained from the core as time goes on
flowing in the dumpster of Lost and Forever Gone.
But at the end of the day, you find
as you lay on your grave and memories rewind:
Life was honey, it was fun and precious but on the contrary
you recalled the simplest truth - that Life wasn't a wish-granting factory.
"Life isn't a wish-granting factory" is a quote from the book "A Fault in Our Stars" written by John Green.