Sunday Sabbath October 30 2016  IT IS NOT THAT THE WORLD LACKS WONDERS

 

IT IS NOT THAT THE WORLD LACKS WONDERS

Kathleen Martens

October 30, 2016

www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

It’s not that we lack WONDERS

In this great big world of ours.

It is that we lack WONDER

As we look through self made bars.

 

The WONDERS of a dandelion

Intrinsic in its design,

Though it is a nuisance

Its beauty is quite refined.

 

And even in a simple cloud

Though many you may have seen,

Today’s will be different

With new lights of delicate sheen.

 

And the buzzing of a bee

Should heighten your sense of pleasure,

Because the WONDERS of such a creature

Offers such a delectable treasure.

 

We fail to marvel at a simple leaf

As it floats gently to the ground.

It plays with wind ever unseen

And its frolic seems unbound.

 

We fail to experience marvel

In the twinkling of a star

That takes millions of light years

To travel to earth so far.

 

It’s not that the world lacks WONDERS

It is we who refuse to see.

For WONDERS are all about us;

Seeing through God’s eyes, the simple key.

 

Such amazing and astounding creation,

Surrounds us, though rejected,

All because we are not infused

With WONDER to be reflected.

 

A day should not pass

Except which we are in awe,

For there are spectacular sights

On each path, put there by God.

 

So remove the shackles of hurry,

And those of doubt and scorn,

Allow your sense of WONDER

Each dawn to be reborn.

 

A paraphrased quote from a sermon this morning by Pastor Joel Alberti:

“It is not that the world lacks wonders,

It is we that lack wonder…”

The above quote inspired my Sunday Sabbath poem’s topic.  Today, take time to dwell on the amazing wonders that God places before us each day.  Never lose your child-like wonder!  It is a “WONDERFUL” place to live. 

P.S.  I scrolled through some pictures I’ve taken this past year on my iPhone and here are a few that I was able to upload in order to share with you some of the wonders I have experienced. BE CERTAIN TO CLICK “OLDER POSTS” WHEN YOU COME TO THE END OF THE PHOTOS.  THERE ARE MORE.