Make The Most Of Our Time
Lord, through all of the generations - You
have been our Father -we are never alone.
Before you made the Earth, You were our God
without beginning or end; in You we have grown.

You turn people back to dust saying; "Return
to dust." to You 1,000 years are as yesterday.
You can sweep people away like they 
had never existed - just by what You say.

We wither beneath Your anger, we are
overwhelmed by your fury and power.
You spread out our sins, even our secret
sins - and You see them each hour.

Seventy or eighty years You give to us; even the
best of those years are filled with trouble and pain.
But soon they disappear also;
we are gone like a hard fast rain.

Teach us O God, to make the most of our time
so we may grow in Your wisdom and grace.
Give us gladness in proportion to our misery,
let our children see glory at work every place.
   
inspired by Psalm 90                                   written 10/06/2000
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