"Terms Of Grace" [Module#342] (Matt. 24:22-25 etc.)
Administrators love their goals;
The terms of time they see unfold –
Long-term, big-picture – three to five
Year window keeps these folks alive.Then terms some folks call “medium”,
Of two or three years – tedium
For those with long or short term view –
“The middle’s draggy” say a few.Then short-term folks step up and say,
“One year or less”, for some, “three days”
Is all they see – they operate
With focus tuned to “now”, “can’t wait”.So change hits folks in different ways,
And when it comes, each viewpoint says
“I can well cope in terms I see,
And trust God’s grace is there for me”.Short-term for me is far too close –
I inter-act, but find that most
Of all it makes the pressure rise;
Too close a focus for my eyes.I like to stretch out, view the scene,
Then operate in mid-term, seen
Quite clearly, with some time to act
Before the future’s present fact.The Kingdom-layer lets me live
This space of time, as grace God gives
To me, as we move on from here,
And feel God’s gracious presence near.Thanks Lord for this.
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