“Charm is deceptive and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God” ~ Proverbs 31:30 (The Message)
‘All beauty fades’
All beauty fades
Each petal that falls
Each shaking loose
Each uncovering
lets in more shade
Soon there will be
nullifying nakedness
Bare stems remain
as thin reminder
Appeal for mercy
And even these
droop low to ground
Stoop old, sigh
final breath
Lase last leaves
A turn to grey
Grave mulch and dust
A crumbling ash
from whose ember
new life holds sway
©JoyLenton2015
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time” ~ 1 Peter 1:3-5
