June 16-20, 2023

Punctuations

a day was not meant to end with a period

a stopping

a break of continuity

periods are for things past

ending the “I was”s of our lives

what we once were but are no longer

for we go on, we need not stop

rather, each day semi-colons into the next

an enduring

a gift of continuation

each today has its tomorrow

connecting the “I will”s of our lives

to what we will become but are not yet

we go on, for each day is grand

each day owns its exclamation marks

its excitements

its joy

at the glory

at the wonder

at the grandness

of simply being alive

our being able to enjoy

one more sunrise

one more sunset

one more ‘all that lies between’

each day grants another opportunity

for us to be alive

to rejoice in our growing

from all that we were

through all that we are

to all that He will have us be

Inspired by a comment about semi-colons that a friend had posted to Facebook last week; that a semi-colon is "the option to stop but the decision to keep going."