A Womans Question - Lena Lathrop
Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart, and a woman's life--
And a woman's wonderful love.
Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died to win
With the reckless dash of a boy.
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike, you have questioned me.
Now stand at the bars of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirt be whole;
I require your heart be as true as God's stars
And as pure as His heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and beef,
I require a far greater thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts---
I look for a man and a king.
A king for the beautiful realm called Home,
And a man that his Maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did on the first
And say: "It is very good."
I am fair and young, but the rose may fade
From this soft young cheek one day;
Will you love me then, 'mid the falling leaves
As you did 'mong the blossoms of May?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook
You can hire and little to pay;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.
But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
-Jesus
a woman's heart is the costliest thing ever made by the hand above. But it is also the crown of creation. Creation comes to it's high point, its climax with her. She is God's finishing touch.
Avinu thank You for healing. I thank You for redemption. I thank You for marriage. For people, for relationships.
Abba I can't believe where I am right now. How thankful my heart is towards You how freaking rich I am! To wake every morning sipping coffee reading Your word through the steam off the top of the mug. To use this body You've given me to work the very dirt it was created from. To test the limits of this physical body and in doing so extending the limits. To learn more about You and this world, to sharpen my mind through study. Then the most pleasing of all, to lay on Your green carpet staring at Your endless blue ceiling with my friend close by admiring the beauty of both Your creation of this world and her eyes.
The warmth and smile she brings as she tells me about her day and how You romanced her. Spending time next to her studying the bread of life reading the sword of the Spirit. I don't have a wife and I don't know if You want me to have one or not. But tomorrow will bring its own worries today is all that I have and it is more than enough for me. Everything in this world passes away. You are everlasting, All I need to be perfect and complete is You Jesus. I am content spending my mornings alone with You. I am content spending my life alone with You. Anything more than Your presences is a blessing from You and it will only stir my heart to praise You more. For what You have done for me even the air in my lungs is far more than I could ever deserve or begin to earn. It is out of Your unending grace that this short single life You've given me is in anyway joyful.
Thank You Jesus for today.
Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart, and a woman's life--
And a woman's wonderful love.
Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died to win
With the reckless dash of a boy.
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike, you have questioned me.
Now stand at the bars of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirt be whole;
I require your heart be as true as God's stars
And as pure as His heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and beef,
I require a far greater thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts---
I look for a man and a king.
A king for the beautiful realm called Home,
And a man that his Maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did on the first
And say: "It is very good."
I am fair and young, but the rose may fade
From this soft young cheek one day;
Will you love me then, 'mid the falling leaves
As you did 'mong the blossoms of May?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook
You can hire and little to pay;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.
But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
-Jesus
a woman's heart is the costliest thing ever made by the hand above. But it is also the crown of creation. Creation comes to it's high point, its climax with her. She is God's finishing touch.
Avinu thank You for healing. I thank You for redemption. I thank You for marriage. For people, for relationships.
Abba I can't believe where I am right now. How thankful my heart is towards You how freaking rich I am! To wake every morning sipping coffee reading Your word through the steam off the top of the mug. To use this body You've given me to work the very dirt it was created from. To test the limits of this physical body and in doing so extending the limits. To learn more about You and this world, to sharpen my mind through study. Then the most pleasing of all, to lay on Your green carpet staring at Your endless blue ceiling with my friend close by admiring the beauty of both Your creation of this world and her eyes.
The warmth and smile she brings as she tells me about her day and how You romanced her. Spending time next to her studying the bread of life reading the sword of the Spirit. I don't have a wife and I don't know if You want me to have one or not. But tomorrow will bring its own worries today is all that I have and it is more than enough for me. Everything in this world passes away. You are everlasting, All I need to be perfect and complete is You Jesus. I am content spending my mornings alone with You. I am content spending my life alone with You. Anything more than Your presences is a blessing from You and it will only stir my heart to praise You more. For what You have done for me even the air in my lungs is far more than I could ever deserve or begin to earn. It is out of Your unending grace that this short single life You've given me is in anyway joyful.
Thank You Jesus for today.