For October 12th:

“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4

“Life”

Life is a gift to be used every day,

Not to be smothered and hidden away;

It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest

Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure

            your best;

It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then

And promptly put back in a dark place again.

Life is a gift that the humblest may well make the

            most of.

Get out and live it each hour of the day,

Wear it and use it as much as you may;

Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,

You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.

Edgar A. Guest, “A Heap ‘O Livin’”, 1916

Submitted by Tamara Klemm