On A Hill Far, Far Away

I have had some lovely, extraordinary experiences

on New Year's Eve

Debby Harry

When our Labrador Retriever Morgan was still with us

and we lived in the hills of Southern California

She and I would leave the house at dusk on New Year's Eve

And walk the hills

We listened to the silence and said good bye 

to the good and bad of the year before

It was a fine way to see the old year out

and the new year in

Morgan is no longer with us

I live by the sea now

and those hills are many miles away

But tonight at dusk I will find a hill to walk

and remember....and forget....and 

wish you all the very happiest of New Years

That just seems like the right thing to do

And that's poetiquejustis

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Sit This One Out

I love it, I love it- and who shall chide me

for loving that old arm chair

Eliza Cook

We are closing in on the New Year

We are poised for the sprint

We are gearing up for the dash

We are resolved

We are renewed

We are...exhausted!

Where did we ever get the idea 

that we could make rational decisions about the coming year

while we are still de-toxing from

Christmas overload?

Sit....dream...gather your thoughts

Find a friendly chair

and give yourself a moment

 and that's poetiquejustis

 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. 

Isaiah 40:31

Isn't That Extraordinary!

In the right light, in the right time, everything is extraordinary

Aaron Rose

Come out from behind  your own shadow

And you will be in the right light

Understand that now is all you have

And you will be in the right time

Determine not to be ordinary

And you are already extraordinary!

                                                              K A Laity said:

“We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, 

even if it's tiny. 

A pebble starts the avalanche.” 

and that's poetiquejustis

 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 

Walk as children of light 

Ephesians 5:8

Outta Your Way!

Only those who risk going too far

can possibly find out how far one can go

T S Eliot

What if....someone told you 

That you could not  do the things

 that may make you successful

Would you let them get away with that?

What if....someone told you 

that you could not eat

healthy food and exercise

Would you let them get away with that?

What if... someone told you that you could not 

be kind to all living things

even if it means putting yourself out a bit

Would you let them get away with that?

What if.....you are the person

telling yourself all those things

Are you going to let yourself get away with that?

Of course you are not!
You are too smart for that!

And that's poetiquejustis

Jabez called out to the God of Israel: "If only You would bless me, extend my border, let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not cause any pain." And God granted his request.

1 Chronicles 4:10 

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Being a bit brave

It takes courage to grow up and become  who you really are

e e cummings

Not who you were told you are

not who thought you wanted to be

not who you thought you would never be

be brave and be

 who you are!

and that's poetiquejustis

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! 

Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it.

Psalm 139:14

It takes courIt takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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The Weaver's Tale

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles

Edwin Louis Cole

I am expecting a lot from today

and tomorrow 

and the year to come

 I will expect, demand, and accept

the good things that come my way

And the not so good

The wanted

And the "......could have done without that"

and I will treat them all as threads of gold and silver and scarlet

That I will weave in to something magnificent

because that is how a miracle is born

What will you do with the threads of your days in the coming months?

Let's meet right here next year

And we will share our miracles!

and that's poetiquejustis

"For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”  

Matthew 17:20

A Longfellow Christmas

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
    Their old, familiar carols play,
        And wild and sweet
        The words repeat
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Very few of us know that this poem was written 

during the American  Civil War

 No wonder Longfellow's pen had turned to thoughts of peace

And the familiar comfort of the Christmas Bells.

       peace may seem for you today as elusive as it did for him

   in the midst of war

For we all battle something

in fact, Wadsworth also said:

 and so this Christmas day

Seek peace and pursue it

Stop, and hear the music of the Christmas Bells

If only for a moment

and 

If only in your heart

Do you feel it?

That is the joy of Christmas!

And if you receive it

It is yours to have and to hold

And that's poetiquejustis

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.

Psalm 35:9

Moving Back the Boundaries

Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves

and move back the boundaries of human possibilities once more

Annie Dillard

Today is Christmas Eve- for many the eve of Hope among us

But for some- hope seems as distant as the stars

So...every Christmas Eve, our son and a few dozen of his closest friends

Go to a section of the city where the lost and the homeless live

And they turn it in to a Winter Wonderland

They bring food, and gifts, and music and hope

They roll up their sleeves and turn the darkest of corners

In to the brightest of scenes

Eventually,

The food is eaten

Dreams are shared

but what perhaps stays behind

is a bit of hope

that will grow and grow and grow

breaking the boundaries of human possibilities

once more
for us all

and that's poetiquejustis

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.  

Romans 15:13