Play Ball!

You got to take it one game at a time

Rick Dempsey

Major League Baseball Catcher

Things get thrown at you every day

Fast

Slow

Curved

Low shots

Cheap shots

 You choose what you want to take a swing at

It is your game, after all

and that's poetiquejustis

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

James 1:2

What To Do When Faced with a Mystery

Rita: Do you every have déjà vu?

Phil: Didn't you just ask me that? 

"Ground Hog Day"

You can close your eyes

You can close your mind

You can try to stop the clock

But think of all you will be missing?

Do you really want life to be a rerun of all your yesterdays?

 I didn't think so!

Go!  Solve the mysteries around you!

and that's poetiquejustis

For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.

 Indeed, the "right time" is now. 

Today is the day of salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Playing lifts you out of yourself and in to a delirious place

Jacqueline Du Pres, Cellist

Out of yourself

Over yourself

Set free from yourself

 Being yourself

Enjoying yourself

 

Go- make yourself delirious!

and that's poetiquejustis

The Lord has done great things for us! We are glad! 

Psalm 126:3

Put Your Stamp on Life!

Consider the postage stamp:  

its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.  

~Josh Billings

You can lose your keys

You can lose your way

You can lose your focus

You can lose your appetite

But whatever you do -

do not lose heart!

that's right...it is all about hanging in there!

and that's poetiquejustis

What To Do When the Road Bends

A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn

Unknown Author

Dead ends?

New beginnings

Road blocks?

Detours

End of the road?

Start of a new life

Make the turn

and that's poetiquejustis

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls....."

Jeremiah 6:16

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly

Lauren Bacall

Just because no one has done it

does not mean it cannot be done

Just because no one has thought it

Does not mean it is not a good idea

You are here for a reason

Just imagine that!

and that's poetiquejustis

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31

Let's Think This Through

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, 

but great actions speak to all mankind

Emily P Bissell

I like to think...I really do

 In fact...

I like to think that I spend quite a bit of time thinking

I think about things that are important

and those that are not so important

But there comes a time that thinking must become a deed

Otherwise, is is like buying all the ingredients for an  extraordinary chocolate cake

And never baking a thing

That takes the cake

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not refrain from doing what is excellent as long as you are able.

Proverbs 3:27

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The Most Important Work

The important work

of moving the world forward

does not wait to be done

by perfect men

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

They say it takes a village

I say it takes you

And me

And anyone else ready to show up

And do the work

That's how it gets done

And that's poetiquejustis

  Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27