Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Thursday, November 30, 2017

Looking for Mr. (or Ms) Good Guy

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 
Charles Schultz

So, what exactly does it take to be a good person?
Well, here is my short list...

You are a good person if....
You fill up the empty water dish for the dog....
Give the guy on the street a few bucks to eat
and he is a good guy
when he shares it
You are a good guy
if you smile when you see a daisy
 (did you smile?)
You are a good guy if
You eat the meat loaf even if it is not "just like mom's"
 That's the good person short list
feel free to add your own
and that's poetiquejustis
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart
Luke 6:45

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

I've Got This


I fling my past behind me like a robe.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
You shall not hold me back


You shall not hold me down

You shall become the steps beneath my feet 

To an ever brighter day

You will be silent about my failures

Yet ever cheering me on

Past, I appreciate all we have been through

But, moving on now-
I've got this. 
And that's poetiquejustis 
 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Mark 11:25





Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The Search is One

One knows what one has lost
but not what one might find.
George Sands

We can lose sight of things


Buried in the mountain of day to day


Friends slip away



Memories fade



Perhaps you will find them again


Or perhaps they have just moved aside a bit


To make room in your heart
for today
And that's poetiquejustis

  Let me see your kindness to me in the morning, for I am trusting you.
Psalm 143:8


 



Monday, November 27, 2017

Solutions

There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.
David Eagleman
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

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Hands


 I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
Simon and Garfunkle, Bleeker Street

I saw an older couple walking down the street holding hands


There was such a connection
memories passing through the touch of one hand to another


Without a word
Just holding hands

Kids holding hands,
sharing  all that is new
Without a word....just holding hands and understanding
Hopes that pass from one hand to another
Strength that is given to the  hand that is held for the very first time
Holding hands keeps you from drifting away


Today
Hold someone's hand
Even if it is your own
Until you find
A Friend
 
and that's poetiquejustis

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!
Psalm 132.4
 

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Fighting Words

Be content to act
and leave the talking 
to others
Balltasar Gracian
There are those who talk a good fight
and there are those who wade in to battle
There are those who bring brightness and light
And those who just prattle
There are those who know what to do
And there are those who just live it
There are those who take good advice
and there those that just give it
and that's poetiquejustis
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in
Matthew 25:35

Friday, November 24, 2017

Leftovers for Living

It is not the leftovers that are wasteful-
it is the people who do not know what to do with them
or cannot be bothered.
Julian Baggini
What have you got left over at the end of your day?
A cup more energy?
A crumb or two more of a smile?
A tablespoon of  curiosity?
Whip up a bit more life!
Throw  what you have left on the fire!
 
 Then invite someone to dine with you on the very joy of living!
After you do all the things in a day you have to do-
sometimes the "leftovers" you share
 are the best part of the day!
and that's poetiquejustis
Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Off You Go!



The mountains behind
The valleys ahead
The words that you've spoken
The books you have read
The places you visit
The place you return
The lessons of life
that were so hard to learn
The wishes you wish and the prayers that you pray
Have brought you from yesterday
All the way to today!
Isn't that amazing?
It's your day!
Enjoy
And that's poetiquejustis
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 
Jeremiah 29:11