May I have a word?

Who has words at the right moment?

Charlotte Bronte

Words

All around us

In our head

In our ear

In our face

Words

There are none of no effect

What will your words do today?

Choose your words

Use your words

You can build someone's world with your words

and that's poetiquejustis

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55: 10-11

Hope That Will Not Surrender

 We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

Dr. Martin Luther King

We hope

...that there is sun behind the clouds

...that there are flowers sleeping beneath the snow

 ...that kindness will overcome all

 And because we hope

There is hope

Remember...

Hope cannot be taken away

It can only be surrendered

And that's poetiquejustis

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5

Faithfully Yours

 Optimism is the faith the leads to achievement

Helen Keller

Faith is not blind 

It just sees with different eyes

Faith is not fearless

It just never gives up

Actually- just Faith just "is"

Grab some and get going

The farther you go- the more you will find

and that's poetiquejustis

Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. John 20:29

There You Have it!

If we go down in to ourselves

we find that we possess

exactly what we desire

Simone Weil

We are what we take in

We are what we embrace

We are what we believe

We are the one who made those choices

We are exactly what we desire!

And that's poetiquejustis

As a man thinks in his heart

so he is.

Proverbs 23:7

Sail On

Bad memories can attach themselves

like barnacles to the hull of our life

Richard Paul Evans

The Mistletoe Promise

They come when you least expect them

As you are falling asleep

As you stare thoughtfully in to a cup of cappucino

The memories

like clips from a film noir

Where do they come from

Why now, when everything else is calm

Perhaps that is why they come

- because the sea of your soul 

is calm enough for you to hear them

and they must be heard

But you....you can sail on now

and leave them in your wake

and that's poetiquejustis

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; 

And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind."

Isaiah 65:17

Go! Live!

I think life has a little more to give

Samuel Johnson

More than food 

More than drink

More than work

More than rest

Life has so much more to give

And you have so much more

to give

to life

Go! Give! Live!

and that's poetiquejustis

Bur seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness

and all of these things will be added to you

Matthew 6:33

Take Aim

We aim above the mark

to hit the mark

R W Emerson

We try to love a little more than we need to

                     we send out more smiles,and kind words and deeds
                                               than we feel like sending

We may not always hit the mark

But at least we care enough to aim

and that's poetiquejustis

Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
                                         2 Corinthians 3:11

Those Lovely Leftovers

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.

Hebrews 13:16