Something Good in Every Day

 

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others. 

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Some days are just better than others

 Some days make you want to sing

Some days make you want to run for cover

We learn from the good days

And we learn from the not-so-good days

And maybe we remember that our worst days are good 

compared to what others may have coming at them

Give thanks a chance to do its work in your life

And that's poetiquejustis

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Colossians 3:17

Home: Put Your Heart In It

Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless 

fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend. 

– Wallace Stegner

May you have...

A place to call home

 

A roof

Four walls

A bit of greenery

A touch of comfort

 

And with it a heart for those 

 

 who do not have the same

and that's poetiquejustis 

Matthew 25: For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

Approximately one homeless woman in four is homeless primarily

because of her experiences with violence.

Drawn to The Light

 "A rhinestone shines just as good as a diamond.”

Dolly Parton

 

 

The light within you

 

can come from anywhere if you just open up your heart

 

Those you meet

 

the sounds you hear

 

The memories you keep

 

The disappointments you let go

 

Turn on the good within yourself

And wherever you are

you will shine

and that's poetiquejustis

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

 

 

 

 

Into Every Life

 “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!”

Dolly Parton

 

 The sun after a storm seems all the brighter

 

The calm after the wind seems that much more peaceful

 

Coming home and feeling at home

 

Finding your way when you thought you were lost 

Life's little rainbows

 

They are everywhere

 And that's poetiquejustis 

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9

 

 

What's Left Over?

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

 

We Give Thanks

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I want to.

Norman Rockwell

 For the words of kindness we say

and our right to say them

I am thankful today

For the words we pray 

and our right to pray them

I am thankful today

For the wrongs we have righted

The hope we have ignited

I am thankful today

 

And I will always be thankful 

for all of that

and for you

 

and that's poetiquejustis 

I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my mouth and I will enter His courts with praise

Psalm 100:4

 

Lights, Camera...

I have always thought actions

to be the best interpreters of man's thoughts

John Locke

Say what you will

But we will know you by your works

Climb as high as you can

But we will know you by those you help along the way

 

It has been said

                      Truth is when the words and the act become one

That is the truth

and that's poetiquejustis

The King will answer them, 'I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you did for one of My brothers or sisters, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did for Me.' Matthew 25:40

 

Casting Call

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot

 ~Ashleigh Brilliant

My life has been blessed with

some of the most brilliant

talented

people in the world

But I still spend half my time

Trying to figure it all out

Anyone have a script?

 for this three act play called life?

That's my question

and that's poetiquejustis 

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalm 23:6