Be There When "It" Arrives

 

What is coming will come 

and we will meet it when it does

J K Rowling

Goblet of Fire

Taking a chance

Taking it on

 fighting back

 owning it

Knowing the risk

Bringing it home

and that's poetiquejustis

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Grab The Wheel

 

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life

Doris Ackerman

I do  not want to see life through a window

I do not want to hear life through others ears

I do not want to feel life through another

I do not want to cry others tears

I want to feel life in my own way

Though I  may choose to share it with you

I want to pedal along in this journey of mine

But there is always room for two

and that's poetiquejustis

                                         A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, 

                                                   but two can stand back-to-back and conquer.

                                                                       Ecclesiastes 4:12

The Key

 

The doors we open and close each day decide the life we live

Jean Shinoda Bolen

The thoughts you let in

The words you let out

The people you allow in

The people you watch go

Doors.....open and close

But just remember

you still hold the key

and that's poetiquejustis

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven

Matthew 16:19

What's the Difference? You

 

To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived 

is success

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You may never know

how that call you made changed a day

You may never know

how that encouragement you gave changed a life

You may never know 

how that check you wrote made a difference

You may never know

but does that really matter?
 What matters is
that you did it
and

someone breathed easier because you  lived

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have,

 for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 

Hebrews 13:16

Run Your Own Race

 

The way of the sage is to act

but not to compete

Lao-Tzu

I won my first spelling bee

 in First Grade

I won my first poetry competition

in 6th grade

In other words...

I got competition in to my blood pretty early

But then I grew up

And realized that competing in life

Meant running someone else's race

For a prize of their choosing

 Just to make sure

that other people lose

Now, where's the fun in that?

I bet I can get where I want to go

without worrying if you get their first!

and that's poetiquejustis

Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won’t need to compare himself with someone else. 

Galatians 6:4

Off You Go!

 

Sing Ho! For the life of a Bear! 

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

Life can be about wishing you had a bit more

Of course, there are also times when we needed a bit less

There are times when we can rise above it all

And times when we just seem to be a little stuck

But no matter where you find yourself

Remember Pooh's words:

“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. 

 You have to go to them sometimes.” 

and that's poetiquejustis

 Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

Philippians 2:4

Rock On!

Energy and persistence conquer all things.  Benjamin Franklin and....

There are days we all want to quit

... to thrown in the towel.

To stay down for the count
And never come out of the corner again

But then- the bell rings

That "bell" in your head that says
keep going

And you take life on for
one more round

That's a fight worth having

and that's poetiquejustis

 

Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.
I Timothy 6:12

Finding Purpose

 

The soul that has no fixed purpose in life is lost.

Montaigne

 

 

purpose (v.) late 14c., purposen, "to intend (to do or be something); put forth for consideration, propose," from Anglo-French purposer "to design," Old French purposer, porposer "to intend, propose," variant of proposer "propose, advance, suggest" (see propose). Generally with an infinitive.

 

 

When you climb in to your car,

 you want to know where you are going

When you board a plane, you have chosen your destination

So when you climb in to your soul each day, 

it should be no different

That is "purpose"

and that's poetiquejustis

But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. 

 Exodus 9:16

Use Your Words

 

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