Life Is Holding a Banquet- and You are invited!

 

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

Shakespeare

The great actress Rosalind Russel:

She was challenging us to finish what life puts on our plate

To  taste new ideas

maybe stop nibbling at life

and stop letting life nibble at you

Life is a banquet

And you have a seat at the table.

And that's poetiquejustis

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Psalm 23:5

To Know and Be Known

There is nothing more precious in this world
than the feeling of being wanted

Diana Dors

To belong

To be welcome

To have the chance to dream

To have the right to know and be a part of something larger then yourself

To know your mind and speak it

To have a place to call home

These are the things that everyone wants 

These are the things everyone needs

That's not so much to ask

and that's poetiquejustis 

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, 

And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places

Isaiah 32:18

 

Start Here

 

 "Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go;

                                            they merely determine where you start."

Nido Quebin 

 

 

Every day, the journey begins again

Have you gone as far as you think you can go?

And  that life is somewhere over your shoulder

Think again!

You have only reached the edge of what you know!

 

You are the brink!

You are at the beginning!

You have reached the point of "go forth and learn"!

Feel that push?

Off you go!

 

 and that's poetiquejustis

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58:8

Go Ahead- I Dare You

 All serious daring starts from within.

Eudora Welty

 

You don't have to look far 

 

Right inside your heart you will find

Places to go

People to be

Dreams to visit

 

It is all right there

if you dare to find it.

And that's poetiquejustis

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Ephesians 3:20 

 

 

Change for the Good

 Change everything except your loves.

Voltaire

 

Change your hair

 

Change your clothes

Change your name

Change is good

 

Unless it means giving up what you love.

 Know what you love- 

 

 

and hang on to it.

And that's poetiquejustis

This is what the LORD says: “Stand where the roads cross and look. Ask where the old way is, where the good way is, and walk on it. If you do, you will find rest for yourselves. Jeremiah 6: 12

May I Have A Word About Words?

 

The Golden Rule is a two-edged sword.

If some of us treated others as we treat ourselves

we would be jailed.

Richard Paul Evans

Kindness begins at home

in your heart

You cannot know how to talk to others

If you do not know how to speak

to yourself

You do not know how to appreciate others

If you do now know how to appreciate yourself

You cannot get a meal from an empty cupboard

and you cannot get compassion

from an empty heart

 Fill up your heart with self- kindness

so you have enough to share.

Until you are good to you

you will have no idea

how to be good

to others

Practice!

and that's poetiquejustis

 Love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew 22:39

Life Long Learning

 

There is no cramming for the test

of life

Madeleine Albright

Learn as you go

Take notes!

Practice!

You just never know

when there is going to be a test

 

But you?

You were born ready!

 

and that's poetiquejustis

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
1 Peter 3:15

Blessings

 

There is a blessing in the air.

William Wordsworth

Laughter that floats upon the autumn wind

catching you by surprise

The fragrance of the evergreens

                                                               stretching toward the skies

The squeals of children lost in play

The call of journeyers on their way

It is autumn

There is a blessing in the air

Today

and that's poetiquejustis

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you
And give you peace.

Numbers 6:24-26