Just some thoughts...

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






Sunday, May 20, 2018

Give Me A Reason

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason
Novalis
A world of concrete
Of glass and chrome
Of screens and gadgets
 
Where is the poetry?
Where are the lyrical moments?
They are still in you
but you have to
Set it free
and that's poetiquejustis
In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and He answered by setting me free.
Psalm 118:5 

Saturday, May 19, 2018

A Royal Reminder

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; 
And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
Louisa May Alcott
I was reminded to mind my manners
I was reminded to mind the time
 
I was reminded to
 I just wish someone had reminded me to mind my mind!
 
But I am positive....it is never too late to REmind yourself
and that is poetiquejustis
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts
Psalm 84:1 

Friday, May 18, 2018

Look At It This Way....

"We can only see a short distance ahead 
but we can see plenty that needs to be done."
Alan Turing 



There are times when being short-sigted is good

When we are always looking at


We can miss what is right before our eyes


And there is so much there to see
Thougts to be shared
Friends to be made

Someone who needs your kindness
 
 
And it is all right there
 
Right in front of your eyes
And that's poetiquejustis
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others  
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus 
Phillipians2: 4-5





Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Blessings of the Blank Mind

What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied and my mind goes blank.
Kathleen in You've Got Mail 

Ah... how I envy Kathleen
Blessedly at  a loss for words!
When I am provoked, my mind fills up
like a lagoon at high tide,
 leaving only little islands of higher ground to which I wish I would flee!
When am I going to get it?
If someone throws a line
and you take the bait
 you are cooked!
But let it go by...maybe even throw in a kind word
and you both live to swim another day
and that's poetiquejustis
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:5

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

What's Behind the Genius?

Genius is mainly an affair of energy.
Matthew Arnold



Train in the station


Train on a roll


Plane on the tarmack


Plane in the sky


You getting nowhere


You moving on

Energy

It's genius!
and that's poetiquejustis

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 1:21

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

What's the Deal?

If things don't go fantastically
you just have to deal with it
Anton Du Beke
Don't like the ways things are going?
Shuffle up your life a bit
Plans not working out?
     Find that ace up your sleeve!

   Thinking about getting out of the game?


                                                  Hang in there!
                                 Because you just never know
                              what life is going to deal you next!


                                   and that's poetiquejustis

                                                                   
              Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
                                                               Romans 12:12

Monday, May 14, 2018

Bravo!

One never notices what has been done; 
one can only see what remains to be done
Marie Curie
On my list of things to do?
Get rid of my list of things to do!
I am replacing it with :
My "I Have Done It" list
Not just things crossed off a list
Not even a tshirt!
I mean a real list of all that I accomplish in a day
And You!
 
 Take a look at all you do!
Make a list!
and put at the bottom
 
and that's poetiquejustis
  'Well done, good and faithful servant!"
Matthew 25:21