Sweep Me Off My Fears

The thing to do is grab the broom

and drive off the beast of fear
N.Houston

Get busy

Get moving

Get some miles under your feet

and some sky in front of your nose

That is how you put the fear behind you

and that's poetiquejustis
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

Threads of Life

 Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; 

it will come out a rose by and by.

Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery. 

 ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

I love doing needlework

The feel of the thread

The sound of the needle as it passes through the fabric

The picture that emerges from the rainbow tucked away in my sewing box

Of course, there are times when
 I miss the mark and I have to rip out stitches 

with the same patience with which I put them in 

                                    Other times my needle seems to fly across the fabric 

Mr. Holmes was correct- 

life is much the same

 The fabric of your life....the threads of your relationships....the pattern that you choose.

Somewhere in there is you

and that's poetiquejustis

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future

Jeremiah 29:11

Hold That Thought

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations

Louisa May Alcott

Yes...

I see them

far away in the sunshine...

yet I seem to be bound  to a desk...and work...and the petty worries

that masquerade as life

But my mind!

My soul!

My highest aspirations

Will never be bound by the gray of the day to day

and I will join them- 

 

my highest aspirations

far away in the sunshine

and that's poetiquejustis

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:39

Unleashed

You will often meet with characters in nature so extravagant

that a discrete poet would not venture 

to set them upon the stage.

Lord Chesterfield

 I am a professor, so I meet extravagant characters all the time

The fellow professor who wants nothing more than to help others learn
or else...

 The student who wants to try their wings

but doesn't quite know yet which way is up

The artist lost in their work

The poet lost in their words

The writer of the Great American Novel...

who may just be losing it

The scientist who has lost it so that the rest of us can find it

They all stroll through academia

A breed unto themselves

And we are all better off for it

and that's poetiquejustis

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; 

teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. 

Proverbs 9:9

Rise Again

To me every hour of light and dark is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

Light rises

Darkness falls

Hopes rise

  and when they do- 

just keep rising with them

and don't look down!

 and that's poetiquejustis

Christ in you, the hope of glory

Colossians 1:27 

Climb or Fall

But above all, try something

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Try

You are almost there

Only you can stop you now!

One more push and you are over the top!

On the other side!

Out from under!

Thinking about giving up?

 

I didn't think so- not you!

 

It is climb or fall

And you are a climber.

You are one of the ones 

 

who is going to make it.

and that's poetiquejustis

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer

Romans 12:12

Until It Is Yours

The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke.
- W.J. Camero

One more push

One more stride

One more grab for the brass ring

One more

and then one more

and then one more
until it's yours

and that's poetiquejustis

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 

James 1:12