Lo and Behold

I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.

John Ruskin

Blowhards

Eventually pop 

Like any inflatable object, 

even the biggest  ego can take only so much

 and then

That's just a physical law

But a healthy ego tethered to truth and humility

Will always reach new heights

That is a spiritual law

and that's poetiquejustis

Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up

James 4:10

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
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Gatekeepers

Trust in dreams for in them is the gate to eternity

Kahlil Gibran

Forgotten dreams

Hidden by worry

Obscured by doubt

Beyond reach

Or are they simply waiting for you

to unlock your heart

To all of your possibilities?

You hold the key.

And that's poetiquejustis

Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates!
    I’ll walk right through and thank God!
This Temple Gate belongs to God,
    so the victors can enter and praise.

Psalm 118

How You Going to Get This Done?

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing

Walt Disney

Both sides of the coin

Both sides of the argument

Both sides of your brain

You can toss it

Debate it

analyze it it until it crumbles

but in the end

The only way to get it done

Is to get it done

and that's poetiquejustis

Don't let them waste their time in endless discussion of myths and spiritual pedigrees. These things only lead to meaningless speculations, which don't help people live a life of faith in God.

1 Timothy1:4

The Next Flight Inward

The world around us would be desolate

except for the world within. Wallace Stevens

Corrie Ten Boom spoke of being forced to stand for hours in the cold

of the prison camp with hatred and death all around her

One morning, a bird flew overhead and cheered her

She inwardly took flight

Today, the world may show itself

to be less than kind 

Take flight!

 

Look up and within

There you are!

And no one can take that away.

Peace be with you

 

and that's poetiquejustis

And the dove returned to Noah as the waters receded

carrying a fresh olive branch. Genesis 8

The Invitation

“As long as you’re alive, the sun will rise and you have to keep going.”

Igor Levit, Pianist

You think you know where today's road is leading

Been there, done that

Just another sunrise- just another day

Same old dead ends

Same old broken dreams

Same old..you.

Until- it's not

If the sun was kind enough to rise today

then be polite and go and meet it

and that's poetiquejustis

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, 

you will receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 10:36 

The Words Get Clouded

I found that I could say things with colors and shapes

That I couldn't say in any other way- that I had no words for.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Words can be highly overrated

 

They can be overused

They can build a wall

And the right ones can be hard to find

 But there is something about a sunrise

 and a rainbow

That everyone understands

When the world seems so full of darkness that words no longer cheer

Consider....

"Clouds come floating in to my life no longer to carry rain or usher storm

but to add color to my sunset sky." R. Tagore

And that's poetiquejustis

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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“A person’s words can be life-giving water; 

words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook.” 

Proverbs 18:4

The Race and the Chase

  

 The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose chase

for happiness through materialism.

Bryant H. McGill

 

A new house....then I will be happy

At least until I want another one

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.
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A new job...and then I will be happy

 

Until I figure out work is still work

New clothes....new hair...new me.....then I will be happy

Until I realize that inside are the same hurts and fears that were always there.

If you decide to spend your time chasing that wild goose

Just a word of caution

 It just may come back

 To bite you.

and that's poetiquejustis

Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need!

Psalm 23:1