To Just Be, or To Become- That is the Question

 

A. W. Tozer said:

Never let 'to be' take the place of 'to become'

 

The best you can be

Or the best you can become?

 

The kindest you can be

Or the kindest you can become?

The most peaceful you can be

Or the most peaceful you can become?

 

The most generous you can be

Or the most generous you can become?

 

The more you become

the more life you will live

Winston Churchill said

We make a living by what we get

We make a life by what we give

So...start

 now

Are you ready?

Go! Become!

And that's poetiquejustis

                       They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

                                                                 Psalm 84:7

I've Got to Give You Credit

 

"It is amazing what you can accomplish 

if you do not care who gets the credit."

Harry S Truman

I used to care about that...who got the credit- I mean

As a matter of fact,
 I have thought about that quite recently

 having encountered someone who takes credit for other people's ideas
without blinking an eye

But ...no more tug of war for me

I am keeping my hands free for other things

Ideas, you see,  come and go

They are just passing through- just like me

Just like you

 I could try to hold on to the credit

and get myself all tied up in knots

Or I can spend my life in freedom

Gee....let me think...

 

 

what'll it be?

 

and that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit,

 but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Philippians 2:3

For the Life of Me

 

Man is born to live

not to prepare for life

Boris Pasternak

Planning to plan your plans

Lists of things you will start tomorrow

or Monday

or Someday

Organizing

Preparing

Until...what?

 Exactly...

Would you say it was time to start living?

I would

and that's poetiquejustis

 He who observes the wind will not sow,

 and he who regards the clouds will not reap. 

Ecclesiastes 11:4

Know It or Not

 

To succeed in life you need two things:

ignorance and confidence

Mark Twain

It is not what you know

It is not even who you know

It is ignoring what you think you do not know

And doing what you thought you did not know
until you know it-

And that just may get you where you want to go.

and that's poetiquejustis

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

HOPENESS

 

Hope is the most exciting thing

there is in life

Mandy Moore

Here is how it works

Get the idea?

I hope you do

and that's poetiquejustis

  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 15:13

Sew and Sew

Mistakes are acceptable if they're the result of moving forward
A. Yang

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Life is almost never seamless

You put the pieces together, 

and you do it one forward motion at a time

Of course, there are some days when you have to start all over

But that certainly is better than leaving life undone

And that's poetiquejustis

Mistakes are acceptable if they're the result of moving forward.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/andrew_yang_894404?src=t_moving_forwaBlessed be the Lord- day by day He carries us along.

Psalm 68:19 

Blessed be the Lord who daily carries us forward.

Where We've Never Been

 

My favorite thing is to go where I have never been

Diane Arbus

Flights of imagination

Thoughts that take wing

Dreams that move you up up and away

Grab on!

Let it lift you

To somewhere you have never been

But someplace you have always known

and that's poetiquejustis

 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Deuteronomy 31:8