Necessities

 

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor. 

 Charles Buxton

Have you ever thought about what is 'necessary" in your life ?

It comes from the Latin neccesarious:  unavoidable, indispensable

But what makes it "unavoidable, indispensable"?

How do you define "necessary"?

Doing what is necessary to pay the bills?

Doing what is necessary to get the job done?

 To live a balanced life?

Is all that necessary?

Winston Churchill said:

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' 

                                    You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary".

That is what is necessary

and that's poetiquejustis 

But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way. I Corinthians 14:40

 

Hold, Please

 

There cannot be a crisis today

my schedule is already full

Henry Kissinger

 Places to be

People to see

Shopping to do

Work to get through

Books to be read

mouths to be fed

Laundry to wash

Oh my goodness- my gosh

 Be brave- 

be

 and today

put the world on

at least for a little while

and that's poetiquejustis

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."

Mark 6:31 

Is it really that complicated?

 

Real difficulties can be overcome

It is only the imagined ones that are unconquerable

Theodore Vail, Industrialist

We all know that we should choose our battles

Wage the righteous wars

Know our enemy

All well and good

But make sure there is really a battle

Really a war

and really an enemy

Before you take on the fight

and that's poetiquejustis

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,

 slow to speak 

and slow to become angry

James 1:19

Going Somewhere?

 

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 knowing that there are things you want to know

 

And why you want to know

Until it all gets 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

Stocking Up on Your Todays

 

Nothing is worth more than this day

Goethe

What would you trade for today?

Are you selling the day short?

Or are you investing in your dreams?

Are you building a portfolio of good things for tomorrow?

or are you waiting for things to get better on their own?

Take stock of your life

Take stock of your day

Before the sun goes down

and the market called "today"

closes

and that's poetiquejustis

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," 

Hebrews 3:13

We Have to Go To There

 

I learn by going where I have to go

Theodore Roethke

Liz Lemon's famous line:
"I want to go to there"

yea...well...

We do not always want to go to "there"

Not all "theres" are created equal, you know.

Down painful roads

Joyous paths

In to the future

Out of the past

and yet we go

and 

we learn

by going where we have to go

and that's poetiquejustis

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 

Psalm 119:105

That Quiet Place

 

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.....

Rogers and Hammerstein

When I am living my life away from poetiquejustis

I write about things that are not so pleasant

It's my job.

So there has to be a place in my mind where I keep the pretty things

A place where I can run to and take a deep breath

A place where there are "raindrops on roses

 and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles

and warm woolen mittens."

Where do you go when the proverbial "dog bites and the bee stings.....when you are feeling sad?"

We all need those secret places in our mind

Filled with light and loveliness

Far away from headlines 

and the deadlines

and the pain that people cause each other

Do you have that place?

Today, I wish you a place  favorite things that will keep your mind at peace.

That's the secret

and that's poetiquejustis

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5