The Song of Living

 

It's going to take some time this time

no matter what I planned

But like the young tree in the wintertime

I'll learn how to bend

Carole King/ Toni Stern

Storms of life

Winds of change

They come and they go

But when you are in the eye of the storm

and all is quiet 

Listen to the song life is singing to you

and learn to hum along

That is how your find your melody

 and that's poetiquejustis

 

But as for me, I will sing about your power.
Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.
For you have been my refuge,
a place of safety when I am in distress

Psalm 59:16

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Trees#sthash.FnwtRMRI.dpuf

 

Happiness! Plan on it!

 

 Let our advance worrying become our advance planning. Winston Churchill

Worry is like stepping in a mud puddle

 

It happens

 There are then three choices;

 

Stand in the mud and complain

 

Get out of the mud and keep tracking dirt everywhere you go by complaining

 

Get out of the mud, clean your shoes and move on.

Those are the choices

and that's poetiquejustis

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Psalm 94:19

To Draw In

 

One must always draw. Draw with the eyes,
when one cannot draw with a pencil.

Balthus

Draw your own conclusions

Draw in a deep breath

Draw near to those you love

Draw from experience

Picasso said to draw, you must close your eyes and sing

Degas said:

Drawing is not what one sees

But what can make others see

I can see that

and that's poetiquejustis

 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. 

James 4:8

A Moment on the Monetary

 

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped. 

Calvin Coolidge

                                                          yes- having money is preferable

But it is not just the money

 

When we have a little extra cash

we can change lives

we can fund research

we can meet challenges 

we  can meet needs

Prosperity only prospers

when it is used to prosper others

 

otherwise, it is just a pile of paper

 that is going to just float away

and that's poetiquejustis

 The rich are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, 

so that they may take hold of that which is truly life

I Timothy 6:18

A Fruitful Life

 

                                                    Even if I knew that tomorrow the world 

                                                                would go to pieces,

                                                          I would still plant my apple tree 

  

                                                                      Martin Luther

Life holds wonderful  things

 

 

                                                  Sometimes, they are just beneath the surface

It may take a little work

It may take a little time

                                       But every day, you can get right down to what life has to offer

And be grateful for the next day when life comes along

to start it all again

  That's how life works

and that's poetiquejustis

You will know them by their fruits

Matthew 7:16

What You Are Made Of

 

I am not at all the type of person you and I took me for

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Labels

Labeled by Degrees

Labeled by looks

Labeled by zip code

When you find yourself only looking at the labels

                                                   the ones you see on yourself or others-

Take the time

To read the fine print

Because that is where the 'ingredients' are

And that's poetiquejustis
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17

Putting it all in Motion

 

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine

R W Emerson

Being alive only takes the functions of physiology

Living is an art

It takes skill

It takes passion

it takes color and light feeding your soul

Life takes all the heart you can put in its hands

Even if you think you are only going through the motions

Make those motions count

and then

make them art

And that's poetiquejustis

 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 

Psalm 90:12