The Greatest Hope

 

Don't be afraid to give up the good and go for the great!

Kenny Rogers

A season of renewal!

A season of Joy!

A season of  Hope!

A time of peace when the heart can be as still as the fallen snow

A time of wonder

A time to feel the greatness of it all.

and time to remember where the greatness truly abides

and that's poetiquejustis

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Giving Your Best

 

Real generosity toward the future means giving all to the present

Albert Camus

It is the season of giving

Gifts

Money

Time

But don't let it stop on January 2!

Keep on giving!

Give your best to every moment

Give you strength to every deed

Give the future all you have

By giving today all you can

and that's poetiquejustis

"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Luke 10:27

Live and Learn

 

 

 

                                                                   Ancora imparo

                                                              Michelangelo at age 87

                                                       Are you still learning?

                                                      Are you still finding wonder?

 

 

                                                          Still seeing the extraordinary

 

 

 

                                              And bumping into miracles around every corner?

 

 

 

 

                                                                      Are you still grateful

 

 

 

 

                                                                Ancora imparo- 

 

 

                                              You are still living 

                                                   so why not keep learning?

                                                                  That's seems reasonable

                                                             And that's poetiquejustis

 

Give instruction to a wise, and they will be still wiser; teach the righteous, 

and they will increase in learning.Proverbs 9:9

 

 

Gimmicks. Gadgets, and Getting Real

 

You cannot get grace from gadgets

J B Priestley

It is the season of the infomercial

All those things that will make our life better

Make jobs go faster

Not to mention immediately dispose of the effects of a year of cheeseburgers and fries...

Fair enough....

But let's also make it a season 

when we make a real cup of cocoa

and share it with a friend

When we write a note to someone far away

When we bring the light back to a child's eyes

Then it is a season filled with grace

and that's poetiquejustis

 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthian 1:3

In Seuss-iant

 

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. 

Dr Seuss

What to do...what to do.....

 It can all get very confusing

As though just living was not enough

There is always all that CHOOSING

Where to live!  
                       Where to work!

 

What to have for dinner!

 What to read, what to wear

so you can be a winner!

 It's under your hat!

It's in your head

 Just keep in mind what Dr Seuss said:

You're on your own, and you know what you know. 
And you are the One who'll decide where you want to go.

and that's poetiquejustis

The heart of man plans his way,
    but the Lord establishes his steps.
Proverbs 16:9

Busy, Busy, Busy

 

"Successful people are the ones who think of things
to keep the rest of the world busy."

Don Marquis

Keeping the world busy

Keeping the world entertained

Keeping the world in a state of so much

 that we miss the one thing we should
be seeing-

Our own life and all its possibilities.
So, when they try to sell you the old razzle dazzle

Tune them out

Listen to your own song instead
 to remind yourself of what is really happening

and that's poetiquejustis

        Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:  

^{I Thessalonians 4:11-12}

What are you waiting for?

 

The world is its own magic.

S. Suzuki

Smile and you cast a magic spell

on those around you

 

Laugh and you share the magic 

with all the world

Sing

  and the magic reaches the stars

 

in the words of J B Priestly

 

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, 

a fresh try, one more start, 

with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

 

The magic is waiting!

 

and that's poetiquejustis

The LORD'S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassion never fails. 

They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22

The Courage to Move On

 

What seems like courage is really persistence

Barbara Gordon

Not to be overwhelmed by waves of our own making

Not to be driven down by storms that we create

Not to be forced to a halt by bridges that we burned

Or whether you

go the distance

face the storms

finding a way to the other side

That is courage

That takes persistence 

And that's poetiquejustis

Galatians 6:9  

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, 

if we do not give up