Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Saturday, October 18, 2025

Heroics

 

"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, 
let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.”
C S Lewis



 We all have things we fear
No matter how young or old we are



and we all want to find a hero who will come to the rescue


Perhaps today you will be

the hero of someone's story 


When you listen


When you care


When you love even those who are cold of heart

So grab your cape!


There is work to be done- 
and you are just the Hero to do it!

And that's poetiquejustis
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, 
the news that the God of Israel reigns!
Isaiah 52:7

Friday, October 17, 2025

Think -Can- Do

 

Do not let what you can't do
interfere with what you can do
John Wooden
Can't sing an aria?




Whistle a happy tune!


Can't make a souffle'?


Nothing wrong with a bowl of popcorn!



Never going to win a prize with your roses?


Love your dandelions!


It is never about what you can't do!


It is being willing to do what you CAN do

And that's poetiquejustis
I will strengthen you and help you; 
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

Thursday, October 16, 2025

When the Time is Right

 

In the right light, in the right time, everything is extraordinary
Aaron Rose
Come out from behind  your own shadow
And you will be in the right light
Understand that now is all you have
And you will be in the right time
Determine not to be ordinary

And you are already extraordinary!


                                                              K A Laity said:
“We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, 
even if it's tiny. 
A pebble starts the avalanche.” 
and that's poetiquejustis
 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 
Walk as children of light 
Ephesians 5:8

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

A Scene of Contentment

 

And all the windows of my heart 
I open to the day
John Greenleaf Whittier
The sunshine of smiles
The mist of tears
The winds of change
The fog of sadness
The chill of pain
The warmth of love
Make a room in your heart for all
And welcome each as a friend
They are all a part of living
and just passing through
and that's poetiquejustis 
 .... for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.
Philippians 4:11

Monday, October 13, 2025

Change the Lens

 

See as much as you ought not as much as you can.
Montaigne



When the 24-hour news cycle has become
a form of life support

It is time to get a life


When the first app you reach for in the morning
is 


It is time to break the habit.

Take a moment to breathe


To be kind to yourself and others


To just BE

Then you can see what you ought

and be who you need to be
and that's poetiquejustis

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33

Sunday, October 12, 2025

I Have News for You

 

Don't find fault
Find a remedy
Henry Ford




We all know what's wrong with the world



We all know what's wrong in our life



                                                    No trick to knowing what is wrong




But when was the last time you passed a test


By just knowing what was wrong


Today - be the one



Who makes something

Right


and that's poetiquejustis
Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good!
Romans 12:21

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Where Hope is Not found

 


A whole stack of memories never equals one little hope
Charles M. Schulz
Marvin Hamlisch called them
"misty water colored memories
of the way we were. "
Memories -
good
and bad
Have only one thing in common
They dwell in the past
And hope never visits there.
Hope, my friend,
 is in the here and now.
That is worth remembering
and that's poetiquejustis
 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD,
 "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11