Give It Some Thought

 

"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living

 we live ourselves into new ways of thinking."  Richard Rorh

There is a place between

  "Let's think about it"

and "let's do this!"

It is a steady momentum propelling us upward

Beyond

The four walls of our mind

or what our eyes think can see

Living is more than thinking about living

 

Living is the life you bring to the thought

and that's poetiquejustis

 

Cast all your cares on Him for He cares for you.

I Peter 5:7

“In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we’re pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker’s praise without anxiety.” ~A.W. Tozer

 

Getting Crabby?

 

      "Hermits have no peer pressure."

                                                                         Steven Wright

There comes a time when we all just want to crawl in to our shells
 and pull the ground in behind us

No news

No noise

And definitely no people

For most of us, those moments do not come very often

But when they do

Grab a shell, tuck yourself in

and keep your thoughts company

James Russell Lowell said:

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere

and that's poetiquejustis

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, 

left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35

The Midway through Life

 

There are days which are the carnivals of the year.

R W Emerson

Going in circles

Sometimes surrounded by clowns

Reaching the heights

And then coming back down

Tasting the sweetness

Digging right in

Life can be such a carnival

So you may as well give it a spin 

and that's poetiquejustis

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 

Hebrews 11:1

Locked In...Locked Out

 

 Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

Isaac Watts

 It used to be easy to trust

But then you were hurt

and then you were hurt again

and then you did not trust any more

 

But are you keeping others out or locking yourself in?

Go-

Trust!

Start by trusting yourself

Golda Meir said:

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life."

That is a trustworthy idea

and that's poetiquejustis

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20:7

Remind me who I am

 

I have to learn to be myself again- that's all

Dorothy Lessing

Just like this little girl,

I walked out of the house one morning
to go to kindergarten 

I was certain that I understood the world

I came home 6 hours later feeling as though 

I knew nothing at all

As the years went by

that did not change

because

It takes a long time to remember who you were

After you have been told
who you are supposed to be

But now,
I think I remember

and I will never forget
again

and that's poetiquejustis 

Therefore if any person be in Christ, they are a new creature: 
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Which Way do I go?

 

“There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. 

The other is as though everything is a miracle.” 

– Albert Einstein

A Miracle

A Miracle

A Miracle

Look into one of these

You know what you are seeing?

That's right

A Miracle

That's you 

and that's poetiquejustis 

 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14

I Can Do That!

 
It's the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.
- Ewing

 There are people who are sure they can do things that need to be done

And people who are sure they cannot

The people who are sure they can do things that need to be done

Usually end up doing those things for those who are sureit cannot be done

I guess it does not really matter
as long as the things that need to get done
get done

But those who think they cannot
Are missing all the fun
And that's poetiquejustis

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works
Hebrews 10:24

Blossom

 

 

Out of difficulties grow miracles

Jean de la Breyere

The soil may be dry and rocky

The light may be wrong

And the the weeds may be growing all around you

They can try to freeze you out

And they may even trample you under foot

But they cannot keep you from growing

If that is what you want to do

And that's Poetiquejustis

 

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,  neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.