Just some thoughts...

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






Friday, April 4, 2025

Let's Face It

 

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror
 than be rich and famous.
Ani DiFranco


St Bernard said we become the reflection of that which we love

What does your reflection say about you?

 
When you look in the mirror, 
what do you see?


A sunny day?



A stormy night?

a heart at war?

 a heart at peace?
when you look in the mirror
what do you see ?
 
That is a thought worthy of reflection 
don't you think?
and that's poetiquejustis

 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
Psalm 27:19

Thursday, April 3, 2025

To Just Be, or To Become- That is the Question

 


A. W. Tozer said:
Never let 'to be' take the place of 'to become'
 
The best you can be

Or the best you can become?
 
The kindest you can be
Or the kindest you can become?

The most peaceful you can be

Or the most peaceful you can become?
 
The most generous you can be
Or the most generous you can become?
 
The more you become
the more life you will live

Winston Churchill said
We make a living by what we get
We make a life by what we give

So...start
 now


Are you ready?


Go! Become!

And that's poetiquejustis

                       They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

                                                                 Psalm 84:7

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

I've Got to Give You Credit

 

"It is amazing what you can accomplish 
if you do not care who gets the credit."
Harry S Truman
I used to care about that...who got the credit- I mean
As a matter of fact,
 I have thought about that quite recently
 having encountered someone who takes credit for other people's ideas
without blinking an eye
But ...no more tug of war for me
I am keeping my hands free for other things
Ideas, you see,  come and go
They are just passing through- just like me
Just like you
 I could try to hold on to the credit
and get myself all tied up in knots
Or I can spend my life in freedom
Gee....let me think...
 
 
what'll it be?
 
and that's poetiquejustis
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit,
 but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

For the Life of Me

 

Man is born to live
not to prepare for life
Boris Pasternak



Planning to plan your plans



Lists of things you will start tomorrow




or Monday




or Someday



Organizing


Preparing


Until...what?

 Exactly...


Would you say it was time to start living?

I would

and that's poetiquejustis

 He who observes the wind will not sow,
 and he who regards the clouds will not reap. 
Ecclesiastes 11:4