Suddenly Sunny

The sun always wins.

Bruce Drown

I live at the beach

And those pictures you see of  our sunny Southern California mornings

Exist only in the mind of some PR firm in Manhattan

Our mornings are usually "socked in"..".marine layered"...

And all the other other mariner euphemisms for dull, stubborn grey,

But we bear with it because eventually...

The sun is going to win

The sun comes bursting through the clouds with all the drama of an action hero

The sky instantly submits to being blue

And we forget that the clouds were ever here.

Today- if things seem a little cloudy and grey in your worle

Remember-

The sun always wins.

and that's poetiquejustis

And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Genesis 1:3

Carry On

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

Arthur Golden

I know a catering chef  who tells his helpers as they carry trays to the truck;

"Carry one

Or drop two

The same goes for trying to carry around doubt and belief at the same time

One of those guys-

the doubt or the belief-

 has to go.

Carry one or drop two.

and that's poetiquejustis

 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, 

because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

 James 1:6

Truthfully Speaking

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters

cannot be trusted with important matters.

Albert Einstein

You  may not know more than one language

You may never be able to recite Shapkespeare from memory

Or the name the known galaxies

But never let it be said about you

That you did not know how to speak

Or that you did not beieve in

Rather let it be said of you that you lived the truth

and loved the

Lucretius said:

"Truths kindle light for truths"

So go! Shine!

"This littlelight of mine

I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine."

and that's poetiquejustis

I am the Way, The Truth, and the Life.

John 14:16

Potentially

One isn't necessarily born with courage,
 but one is born with potential

Maya Angelou

 

 

 

Potential...a word from the late 14th century and comes from the root of the words for "possible" and "power" 

 

Potential is not something you live up TO

It is something you are filled up WITH

 

It is all that power and strength and drive you have under the hood!

so step on it!

because today....

and that's poetiquejustis

Everything is possible for the one who believes.

Mark 9:23

Watering Down My Thoughts

Gratitude makes sense of our past

brings peace for today

and creates vision for tomorrow

Melody Beattie 

There are times when patience 

is not my strong suit

Red lights

Books that do not know when to end

these things bother me

But they also can teach me a lesson

This morning

 I was frustrated at how long

it was taking the water dispenser on my refrigerator

to fill my glass

Then I thought about these ladies

and these ladies

and these ladies

and I thought better of it

and that's poetiquejustis

Give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I Thessalonians 5:18

Like Night and Day

 “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; 

 the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” 

Plato

 

The Light

Face it

Embrace it

Trust it

Flowers know

 Birds know

trees know

and now you know-

and that's poetiquejustis

The path of righteousness is like the first gleam of dawn

 for the Lord upholds him with His hand.

Psalm 37:24

For Just Such a Season

It had done me good to be somewhat parched by heat 

and drenched by the rain of life

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

 

The moments of greatest struggle

The hours of deepest darkness

The times when we are called upon to be greater than

To be stronger than

To be braver than

we believe we are

That is when we find out

Who we really are

and that is poetiquejustis

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

Philippians 4:12