Making the Cut

Don't cut your conscience to fit these year's fashions

Lillian Hellman

Cutting corners

Cutting remarks

Cutting "the fat"- aka upping the profits

Cutting quality in what we provide

None of that makes us any sharper

Especially when it dulls the heart

Today

Be a little sharper....give a little more ....sleep a little better because

 and that's poetiquejustis

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Luke 6:31

 

Minding

Our concern be peace of mind.  

Keep unlovely things afar.

Theocritus

We lock our doors and windows to keep out that which would harm

And yet, we seem much less cautious

about what we allow in to our souls

We screen our skin from the sun

And yet can bathe our minds in that which seers without a second thought

                                                               

                                              How can the mind that entertains violence
                                                       ever truly be at peace?
                                                            

                 And when did the observation of murder and mayhem become a way to unwind?
                                              Today, when you lock your doors and close your windows
                                                             to protect your things
                                                                         

                             Remember that your soul is counting on you to do the same

                                                    and that's poetiquejustis
        "I am leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart. And  peace I give is a gift the world      cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid.
                                                                John 14:27

Now You See It...or Do You?

Observation cannot commence until something exists.

Abraham Kuyper

 Do you want to see...

A better world

A kinder world

A more tolerant world

A world where there is no hunger

A world where there is no despair

Want to see it happen?

Do something

For someone

Today.

And that's poetiquejustis

And if you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

James 2:26

The Past Is...

I fling my past behind me like a robe.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You shall not hold me back

You shall not hold me down

You shall become the steps beneath my feet 

To an ever brighter day

You will be silent about my failures

Yet ever cheering me on

Past, I appreciate all we have been through

But, moving on now-

I've got this. 

And that's poetiquejustis 

 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Mark 11:25

Dust Yourself Off

The purpose of art is  washing the dust of daily life off of our souls

Pablo Picasso

The dust of the every-day-ness-of -it all

The humdrum, the dreary, the frightening, the sad

It cloaks

It envelopes us

It clouds our vision and clogs our heart

It halts our steps

Today

Let the beauty rain

Then let the beauty reign

and that's poetiquejustis

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,

 O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 19:14 

The LIfe of the Tread

Take the gentle path

George Herbert

You can blast your way through life

You can tread all underfoot

You can mow down  all that is in your way

But then be ready

to build your life on the rubble

Today- by all means, go forward

Gently...

You will still get where you want to go

And it will be a much nicer place to live 

when you get there

and that's poetiquejustis

Let your gentleness be known to all

Philippians 4:5

Drift Time

And when is there time to remember

to sift

to weigh

to estimate

to total?

Tillie Olsen

Young people racing to get ahead

Older people racing to keep up

No people keeping count

of what is happening 

Rich people racing to spend

Poor people racing to earn

All people caught in the race

when are we going to learn?

Today

Stop!

Sift!

let time run through your hands for a minute 

and see how it feels

Weigh your priorites

Estimate where these have a place in your life

then make your next move

and that's poetiquejustis

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 19:14