This Thursday's Thoughts ( a little late again:)

Bless he whose word is eloquent and tempered with insight

But bless him more who does not speak even when he’s right

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Not what I say

Nor quiet thought

But what I do

This proves my God

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The night is dark and still and deep

It seems that I should be asleep

But we are not like other men

…vexed by the whisper of a pen

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Today is laid into the past

How did it slip away so fast?

A half-song writ of joy and hope

And seasons slipping from Time’s slope

Shaping our laughter, love and sorrow

Always winging to tomorrow

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You are there and I am here

Yet somehow, through the atmosphere

I touch you and you touch me

Heart to heart in poetry

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Sometimes when I am feeling blue

With ‘quit-melancholy'

The pep talks that I gave my kids

Turn to admonish me

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We should never stay where we

Can see our full way through

For when we take that leap of faith

We see what God can do

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Yes, it’s a big, scary world out there

But it’s still smaller than a half-breath prayer

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God spoke everything into being

With these words, ‘let there be’

Then He asked that the earth be tended

By lil’ ole’ you

And lil’ ole me

This simple, awesome request

Should make us want to do our best

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It’s easy to think it’ll be okay

It’s foolish to believe it

If we never pray

© Janet Martin