Today's Friday Thoughts

Things are merely things

They have no good or evil spirit

It’s what mankind does with them

That defines their worth and merit.

I remember asking my dad when I was a child if such-and-such a thing is bad and I never forgot his answer...He said, ‘things are not bad. Nothing in and of itself is bad or good; it’s what we do with them that makes ‘things’ what they are. ‘Things’ have the potential for both…it’s up to us to choose how to use them!’

We cannot blame ‘things’ for our weaknesses

Things obey the command of the hands they are in

Hands obey thought
and thought, oh thought…

How prone you are

To sin

What a mighty sword we wield

Held in our thought

Prayer is its protective shield

If used a lot

It seems I hear a constant voice

And I believe its name is Choice

God, I prayed for patience…I’m still waiting for your answer…

Jesus loves me this I know

I looked into a flower

And it told me so…

© Janet Martin

Friday Thoughts~

Love is a Three-letter word

Y-O-U~

Love is also a six-letter word

M-O-T-H-E-R

 ~Spring Portraits~

Oh, let me never pine nor plead

For my neighbor’s garden fair

And let me never seek with greed

Life’s blessings that were meant to share

But as each day to history folds

Oh, let me labor thankfully

Lest I should miss the field of gold

That God has placed in front of me

Of petal-pink promises

Unfolding their hope

Of green and gold palaces

Gracing earth’s slope

Of winter forgotten

On emerald floors

And cloud-ships of cotton

Bound for gossamer shores

Of zephyr-lips tender

And azure diadem

Matriarch of splendor

And her name is Spring

She shakes out the girth

Of her floral-sweet gowns

And covers the earth

In for-get-me-not crowns

She tosses her tresses

And every limb

Dons pretty pink dresses

Or lacy green trim

Fleet-footed belle

Of laughter and grace

She restores a smile

To every face

Janet~

The little guys I babysit and I went on a spring stroll...here are some pictures in full spring color!

Friday Thoughts~

When loved ones weigh

Upon my thought

I hold them close

And pray…a lot

When loved ones feel

Too far away

God brings them closer

As I pray

When loved ones wonder

If I care

God hugs them for me

Through my prayer
 

J~

There are so many people I know and dearly love
with heavy burdens to bear...all I can do is lift them up
to God in earnest prayer...
and He will do the rest!
But by His grace go we.

 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Rom.12:12 

Friday Thoughts~

The future is never what we imagine

For better

Or worse

…but some Day

It will be

The things we hold dearest

are those we make time for

Some tears

poetry will not appease

Some poetry

tears will not appease

You bent, a mere boy

to tie your shoes

and stood

a man

We wait…

…because that is what love does

Life slips by

In moments

Moments slip by

In life

We cannot choose

The unknown, hid from view

But we can choose consequence

In the deeds that we do

There are moments

That can never be sweet

Such as the tainted victory

Of The Cheat

We cannot fool God

But a fool will fool himself

Into thinking he can

Dare to stand brave for this out-dated truth

Virtue and purity in the days of your youth

Janet~

Cleaning gives a person a

 lot of thinking time...