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 Margo invites us to try an 'opposites attract' poem.

Book-knowledge

Is ignorant

In matters

Of heart

Where

Silence

Thunders

With weighted

Emptiness

A newspaper-

Thick world

Apart

© Janet Martin

When You Dance With the Devil

This week's Wikem

 renowned for his brilliance, guile, and versatility...

Renowned for his brilliance, guile, and versatility

I should have kept my guard in place

And never let him kiss my face

In such a cunning bliss

At all

Renowned for his brilliance, guile, and versatility

I should have known in advance

That I didn’t stand a chance

And when you dance with the devil

You fall

© Janet Martin

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Pet. 5:8

Today the Sky Wears Blue...

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Today the sky wears azure blue

With just a whiff of cloud or two

Like feather-brooches softly set

To pin the scarf about her neck

The fabric of her garments sweep

In gossamer from deep to deep

And there is no one lovelier

In all of royalty, than her

And should she choose, another day

To wear a modest robe of gray

We will not be too sad because

We will recall how fair she was…

…Today

© Janet Martin

I wrote this earlier before the clouds moved in and snuffed the sun like a candle on a cake.

Thursday Thoughts On Character-building...

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Work hard

Be kind

Be true

No one can take that

From you

To do what is right

Is never wrong

Remembering that

Will keep

You strong

Man sees the outside

But God sees

The heart

He knows if we

Are doing our part

© Janet Martin

So when the few who didn’t skip class were told they would be rewarded with lunch, (teacher’s treat) on the last day of the semester (today) it made those who didn’t skip glad. Yesterday Teacher told the class everyone would be treated; those who skipped as well as  those who didn’t .  The ‘skippers’ laughed at the ‘nons’. .. I remind Student. Character is shaped by choice of response…

Remember, the teacher didn't have to treat anyone. I guess he chose to treat everyone for their hard work all semester.

We may think that Choice

is not oft rewarded,

We should remember

where choice is recorded

***

Character is that Thing

that happens

whether we pay attention

or not

the wise remember

and realize

Character begins in

Thought

***

What others say

We cannot  boss,

but our response

Is up to us

***

touch-taste

do-say

builds the man

we are today

***

Handle with care

Like treasure rare

This moment you are in

Its precious gift

As moments shift

Will never pass again

***

Words can pile up
like dust on a shelf
What we do
speaks for itself

***

Love bears all things, 

believes all things, 

hopes all things, 

endures all things.

Love never fails;

1 Cor. 13: 7-8

Perspective...

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Circumstance must have its way

That’s all there is to it

But in spite of this, today

Is all in how we view it

Who can fill tomorrow’s cup

Or one past gasp savor?

See? The Now that we lift up

Beams with mercy’s favor

Pray then God gives us the eyes

Not of wish, but wonder

And to humbly recognize

His hands, over, under

Then, as circumstances pour

Whether joy or sorrow

Love keeps us from pining for

What no one can borrow

Yesterday is gone away

Tomorrow, who knows it?

Take a good look at today

And at Who bestows it

© Janet Martin

 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Rom.11:36


This morning's YDP is on perspective (a dandy!!)
I read it just after reading this at A Holy Experience...