Boring afternoon
But, ice cream eating races—
Chilling excitement
Where does Spam come from?
Checking the ingredients—
Close your eyes, eat it!
Preschool art classes
Creative finger painting—
Budding Picasso’s
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
Bill runs into his neighbor Fred at the local feed store. In conversation, Bill tells Fred, “I noticed that there back tire on yer truck is a mite bit low on tread.”
Fred replies back, “Ah, dat there tire has quite a few miles left da go.”
The men depart and finish up their business in town before heading back home. As Bill drives down the road, he comes upon Fred’s truck, rolled over on its side, off of the road.
Bills stops and surveys the situation. Fred appears okay, much of his cattle feed is scattered on the ground, and the suspected tire has blown nearly clean off of the rim.
Bill calmly asks Fred what has happened. With eyes growing bigger by the second, Fred excitedly tells him, “A vig jack rabbit nearly ran me self off this here road. Look vat he did to ma perfectly good tire.”
From John 13:14-15: “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”
Jesus, our Lord and Savior, teaches us
Sharing the love from the Holy Father
Knowing God has given to Him all things
Sharing faithful witness, from the Father
Christ, the living God, guides our faithful steps
Presenting endless chances to serve God
Facing our lives, filled with countless hurdles
Serving one another, as blessed by God
Jesus, Son of David, shares acts of Grace
Washing apostles’ feet, blessing the Lord
Teaching through His loving act of service
Telling all, humbling serve our righteous Lord
Christ, Lamb of God, transforming life on earth
Faithfully following our Lord Jesus
Seeking, trusting, and praying in His name
Glorifying each day, serving through Jesus
From the words of American author, John Eldredge: “Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life.”
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Jesus Christ met people where they were . . . not as they “ought to” be. His enemies misunderstood Him, but they couldn’t ignore Him. They hated Him, but were never bored around Him. Jesus was the epitome of relevance. Still is.
From Hebrews 8:10: “This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
By sanctification the Son of God is formed in me, then I have to transform my natural life into a spiritual life by obedience to Him.
From 2 Corinthians 7:1: “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.”
Sometimes I just have to laugh at TV commercials. Nutrisystem promotes its meals for men who wish to lose weight. Order it and the box arrives at your door. Then just heat the meal and eat. What can more simple than this? This poem’s theme is written as a parody of this whole process. As for me, I sure won’t be ordering meals in a box.
Endless diets make the rounds
Hoping to lose a few pounds
Subscribing to EasyMeals
Delicious and thrifty deals
Simple and easy promise
Please any doubting Thomas
Order the food while online
Shipping never takes much time
Box of meals ships to the door
Bypass the grocery store
Open the box, check it quick
No more cooking, that’s the trick
Picking a meal, heat it now
Such easy and yummy chow
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
Simple life comes in these packs
Feeling extra hungry now
Eating two meals, tasting “wow”
Going through this two-week box
In just a week, quite a shock
Stepping on the scale one day
Extra pounds plus some, shout “Hey!”
God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.
Love is not something you feel. It is something you do.
Temptations
All about
Crashing upon us
With God’s help, resist
Discipline
Sailing
Among shipwrecks
Our Pilot navigates
Always bringing us home
Courage
Gracious
Blessing us
Making His face
To shine upon us
God
The German-inspired poetry style of Elfchen (or Elevenie) contains five lines of poetic verse, usually without the use of rhyming verses. A total of 11 words are used with a sequence of one, two, three, and four words before ending with a single word in the final verse.
You be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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