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Lifetime of Lessons (Haiku Series #182)
Reaching Out
Express gratitude
Sincere appreciation—
Send handwritten note
Evening to Morning
Night’s quiet moments
Preparing for tomorrow—
Embrace our blessings
Wisdom’s Endurance
Life’s endless highway
Patience and perseverance—
Journey of waiting
Nora Roberts Quotes
We make destiny with every turn, every choice.
Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.
Monday Memories: Quietness Speaks
[From March, 2020] I took a recent neighborhood walk, and the surroundings were definitely not the norm. Quiet streets and hardly anyone outside on a gloomy, spring afternoon. I crossed a busy road, without the usual volume of traffic. The entire experience brought many thoughts to mind, some of which found their way into this poem.
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Morning rush traffic, missing in action
Downtown streets resemble empty ghost towns
All of this, most unusual for many
Life experiencing major breakdowns
Atmosphere of dark, winter gloom arrives
Quiet neighborhood lanes, filled with stillness
Sheltered-in-place covers the entire land
Fear and panic, with visions of illness
Households, overflowing with family
Quite unique for a midweek afternoon
Only essential employees at work
Life differs from a “Charlie Brown” cartoon
Spring’s portraits and sounds, arriving on schedule
Trees bud out, grass turning green, robins sing
God’s creation reminds us, He is near
His steadfast, faithful hope shall always ring
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From Lamentations 3:21-23: “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
John Calvin Quote
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when its is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
From Psalm 62:5-6: “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.”
Hungry and Thirsty
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “Only a believer of God can experience full satisfaction and a yearning love for Him.”
Wilderness in one’s heart
Seeking mankind’s rewards
Shivering emptiness
Chasing promised awards
Dry, desolate landscape
Running this futile race
Clinging to sinful ways
Chasing hollow, false grace
Life comes to its crossroads
Starving for daily bread
Craving living water
Searching highway ahead
God intercedes with love
Filling body and soul
Sharing mercy and grace
Believing, life made whole
From Psalm 63:5: “My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips.”
Oswald Chambers Quote
The one thing for which we are all being disciplined is to know that God is real. As soon as God becomes real, other people become shadows. Nothing that other saints do or say can ever perturb the one who is built on God.
From Genesis 15:5-6: “He brought him [Abram] outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.”
Caring from Above
This poem is designed with every three verses using a modified Haiku format (with the first and third verses rhyming). The verses alternate between God’s exhortations (the odd verses) and our responses (the even verses).
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “We can trust God because He works all things together for His good and just purpose.”
Sharing grace-filled love
Crafting His divine message
Caring from above
Sowing lasting seeds
Trusting Father’s sacred Word
Following His creeds
Blessing through faith’s way
Teaching us His righteousness
Molding lives each day
Accepting God’s grace
Believing His Holy way
Living in His space
Freeing from sin’s net
Writing life’s newest chapter
Changing heart’s mindset
Walking in new light
Stepping onto hope’s worn path
Feeling life take flight
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
Curious Trivial Facts (6/11)
This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.
In the twelfth century, modern tennis was born when monks introduced a racquet into the handball game that they played against monastery walls. The name came later, however, when French nobility latched onto the sport and their servants took to calling “tenez” (which translates to “hold on” or “take heed”) just before the ball was tossed into play.
The man who gave Jack Russell terriers their name was Reverend John “Jack” Russell, an English clergyman who bred dogs as a hobby. Although he developed the eponymous fox terrier offshoot in the 1800s, the breed wasn’t recognized by the American Kennel Club until 1997.
These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).
Richard Halverson Quote
God has a time for everything, a perfect schedule. He is never too soon, never too late. The when of His will is as important as the what and the how.
From Galatians 4:4-5: “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.”
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