Journey’s Destiny

From Psalm 84:1-2:  “How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!  My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.”

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Future expectations

Journey’s path filled with light

Another page to open

Tomorrow looking bright

 

Peace dwells in Father’s heart

Journey’s joy hears His Word

Hope’s breath gathers strength from Him

Faith prospers from what’s spurred

 

Family, friends, career

Journey’s love means much more

Kneeling at cross in prayer

Savior cancels sin’s score

 

Challenges shall arise

Journey’s road appears blocked

Trust in Jesus sends faith’s key

Salvation now unlocked

 

Darkness breathing no more

Journey’s destiny bright

Christ delivers victory

Future filled with His light

 

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From Psalm 84:11:  “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; He bestows favor and honor.  No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.”

Opportunity Talks

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Questions arriving

Between shadows of light

Escaping darkness

Answers soon begin flight

 

Reflective life pause

Mind’s daily traffic slows

Seeking fresh outlook

Instincts shall always know

 

Sunrise opens mind

Passion finds virgin route

Learning through new ways

Destiny set to sprout

 

Moment of failure

Part of life’s faithful quest

Dusting off oneself

Set to taste tomorrow’s best

 

Life’s transforming guide

Opportunity talks

Jumping right onboard

Confidence leaves dry dock

 

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Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French fabulist as well as a widely read poet.

Charles Stanley Quote

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If we are to discover the Lord’s best for our life, we must trust His way is better than our plans and desires.

From Jeremiah 29:11-12:  “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.  Then when you call upon Me and come and pray to Me, I will hear you.”

Mary Oliver Quotes

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May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was a best-selling American poet, who received many honors for her work.  Her love of nature can be found in much of her writing, and it resulted in honors from the National Book Award in 1992 and Pulitzer Prize in 1984.

Monday Memories: Treasures as Friends

This poem was inspired by Lisa’s post where she shares a series of brilliant and encouraging quotes about friendship.  Take a moment and visit her post at The Road Back to Life.

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Destiny unites true friends

Transforming life with its spark

Sincere friendship fills two hearts

Never alone in the dark

 

Never take friends for granted

Honesty, laughter, and tears

Staying connected insures

Treasures shared over the years

 

Sharing life’s pain, healing wounds

Long-lasting friendship endures

Glue holding life together

Truly caring, reassures

 

Always count on each other

Offering silent support

“Forever minutes” share love

Caring never falling short

 

Life travels through forest trails

Friends together, all these years

Brings us home through darkest times

Greatest love when friendship cheers 

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From Proverbs 18:24:  “Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.”

Originally published June, 2020.

Ben Okri Quotes

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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected.

Creativity is the art of the impossible.

Ben Okri (born 1959) is a Nigerian-born poet and novelist.  Much of his writing focuses on African post-modern and post-colonial traditions.

Promised Ticket

From Mark 13:11:  When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.”

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From every corner

Darkness forecasting light

Voices filled with emptiness

Now standing firm, God’s faith airtight

 

One promised ticket

Risen from empty tomb

False prophets flee every scene

Now Savior breathes, faithful hope blooms

 

Suffering no more

Calvary’s blood-stained cross

Foundation of Father’s grace

Now sin flees, no longer faith’s boss

 

Mercy from heaven

Angels stir from above

Called to gather Shepherd’s flock

Now faith’s destiny, filled with love

 

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From Mark 13:26-27:  “Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.  Then He will send out the angels and gather the  elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”

Destiny’s Greatest Love

From Romans 5:1-2:  “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”

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Observing man’s life without light

Sending grace from heaven to earth

Darkness to be vanquished outright

Harboring Spirit finds its berth

 

Witnessing Savior’s final task

Hanging from deadly, Roman tree

Filled with anguish, mercy unmasks

Taking man’s place, evil now flees

 

Sharing destiny’s greatest love

Bending God’s will upon one Son

Redemption designed from above

Breathing His last, mission now done

 

Seeing heaven’s eternal light

Descending upon empty tomb

Victory over sin takes flight

Overcoming enemy’s doom

 

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From Romans 5:8-9:  “But God proves His love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.  Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, will we be saved through Him from the wrath of God.”

Living Reflections (Haiku Series #262)

Change

Shifting paradigm

Lifetime of transformation—

Human poles reversed

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Time

Sensing empty tank

Journey’s destiny now waits—

Pause life’s clock, refuel

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Discovery

Adding one more thought

Searching for life’s unusual—

Never pigeon-holed

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