You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it.
From 1 Peter 1:13: “Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when He is revealed.”
Life with its purpose
Every minute spent
Never wasting any
Just need to pay today’s rent
Day’s unhurried pace
Let’s enjoy each scene
Sitting on nature’s porch
Sunshine better than caffeine
Yes, growing older
But treasure each day
Dreaming of fairway green
Does anyone play croquet?
Rather keep life simple
Chasing more blue sky
Positive state of mind
Patio invites, come by
Grilling cheeseburgers
Welcoming each friend
Tasty bushel of crabs
Please let this day never end
Holding off sunset
For few minutes more
Warmest ocean breezes
Tomorrow waits in night’s drawer
This poem honors the musical legacy and life of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffet (1946-2023). In his own words: “Shells sink, dreams float. Life’s good on our boat.”
You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing.
Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda.
Chuck Yeager (1923-2020) was a United States Air Force aviator. He rose to a rank of Brigadier General, but he had preciously been well recognized for his flying exploits. Besides being a flying ace, he became the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound on a level flight in 1947.
We aren’t just thrown on this earth like dice tossed across a table. We are lovingly placed here for a purpose.
From Ecclesiastes 3:1: “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven.”
God is not fooled by good behavior that springs from a hard heart. Obeying Him with an unwilling spirit may achieve His purpose, but we lose the joy of our reward.
From Jonah 4:9-11: “But God said to Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?’ And he said, ‘Yes, angry enough to die.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many animals?'”
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
From Job 36:11: “If they listen and serve Him, they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.”
How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.
The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it’s to grow the soul.
Christina Baldwin (born 1946) is an American writer, teacher, and lecturer.
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.
From Philippians 1:20: “It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.”
Facing world’s wickedness
Knowing God walks with thee
Surrounded by darkness
His good purpose foresees
Feeling Spirit’s mercy
Turning to Father’s aid
Rejoicing with boldness
His good purpose conveyed
Living in Christ brings gain
Soaking up trusting Word
Finding joy in faith’s hope
His good purpose now heard
Praising the Lord our God
Following divine moves
Feeding faithful hunger
His good purpose approves
Lifting up each stranger
Setting prisoners free
Loving with righteousness
His good purpose shall be
From Psalm 146:5: “Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.”
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