Monday Memories: Just in Case

From James 4:6:  “But He gives all the more grace; therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”

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Our Creator’s divine plan

Offers fullest, living grace

Giving patience, just in case

When running life’s anxious race

 

Our Lord shares forgiveness

Relationships need healing

Forgiving sin, just in case

When each day seems freewheeling

 

Heaven’s Father, sharing peace

Imperfect lives needing change

Trimming each branch, just in case

When roaming lost on God’s range

 

God shares His timely wisdom

From Heaven, He sees us fall

Touching our hand, just in case

When we need His hope-filled call

 

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From John 15:1-2:  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower.  He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit.  Every branch that bears fruit He prunes to make it bear more fruit.”

Originally published January, 2021.

Jerry Lucas Quote

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I send out a message every Saturday morning that is meaningful, hopefully it’s a spiritual message.  It gives me an opportunity to stay in touch with many of those people I was fortunate to know and play with through the years.

Jerry Lucas (born 1940) lives in Gallipolis, which is located in southeastern Ohio. 

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

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The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren’t listening.

I learned to listen and listen very well.  It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (both 1962) is an American track and field athlete.  Her prowess has been recognized by her excellence in the heptathlon and long jump.  Competing in four different summer Olympiads, she received three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.

Each Day (Haiku Series #331)

Illuminating

Obstacles ahead

Shading vision from darkness—

Coming into light

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Overcoming

Bumpy road jumps up

Watch out . . . another crater—

Changing tire again

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Harmonizing

“Things” lose their luster

Instead, heart swells with people—

Living simple life

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Guy Rice Doud Quotes

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You can teach to a wall, but when you help someone learn, you have to get involved with the whole person.

Every adult needs a child to teach; that’s the way adults learn.

Guy Rice Doud (born 1953) is an American author and speaker.  He is a former National Teacher of the Year.

Rudyard Kipling Quotes

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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I know); their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English writer, poet, and journalist.  He was born in British India, which inspired many of his works.

Ernest Hemingway Quote

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Time is the least thing we have.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.

Oswald Chambers Quote

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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.

From John 15:15:  “I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Merv Griffin Quotes

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If you make the customer a promise, make sure you deliver it.

It’s always been my philosophy:  Turn the page.  If something falls through, turn the page.  It’s over with, get used to it, get on with it.

Merv Griffin (1925-2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.  His accomplishments included:  hosting his own television talk show from 1962-1986, and creation of the television game shows “Jeopardy” in 1964 and “Wheel of Fortune” in 1975.  

Deepening Relationship (Elfchen Series #219)

Adoration

Welcoming

Father’s door

Opens with grace

Finding joy in hope

Prayer

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Meditation

Opening

Wounded heart

Coming to Father

Asking for mercy’s aid

Prayer

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Affirmation

Enabling

Faith’s voice

Light replaces darkness

Gratifying conversation with Father

Prayer

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This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.