the God of all Moments

my God isn’t the God of my best moments when His Light and Inspiration is upon me…………………………………………………………….. He is the God of all my moments………………………

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a stranger…….to himself

the longer we talked……….it became clear to me……..the person across from me had no idea who they were, what they were…….nor where they were in there life……………………….. a picture formed in my mind……………..a man sat adrift in a small boat………it had rudder, no mast, no oars………………………he was totally at the…

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Soloman Speeaks

sometimes in the morning at sometimes late at night Solaman calls to me to walk with him through the palace halls and sit in the gardens in the moonlight He tells me that the knowledge that many seek is but wasted information without the wisdom to practice it he said,”better…

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all things new

all things are new………depending on ones’ attitude for the same things i viewed yesterday may appear new to me depending on………..my attitude…… a story was conveyed to me concerning a pauper and a treasured wooden box……..and how he lived quite happily by spending hours investigating it’s hinges, dow rods and…

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Opsimath

i held the magnifying glass close to the leaf and as i adjusted the position the suns’ rays where concentrated and a flame was there to see……. perhaps that description could also be appropriate for me………i came to a place where i had the desire to know…….my focus was adjusted………and…

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the canvas awaits

each day a canvas comes and the colors are chosen for me how i use them to frame the day……is totally up to me i don’t always choose the subject, but how big a part they play lies in my disgression of what is important to me………….. what a wonderful…

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fardle

the burden you offered me is mine to refuse or accept and i would gladly carry it if it would help you through this mess but we’ve been friends for long enough that it is plain to me as long as other’s carry your crap………you will never change a wise…

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crisis du jour/for ttam

i know you will be disappointed…..it wasn’t what you wanted to hear…………but you will make it through this to survive another year…….and the calamity that you where looking for…… is beginning to disappear…….. i know it’s hard for you to accept it……..you were counting on it so much to justify…

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trust but a few

time isn’t always the kindest teacher………i could show you a bruise or two………..has taught me that being a gifted orator is not a sign that i should trust in you………..the slippery words that you have used left me puzzled and a bit confused…….. i was initially impressed by your following…

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can’t stop change

after today you will never be the same……..because we learn an that makes us change……..you don’t have to like it….no use to complain…..after today you will never be the same…….

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student

when i left school i thought i was through tired of you telling me what i needed to do what i needed to learn and what was important to you when i left school i thought i was through so i tried to function in your world with the tools…

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not cold…….busy

sorry if you feel i’m being rude…………but i really don’t have time to miss you………………….i’m sure i will see you again and if not i’m grateful for what we shared…….but i’m not the least inclined to sit and whine……….to me that would be a waste…….of the time it would take…………

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humility/ for Garner

there was a man……a learned man…….respected by his peers……both for the knowledge he had acquired and for the way he preservered……….for he was gifted in his ability to learn but not so with his sight and he struggled with the books he chooose until he got it right……..so his knowledge…

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steward

i am the steward for the gifts you give…… you have made it clear to me……….to share the blessings with others and in return Your Blessings……… continue give……… there is a path for these and i dare not stop the flow……. by keeping more than i need, won’t be many…

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essence

good to know the crux of me is beyond these old hands and toes…………you can read my mind by the signs i give in what i take and what i let go…………what beauty this weathered face my show comes from an understanding of the God i know and my connection…

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2 ply?

when i am concerned about the thickness of my toilet paper……perhaps that is an indication that i am concerned and focused on the wrong things……………………..i’m jus sayin’

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i didn’t fall……i jumped

i didn’t fall through the cracks…….i jumped into them the curious boy became a curious man……looked under rocks and around corners always felt like there was more ……..and it’s available…but you have to work for it and your efforts would be rewarded…..and they were and still are………….. you walk a…

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the next step/ for GILL

The next step for a Christian………..is to enter into Gods’ Arms some would call it death, for us it is to be reborn……… the challenges and turmoil this world has put us through……end in a celebration………we go to be with You…… of course our friends and family hate to see…

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bargain

for the little i gave………………….compared to what i got…… no doubt about it…………..bargain……. i took a few chances and i took my lumps……..didn’t complain when times were rough……………………..couldn’t imagine what would be lost……….if it all had been smoothe sailing i look back and i look ahead and the world has…

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logic doesn’t work with God

education can often be a hindrance to those who believe…..if it doesn’t sound logical…….no way……they resist…… why would i want to embrace and have faith in a logical God, when i need a mountain moved………i have the right God for the job….. all the neat little stacks……..and your carefully constructed…

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Amazon’s Answers

i don’t have the answer’s to Amazon’s Question’s, some of the things i don’t remember ever purchasing…………that doesn’t bother me…….somehow they’ll pull through……….. it makes me laugh that so early in the morning so many are concerned about the next thing they can buy………. the best things in life aren’t…

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my Father……….i am

with all his quirks and personalities…….i couldn’t imagine it happening to me…………………..but it did….. my Father…….i am….. his oubursts of joy……his outbursts of pain……very awkward and strange… my Father……..i am the little things that he made big………the big things that he made small…. my Father…….i am….. all the things i…

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the Crimson King

the Crimson King doles out things that shows he is in charge wails and laments that the government isn’t doing enough to heed his calls the defiant child rants and raves and when the dust settles amd the dust clears……………the events he complained about where manageable after all………… the Crimson…

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your faith or lack of it…..is you/ for hastyp

laughable to think you can separate the two…….don’t kid yourself……..your faith is you……. here’s an idea for you….when i considered it, it bothered me to….i believe God is everything…………so my relationship with God is affected by everything i do…………………in other words it all matters…………. that will wake you up………..so if…

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it’s not what you think

it’s not what you think……..hate to break it to you….but those ideas in your head belong exclusively to you……..never seen it fail, when a closer examination was pursued…… we dismiss what we thought we knew…..admitting we didn’t have clue……. so some things are good to be set in stone but…

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the candles/just enough light

i stopped in the lane by the widow’s hut……..one small room with a woodstove and a cot………..a few tattered cothes that hung on nails in various spots………a table and chair, a candle and a small wooden box…….that held her Bible……… she mended clothes and sold items that had been given…

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breviloquent poet

a great compliment would be if others acknowlegde my brevity…….not lost in lofty words that take others away from the heart, of what i an trying to convey…….may i converse in such a way that many would come and walk away with something to think about because they were able…

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throw the directions away

had to be this way………….there was a price to pay ………and i would do the same thing again for it brought me a different way……….sometimes it would have been easier to take the suggestions that were spewed…….but the allure of the less traveled path was the magnet that drew me……..so…

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not your average fruit/4 ttucro

not your average fruit , although you might find me in a tree, i can work in a salad if your don’t put to much dressing on me…..seems the preferred method of consumption is to take me in little bits and savor my blends of taste, some find me a…

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wrong place/were ants walk

when i fall down……..i look around……..the ants come and stare me down………………i realize this is not the place for me……..here i’m just in the way……….i get up and brush myself off ………and go and join the rest of us……………………… maybe that would work for you………

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