Can you make a tree grow?
No, you can only watch its progress
Can you create fruit out of air
No, you can only harvest it
Can you ripen the apple?
No, it will let you know when it is ready
So why Eve do you choose without
thought
Or seek without
knowledge
Or fill a place with
what should not be?
Go back to your what you were made to love
He will never leave you nor forsake you
He is your Rock, Sword and Shield
Only He has your Adam
Trust without hesitation
Love without reservation
Wait with joy laced expectancy
Let who You believe be your guide
only the One who made the Two can
Make an us
-sj
Monday, September 14, 2015
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Thank God for giving you what you needed
Not What you wanted
Not What you lusted after
Not What you craved
but What would make you stronger
What would make you grow
What would drive you to Him
What would sustain you
What could love you
What could learn you
What could carry you
What would move you forward
What would make you refrain
What would make you better
What could and would stand beside you
For better or worse
For richer or poorer
In Sickness and in Health
Till death do you part
-Sj
Blind Worth
If he doesn't pray
Then how will he strengthen you?
If he doesn't know God-love
How will he love you?
If he doesn't embrace himself
How can he embrace you
If love is shared but not managed
How can you give him a title
He has not earned?
How can you give yourself
And he has not proven
His worth?
Words are sweet
But of little value
Let his actions show his intent
Pray Eve before you act
Seek Daughter before you commit
Watch Child before you decide
Your future will be better for it
Don't be blind to your Worth
-sj
Then how will he strengthen you?
If he doesn't know God-love
How will he love you?
If he doesn't embrace himself
How can he embrace you
If love is shared but not managed
How can you give him a title
He has not earned?
How can you give yourself
And he has not proven
His worth?
Words are sweet
But of little value
Let his actions show his intent
Pray Eve before you act
Seek Daughter before you commit
Watch Child before you decide
Your future will be better for it
Don't be blind to your Worth
-sj
My Quiet Strength
You never speak of it
But I know it is on your mind
So private are your thoughts
So guarded are your feelings
Then you squeeze my hand
To remind me you are alive
You sit in silence
Thinking,
Wondering what could have been
Never asking The Why
Always dealing with the Now
I am jealous of your confidence
God Speaks it is settled
You encourage me
I catch a gaze, not long
quick as a blink
but there was water in your eyes
Your strength has been shown
The yearning in your heart is the same as mine.
We continue, as we have
A little stronger
A little wiser
But we are still we
You remember and love
As only a Father can
I am in love with you more and more for it
-sj
But I know it is on your mind
So private are your thoughts
So guarded are your feelings
Then you squeeze my hand
To remind me you are alive
You sit in silence
Thinking,
Wondering what could have been
Never asking The Why
Always dealing with the Now
I am jealous of your confidence
God Speaks it is settled
You encourage me
I catch a gaze, not long
quick as a blink
but there was water in your eyes
Your strength has been shown
The yearning in your heart is the same as mine.
We continue, as we have
A little stronger
A little wiser
But we are still we
You remember and love
As only a Father can
I am in love with you more and more for it
-sj
Grief, Sorrow, Joy and Hope
What a difference a day makes...
Not long ago
I could not see any weight in my life
My heart had slipped thru my grasp
So helpless was I
As his life passed through my hands
I wanted the earth to open and cover me
I didn't want to breath
I was broken
Angry
Afraid
More than a dozen times I have remembered him
Annually, monthly, weekly
But it gets better
The pain of loss isn't as sharp as it was
But I fear won't dull any more past this point
I have grasped my strength
I have remembered my joy
I live, so he lives
I love because it is a privilege to do so
I will not forget because I am his Mother
Until we meet forever,
-sj
In Remembrance of Elan Micheal Howard
Buried on 9/11
Not long ago
I could not see any weight in my life
My heart had slipped thru my grasp
So helpless was I
As his life passed through my hands
I wanted the earth to open and cover me
I didn't want to breath
I was broken
Angry
Afraid
More than a dozen times I have remembered him
Annually, monthly, weekly
But it gets better
The pain of loss isn't as sharp as it was
But I fear won't dull any more past this point
I have grasped my strength
I have remembered my joy
I live, so he lives
I love because it is a privilege to do so
I will not forget because I am his Mother
Until we meet forever,
-sj
In Remembrance of Elan Micheal Howard
Buried on 9/11
Wisdom Pearl #111
Wisdom Pearl:
Be Warned for when one seeks the friendship of wisdom, sorrow is an unintended companion.
-sj
Be Warned for when one seeks the friendship of wisdom, sorrow is an unintended companion.
-sj
Mirrored Thoughts
Another September 11th has come and gone. To some the day has little meaning. To others it marks a day of mourning, a time of remembrance and reflection. I guess for us who were alive and old enough to grasp what was going on it was our D-day.
As I passed through the city and noted all of the American flags that were lowered in salute to the fallen souls, I was humbled and encouraged.
Humbled because of the reality that life is so much bigger than one individual and there is so very little we control; because we really don't know how blessed we are to live in a country where we are free to work, worship and grow with little interference; How protected we are and have been from the rest of the evils that many countries have had to face; And lastly for the endurance of the human spirit recorded in text messages, voice mails or phone calls from the brave to their love ones.
Encouraged because despite the horrific tragedy that took place on our soil, people came together. They helped one another. They cared for their brother and cried with their sister. We were never more like an example of GOD to one another than we were in that moment. We loved as He loves. We didn't care about color, gender, religious preference or financial status. We knew we were bonded. Kindred spirits who shared the same blood. So we went across the lines that usually bar us and dared to love, to show compassion to be bigger than ourselves.
It is unfortunate that 14 years later many of the same things that we ignored now divide us again. Where we were calling out the name of GOD because we knew there was and still is power in His name. We were full of repentance we wanted His Grace and Mercy, we were thankful. We purposed to live for Him because in one moment we all realized that life is bigger than death and death is bigger than us and GOD is bigger than all of it. We knew we were not at the head of this thing and honestly didn't want to be. It was easier to give it to Him.
Now we are back to our old tricks again. We allow the travesty of same sex marriage; the confusion of transgender-ism; abortion on demand at any time in the pregnancy; we have allied against Israel by allying with Iran; we have fanned the fires of religious persecution in this country sponsored and sanctioned by our own government; we have decided to teach our young about the unlawful and call it lawful; we have politely threw GOD out of our homes, our military, finances, personal lives and political actions; we are encouraging non-accountability as a cure all for our societal ills and we sit still while our government has become anti-christian.
How far we have fallen from 9/11. A shame really. But I am encouraged because there is a remnant that still honors America and her heritage which is ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
As I passed through the city and noted all of the American flags that were lowered in salute to the fallen souls, I was humbled and encouraged.
Humbled because of the reality that life is so much bigger than one individual and there is so very little we control; because we really don't know how blessed we are to live in a country where we are free to work, worship and grow with little interference; How protected we are and have been from the rest of the evils that many countries have had to face; And lastly for the endurance of the human spirit recorded in text messages, voice mails or phone calls from the brave to their love ones.
Encouraged because despite the horrific tragedy that took place on our soil, people came together. They helped one another. They cared for their brother and cried with their sister. We were never more like an example of GOD to one another than we were in that moment. We loved as He loves. We didn't care about color, gender, religious preference or financial status. We knew we were bonded. Kindred spirits who shared the same blood. So we went across the lines that usually bar us and dared to love, to show compassion to be bigger than ourselves.
It is unfortunate that 14 years later many of the same things that we ignored now divide us again. Where we were calling out the name of GOD because we knew there was and still is power in His name. We were full of repentance we wanted His Grace and Mercy, we were thankful. We purposed to live for Him because in one moment we all realized that life is bigger than death and death is bigger than us and GOD is bigger than all of it. We knew we were not at the head of this thing and honestly didn't want to be. It was easier to give it to Him.
Now we are back to our old tricks again. We allow the travesty of same sex marriage; the confusion of transgender-ism; abortion on demand at any time in the pregnancy; we have allied against Israel by allying with Iran; we have fanned the fires of religious persecution in this country sponsored and sanctioned by our own government; we have decided to teach our young about the unlawful and call it lawful; we have politely threw GOD out of our homes, our military, finances, personal lives and political actions; we are encouraging non-accountability as a cure all for our societal ills and we sit still while our government has become anti-christian.
How far we have fallen from 9/11. A shame really. But I am encouraged because there is a remnant that still honors America and her heritage which is ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
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