A Day In My Life

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

Ignorance is Bliss Because Knowledge is sorrowful Let know one deceive you -sj

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

Don't give someone keys to your Garden...when they have not tended their own. -sj

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

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

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

Wisdom Pearl: Be Warned for when one seeks the friendship of wisdom, sorrow is an unintended companion. -sj

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 he...