Jesus shows us that spaces
Are important .
There is a rhythm
To life .
As in music
The rest are integral
To the composition .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Our Talents
Tonight when we go to bed ,
Let us ask ourselves
If we have made good
Of the talents with witch God
Has blessed us
May the Lord say to us
Well done .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Forever
What is forever for ?
You are not here anymore .
My dreams have come back
Can you not see ?
Somebody stop me please .
She was my lady .
She did live across the street
From me
50 years ago .
You will always be
In my dreams forever .
Oh the memories are forever .
Thank you for the memories
And dreams lady ,
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Waiting
We seek to be intimately
United with Christ ,
But the consolations
And forvor of our Christain vocation
Can come and go .
Sometimes we may feel the luck
Of God's presence and wonder why ,
In spite of God's love for us ,
We still feel tired alone and hungry .
Christ , is always with us .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
The Cell Phone
Our cell phone technology
Created to help us manage
Our lives
More often than not , managed us .
Let us challenge ourselves
To intentionally shift our focus
Away from screens
And back to God .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Who Will
Who will you serve today
Yourself or God ?
Abba , may I focus on you today
As I navigate the choices
I face at home and elsewhere .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Life Insurance
To live on and in forgiveness
For what we have done
And what we have failed to do
Is both our promised
Eternal life insurance and assurance .
I love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Forgetfulness
Maybe the silver lining
In the forgetfulness
Of advancing from
What really matters
And to stop sweating
All the other stuff .
I love You All
By Brock
Smiley
God Speaks
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God Speaks to us every day .
Some days , we may
Not be patient to listen .
Other days , a change encounter
With a friend allows God's voice
To Come through loud and clear .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
It Will Work Out
Today take all the muttering people
And their thorny problems
To the Lord .
He will guide you .
It will work out .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Restricted
When we feel restricted in life ,
It could be because our minds
Are limited .
But God's ways are limitless .
I have found my hope for living
In trusting that God's plan for me
With goodness , love and a joyful future .
If I ever begin to doubt that promise ,
I have only to read the Bible
And spend time with God in prayer .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
My Grandson
When my grandson speaks
From his heart ,
I will listen from mine .
We all need to see
Through our hearts .
Sometimes we need
to huddle
To share our hearts .
Do not be afraid of tomorrow
Because God is always there
With his heart and hands
Open to us
And his love to give us always .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
The Chalice
We , like the chalice have been broken
And scarred .
We find forgiveness and restoration
When we bring our broken messy
Lives to God .
God's amazing grace exemplified
Through Christ ,
Puts us back together
So that we are forgiven , freed and empowered
For fruitfulness in God's kingdom .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
God's Love
His love endures forever .
God's love has no limit .
It will not fail
Or diminish ,
I am so grateful
We can never use it up .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
We Are Called
We are called to care
For one another with love of Christ .
Perhaps this means seeking
Out someone who is sick or deployed
Or undergoing medical treatments
Or putting the pieces together
After a divorce .
In God's name , we are to love
Those who suffer .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Take Stock
God tells us to take stock
Of what really motivates us .
Do we act out the love
Of God and our neighbor ,
Or do we fall into self concerns
And self seeking .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
God Never Does
God never leaves us ever .
God is always ready
To be found .
No internet connection needed .
No password required .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Often
Often , the Lord's emissary
In our own lives
Is that concerned friends
Who reach out .
Sometimes it is us
Who are asked to reach
Out to others .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Collaborate
How can we collaborate
With others
So they flourish
Rather than locking doors
So they have to jump
Out a window ?
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Pete The Squirrel
Pete the squirrel has adapted
I too can ,
But I can do ever more .
I can give the broken ,
Stumpy parts of me that are hidden
Or known that seem to keep me
Close to the ground
And let God use them
Trusting that He will ,
For the glory .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Some People
Some people try to fit in
But more than that they should stand out .
When you make someone smile
You will do something right .
You can not be what you can not see .
When you have fun and lose
You still win .
Remember a smile is a door
To your soul .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Some Newspapers
Some newspapers ignore some stories
For some reason .
Some pamphlets are never distributed .
What battle do you fear today ?
Talk to God .
He is willing to fight it with you .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Healthy People
Christ shows us that healthy people
Know when to cry and why .
He cries because His Father cares
And His Spirit groans for children
Who could not yet see
What breaks His heart .
I Love You All
By Brock
Sniley
We Truly Become
As we yield to the Spirit
Work in us ,
We truly become more like Jesus .
How comforting to know that God's
Great desire for us .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
We Worship
The more we worship God ,
The more we all know Him
And the more we all humble
Ourselves before Him .
May we be those who love
And serve with joy and humility .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
The Opportunities
When life's irritations
And interruptions come ,
Will we see them as opportunities
To turn to God ?
Or will we seek desperate solutions ?
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Cast Our Cares
Cast our cares on the Lord
And he will sustain us .
When we turn our difficult
Circumstances over to God ,
We can trust that He will
Provide the help we seek ,
We are secure in his capable hands .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Unbroken Fellowship
On the banquet day
And for all eternity
We will enjoy
Unbroken fellowship
With Jesus .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Help Me
I hold tightly to God ,
He sees me through
What challenges I am facing .
I hold steady to God
As He takes a hold
Of my hand and my life .
I do not fear
Because he helps me .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Long In Coming
Some o f God's best blessings
May be long in coming .
Though they linger and. keep looking
To Him .
He prepares every blessing
With perfect wisdom and care
And He is always worth waiting for .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
So Much Wisdom
There is so much wisdom offered
To us in this world by our mothers
Plus lots of advice and help
And much of it is good and beneficial .
If we base our life on any foundation
Other than humble obedience to our mother
And to God's truth and our mother's love
That is all good .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Go Forward
Our only path forward is a love
That not only hates what is evil
But also longs for the transformation
And good of our neighbors .
Through the power of Christ's Spirit ,
We can learn what it means
To have a future of overcoming evil
With good .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
Exhaustion
How often do you work
To the point of exhaustion
Or get impatient with people
Who keep you waiting ?
Let us give ourselves and each other
A break .
A culture of rush
Is Pharaoh doing ,
Not God's .
I Love You All
By Brock
Smiley
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