And so,
I meander down the mountainside
Into the valley that would test the resolve of my fear.
No, I have no time for plunder this time around
My journey is a deeper one than that.
While I’ve hidden away upon the mountain,
While I’ve terrorized those, who trespassed upon my land,
I find my ill-sodden soul too heavy to bear the fruits I’ve sown.
Alas, I seek my final resting place among strangers.
God help me!
The view master found its protagonist. He was draped in a myriad of colors, and was chasing around and around. Just a sliding shuffle and click away from another heroic scene. What adventure awaits? Who would become the antagonist to this adventurous soul? Ah, but isn’t that what the wheel of fate has in store for each of us. We spin and shuffle through life hoping to load the next adventure and scene that will be better than the last.
Stop! Get out of the loop and live. We only have so many spins in this life, and it seems the more that pass the faster we go through the next set. Just a thought…
Breakneck speed
He’s running to score
Lungs burn like fire
Can he take much more
Skilled with agile
Wiles in his feet
Winning the game
Always makes him complete
Ahead is the line
He need only pass
He holds up the ball
The best in his class
The headlines are bold
In the paper next day
Someone faster behind him
Took the ball away
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When we spend time in the company of fools…
We shouldn’t be surprised with the outcomes of our lives!
KDP
As I sat on the park bench I happened to glance down and see a peanut sitting inconspicuously behind one of the legs. Naturally, I bent over and picked it up. Glancing up, across the walking path, I noticed a squirrel suddenly stop his constant hopping and digging to give me a hard stare of anticipation.
Laughing aloud and looking down at the small nugget of gold, that I obviously held in my hand, I debated whether to toss it over to the little grey fur ball or hold it out as an offering.
Isn’t this what we do in life sometimes? We know what the right thing to do is, yet we hesitate and try to figure out another path.
Instinct tells me to toss the peanut to the squirrel, so why don’t I do just that? Is it God whispering to me to toss the small gift, and, in return, me trying to rationalize another or better way? Perhaps.
Am I being selfish to want the squirrel to come and take the prize from my hand? Why do I need that confirmation of its trust?
In the end… I tossed the peanut to the squirrel and he cracked it and ate it then and there.
My reward was found in my own smile and warmed heart! Thank you, Lord!
Hebrews 13:16 “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”
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That psychedelic
Funky relic
That I tripped over
On the way to school
Made me stumble
And fall
Doing a somersault
And I broke my flipflops too
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Why didn’t I see
There in front of me
That colorful
Awkward thing
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Because, I was on my phone
Just a texting along
Instead of watching ahead
Ding-ding
When I enter the mind storm
For the battle of my life
Eternity hanging in the wings
Deep down inside
Burns my desire
And strength from the King of Kings
Mine is a future
He laid out the path
To follow and trust in His Word
If only this battle
Raging inside
Could be clear – but I make it blurred
