Month: April 2025

Doing Dishes for Leah

“That was so good!” She smiled.
“Thank you! …. I washed the dish!”

I’m doing dishes for the Invisible Woman.

Leah Hates Doing Dishes.

I’m doin’ the dishes for Leah.

No, Leah was not going to do the dishes;
I am doing the dishes because
Leah wants me to make her pancakes,
But I only have enough dishes for myself;
So I am doing my own dishes so
Leah may eat off of a clean plate.

If I were cooking only for me,
I would not bother to clean the dishes!
…
As I scrubbed my little, bluestone plate,
I thought of her-
How she said she never does dishes.

Leah eats finger food-
she even plucks sizzling, steaming onions
from the pan while they’re still cooking!
With her bare hands,
she slurps them down
in second-degree-tongue-burning style!

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Clock Stop

“… let all the earth be silent…”

Living a life

of constant flight,

Never knowing

Where you’re gonna spend the night.

You say, “Grace,” instead,

Keeping it all in your head.

Nobody knows what

Winds or Stops the clock.

You’re inclined to wind-up

With your mind all made-up;

Rock-a-bye Baby Snot!

Until your end is up,

Dead.

August 6, 2024

“The Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him.”

HABAKKUK 2:20

PROVERBS 18

“From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.”

An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.

3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt,
    and with shame comes reproach.

4 The words of the mouth are deep waters,
    but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

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The Long and Short of the Charitable Hand

“… After all, it takes the Strength, Wisdom and Beauty of a Free Man to offer charity to a brother in need,..”


The hand of charity is not short, but the arm which reserves it genuflects to the miser. 
…

After all, it takes the Strength, Wisdom and Beauty of a Free Man to offer charity to a brother in need,.. but only if that charity does not weaken such Free Man or his home.  

Chip Van Hassel

Where is there a Lodge
Of Master Markers,
Who’s moon-body has surfed
Beyond this already-traversed marble?

Is it from the east?
Is it to the West?
Could it be farther South,
Or even closer north?

Could the albatross
Have already flown across,
Leaving the mariner’s quiver
inclined by the motion of chilled skin?

This building,
A tabernacle to those who seek,
Is both verb and noun,
Word and sound.

‘Tis a corner-cutters’ dream,
That tent,
That rejected stone!
I may not mark it alone!

No longer a symbol,
Lost carving, or word,
The Master’s capstone
Has corners which point directions.

Where hath the path
been beaten to;
and who’s feet
have tamped-down that earth?

No master carves his own name;
No flint strikes against steel.
No building
Raises its own gables.

If the search
Is to build here and now,
than the ashes of the earth
are the edge of this town.

Perfection in Thought

Eternal Judgement

“Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elemtary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgement.”

HEBREWS 6:1-2

Light of the World

Light a Lamp

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

MATTHEW 5:14-16

Fruit of the Spirit

“Against such there is no law.”

No Law Against Kindness

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 

Against such things there is no law. 
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

Galatians 5:22-26

Sonship

“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.
And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”

ROMANS 8:14-17

The Pairs

“If with a pure
mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows
him like his never-departing shadow.”

“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their
chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of
the ox.”

The Dhammapada (page23)

This Little Light of Mine

“The eye is the lamp of the body.”

Always Shine the Positive, Growing Light.

Dakkuan

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness., ..”

MATTHEW 6:22-23

God’s Plan For Eternity

“If you chase two rabits,
you will catch neither one.”
-Unknown

God’s Dream for You

“How would you describe the current dream(s) God has put in your heart?”

Pastor Jay Hurley

“How are your dreams (which) you are pursuing helping to reach God’s plan for eternity?”

Pastor Jay Hurley

1. Focus on God’s purpose.

2. Focus on God’s perspective.

3. Focus on God’s plan.

4. Focus on God’s prize.

5. Choose one Chair.