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Transitions

11/5/2024

Almost every time I write some prose it is because a title comes to mind first. Then the first stanza sets the format and it continues from there. I was just thinking about the various phases of life we all go through, the various transitions that take place.

Transitions

Growing:

Two people bond, after which our growth begins.
We crawl, we stand, we fall then walk.
We see, hear, smell and touch everything around us.
We make stumble frequently but quickly adapt.

Learning:

We begin to categorize the world around us.
Our lack of reasoning doesn't interfere with forming memories.
Learning what we can do and our limitations.
Parental guidance and sibling help is all important now.

Loving:

In time we realize our parents have special feelings for us.
After more time we start to understand what familial love is.
Well past puberty, many of us find someone we feel love towards.
How we handle this love depends on the person and life's circumstances.

Yearning:

Other wants and desires now creep into our being.
Some of those are expected, some are thrust upon us.
We yearn for many things, perhaps to the point of becoming unstable.
It's in this part of life that crucial long lasting decisions are made.

Believing:

Much has happened and we begin to believe.
Something or someone becomes the focus of our beliefs.
And what we believe in is now key to our existence.
What we believe in either builds us up or breaks us down.

Grieving:

We move through life, most days on autopilot.
With similar highs and lows to a rollercoaster ride.
We start to suffer great losses then grieve.
Do our beliefs help us through grieving? Hopefully so.

Leaving:

With aging our attachments to ourselves, to others, to this world can fade.
By now we have experienced much, gained much and lost much.
We know our leaving here is not so far away.
Now we can start detaching, letting go, if our beliefs allow it.

Arriving:

Once we have truly left here, where are we?
Are we just pushing up daisies, gone and mostly forgotten?
Or do we persist on, our souls alive forever more?
Is your belief that after leaving here, you have arrived at your eternal home? Hopefully so.

Living:

We've now arrived where we will remain alive for all time.
Let's hope our choices were correct and life now is truly free.
Free from heartache and loss, now full of love and living.
Jesus said, "John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."

mAt 11/4/24

LIFE

10/25/2024

Remembering my late wife's birthday of 10/20, I decided to post this in her honor. Clicking this link or on the picture will display it in its original slideshow format.

Or if you prefer, plain text

the great (un)known

10/3/2024

We have always known
there is a great unknown,
sometimes a lifelong unknown,
at least until we have grown,
growing out of ourselves
putting our inner child behind
and facing the facts of life.

We have always felt it,
a great void to fill.
Many times we scramble,
doing all kinds of crazy to fill it,
  but almost nothing can.
  Perhaps the love of another will do,
  but even that is incomplete.

We have to stop running
away from it or hiding from it.
That great unknown, ever present,
gnawing on our insides,
  how empty and painful it can be.
  Perhaps the Great Known
  will solve the puzzle and fill the void.

We all know, if we're honest,
the solution to our greatest need.
We see Him all around, every day,
but for too long we ignore Him
  until hopefully, meekly,
  we just get up, open the doorway,
  the one to our hearts and let Him in.

Tis a solitary pursuit for most
till we stop long enough
to hear the absolute quiet
tranquility of our aloneness.
  Only then can we detect
  His still small voice
  and begin to learn again.

We we find, Lord willing,
is what we've always felt,
that the great unknowns of life
were created by the Great Known,
  our Creator God,
  who wants us to know Him
  as much as He wants to know us.

Unlearn this world
so you can learn of its Creator.
Embrace Him and live
while time remains.
  Don't get stuck
  in the muck of this life,
  instead look towards the life to come.

mAt 10/02/24

Every day

9/6/2024

Dear God

3/31/2024

Creator of everything
   we see
and everything
   we don't see.
We're only here
   today
because you're here
   every day.

What we have
   are those things
You have
   decided to give.
Nothing more
   is what we need,
nothing less
   is what You provide.

We recognize
   the supreme sacrifice
   of Jesus on the cross.
Daily we see
   how He intercedes
   in our lives,
offering protection and guidance
   whenever we ask
   and many times when we don't.

On this day we celebrate
   the Risen Christ,
   Your Son, Jesus.

He did as You commanded
   and reopened the door
   to eternal life for us all.
We only have to walk
   through it in faith.

His mission is ongoing,
   and He will return
       to gather us who believe,
   then He will judge
       those who are left behind.

For after here is a forever life,
   one that knows
   no sorrows, no tears, no pains,
   but only Love, Joy and Peace.

We graciously wait
   during this Age of Grace,
   longing to see those
   who have gone on before us.

It's knowing we will see You, see Jesus,
   along with so many we've missed
       for so long,
   that gives us the will
       to continue
       for as long as it takes.

Amen...

mAt 3/30/24

Easter 2023

4/9/2023

LOOK INTO HIS LIGHT

6/20/2022

HOPE

6/20/2022

Be A Beacon

5/8/2022

1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

He is the Light

4/17/2022

He is Risen! Not only on this anniversary but every day. And He is returning soon.