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Two Words (6-Word Non-Fiction)

 Two words, remember soul; just hope. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

New Songs

          New songs, old truths, dependable ones; trusting a dependable God. New day, greater fire; still I rise because of Jesus. New insights, fresh beginning; I.will.start.again. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Already

          Shadows fall, then fire with it, raining down again. Clouds descend, and with it fiery trials, still I walk. Wrapping hope around the face of my soul, clothing my battered spirit in faith in good still possible in Jesus.  Fire falls, the fire of trials, still I walk, 'till the clear air of restoration fills my soul... or maybe it already has. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Still There Is...

       Go, go, go! Always it seems, with little it seems. Still there is more. More in the busy. More in the checklists of today. Live. Check. Breathe. Check. Listen to, and follow Jesus. Double check. Grateful there is more in Jesus leading me; more than just surviving. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

When Shadows Fall

       When shadows fall, and darkness becomes plain, I see. the lace becomes? I see. the lack, the fall from grace. When shadows fall, and darkness becomes plain, hurt is prevalent; the offender and offended feel it, and the stumbling is the next phase. Looking, searching, where ruin can come, or healing, if we let it. When shadows fall, and bleeding occurs, we know it, own it, and wonder what to do with it.           Where shadows fall, and darkness is plain, let hope not fall, ruin not remain; help us Jesus, we all walk in shadows sometimes, we all need Your help when we're there, whether we've caused them, or were made to walk in them.  Let our darkness not remain, and renewal abound, when shadows fall, and we don't know what to do Jesus; praying these things in Your name.  Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a part...

Moments Of Margin

          In a moment, I consider the passing vehicle, one that looked like a bulldog's face from it's front as I look in a second glance. In a moment, I consider the amazing storytelling ability of someone I never met before then, and smile. It may be short, these moments of margin, but I'm grateful for a creativity that can't be silenced. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

.....With Great Impact (Nonfiction Experiment)

          Back and forth, up and down, moving all around. Tiny lives with great impact known in just being. One talks to another. One listens to another. Working and living. In tiny communities known, truly known, to them only; these dragonflies that inspire together . Here they inspire me to hope, showing the creativity of Jesus, creativity I'm using with each word penned here. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Living (Cinquain Poetry)

Monday, rising slowly, one step, then two, walking; slowly I enter today again;  living. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Somewhere Between The Noise....

           Somewhere between the noise and the silence I hear the call to create. Life is loud. Days are busy, yet silence still remains, and it is here I listen. Listen as inspiration invites me in. Listen as the noise of a world that never seems to stop is drowned out. Listen as a moment to write meaningful expression and healthy creativity suddenly surrounds me.... surrounds me and it's okay....okay as I find rest in creative expression through words I'm writing that bring grace to this tired soul. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Flipping Pages (Poetry)

Flipping of pages through days gone by,  looking again at words written there,  written in the minutes and moments.  Turning of times with each picture played,  words taking action,  giving speech,  as movies and moments. Wondering what to think.  Curious what to make of it all.  What lessons would be learned?  Live; and let Jesus teach you!  Live; and take joy in how you've been blessed to bless soul of mine! Live; and reflect to restore,  to empower, to remember how the Lord has done good,  both in you and those who may read,  read the pages of life you're living,  And not just flipping. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Tired (Acrostic Non-Fiction)

         Tired, I take a time to rest again.  In the going I am worn; pausing to heal.  Remembering what's important then:  Even in depletion there is rest needed;  Daring to lay down my way to find better. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

It's In The Red

           It's in the red, all that matters and makes it worth it, even in the mixture. It's in the red, blended together, adding value to it all. It's in the red, messy and lasting, where there is still good, where there is still worthwhile in what isn't neat and orderly. I'm speaking of spaghetti sauce, but this is life also. It's in the "red" moments of life where good is found; in the least likely of places where the best of life still is. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

To Grow Again

         It's not funny or marvelous; it's just words. Just words from a tired heart, a worn mind, an aged soul. Just sentences, becoming a paragraph to healing and rest; expressing self to grow again. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

The Child Plays

          The child plays, somewhere deep inside, within this fenced-in playground of an aged body he plays. The imaginative part of me creates games, dreams big, still hopes. The fencing of age may be up, the gate closed, but it hasn't stopped him. He plays and creates joy in what he has and I watch, reflecting inside.           Here I'm encouraged, not because my child-like nature remains, but because this creative part of me isn't restrained by time or age; he just has to be creative in a different way.            So we imagine, dream, "play" together as joy and fun happen, where this God-given blessing becomes awakening for me, one I'm grateful Jesus blesses me with. Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be b...

There

            It cuts, slowly, grabbing at the walls of survival: facial hair that wouldn't be cut 'till now. Pulling painfully, at first, then it's gone: the moments of overcoming now overcome. It goes, little by little, as "the lawn" is "mowed" of hair that was shaved clean. Little by little it falls. Little by little I laugh inside, seeing how funny it would be if I went out in public with half my head shaved. The child-like nature in me laughs, then I finish, growing as the adult and the inner child create life together.               The child-like nature smiles at the creativity of a shaver made by a dreamer, smiles at the wordplay of "hooks" that came to him as the electric razor pulled painfully at thick facial hair; smiles because of creativity NOT pain found then. The adult in me smiles at responsibility done, a fresh weight of hair properly removed. They stand side by side inside, grateful for the opportunity...