4u2rethink

In busyness
the thinker is silenced
unable to be heard over the noise of activity and response
Thinking confined to predetermined iron tracks bolted to the ground
Thinking and work an oxymoron
Thinking waits for …
a silence,
a stillness,
a space,
a distraction
a clearing in the midst of all that calls for attention
Thinking wants to run free from iron tracks

You a poet?
Think again.
 
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.â€?  Ephesians 2:10
 
The bible tells us that we are God’s masterpieces / workmanship (poiema)
“It is not that poems and sagas narrate what happens to men and women, but that in their […]

“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”” Ps 53:1
For a long time I thought an atheist was one who didn’t believe in God. I’m now realizing that many who claim to believe in God practice a form of functional atheism.
Denying beauty and calling it chance,
worrying over things outside your control,
wearing a mask,

ignoring […]

Today the space between us was awkward
There was unease in your voice
Your eyes looked with distance, yet had a penetrating glare
Arms folded you lean backwards as if about to speak.
 
Anticipating a pause, immediately I go on attack
 
“Silence,
You are insatiable
I give you a little, you want the lot
You flood me with fears and even my shadows come […]

Living comfortably in your own skin
the confidence to be at home with yourself
where you don’t have to change to be who you’re not
exposed yet unashamed
alone yet not lonely
confidence wrapped in humility
to laugh with the world at yourself
yet to look all the world in the eye and know your true value
is simply to be…

who you […]