Category: July 2019

Posted in Haiku, July 2019, Scripture

From a Hawk

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Hawk feather

Heavenly reminder

God’s the giver of wisdom

Feather in my path

Haiku

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Job 39:26 KJV

The hawk, a noble bird of great strength and sagacity, and yet a bird of prey, v. 26. This bird is here taken notice of for her flight, which is swift and strong, and especially for the course she steers towards the south, whither she follows the sun in winter, out of the colder countries in the north, especially when she is to cast her plumes and renew them. This is her wisdom, and it was God that gave her this wisdom, not man.

Matthew Henry commentary on Job 39:26 KJV

I happened to find a beautiful hawk feather in my path as I was walking last evening. It is said to be a sign of wisdom.

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Posted in July 2019, Senryu

Speak Seeds

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Plant, in hands, seedling

Twas just a few words

They caused a mind to think

A seed was planted

Senryu

Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind. –Charles Fillmore

(So then, be sure the words you speak are good words)

Posted in July 2019, Syllabic Verse

Poor Richard’s Proverbs

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Statue of Benjamin Franklin on bench in McMinnville,OR
Original photo of Statue of Benjamin Franklin on bench in McMinnville,OR

Old Benjamin sits

In US Bank’s Town Square.

His wisdom behooves

Those who listen,

Learn,and get involved

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

—Benjamin Franklin

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

—Benjamin Franklin

“You may delay, but time will not.”

—Benjamin Franklin

For More Benjamin Franklin Quotes visit the link below:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/289513.Benjamin_Franklin

Posted in Acrostic, July 2019

Be Kind

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Believe There Is Good In The World—Be The Good

Kill them with kindness

If you can be anything, be kind

No act of kindness, however small, is wasted —Aesop

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. —John Wesley

Acrostic

ALWAYS BE A LITTLE KINDER THAN NECESSARY” —James M. Barrie

Kindness does wonderful things to a face. —Dixie Doyle

Today is “National Love is Kind Day”

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-love-is-kind-day-july-27/

#LoveIsKindDay #kindness #BeKind

Posted in Haibun, July 2019

Keep Shining Bright

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Penny

Shining in the sun

Though a bit worn down from its use

Penny catches my eye

There lying in an obscure place, just off the beaten path was a penny.

I probably would never have noticed it if the sun hadn’t been shining as most of it was worn from use and dulled. It’s edges were rough, as if it had been chewed up a bit by a machine.

However, today in the sunlight it shone brightly enough for me to notice and that made me think of how I reflected my life.

What did people see when they looked at me? Was I shining in the light of the Son?

Was I noticeable or just obscure.? Was I making a difference in people’s lives?

I might be worn and weary, but I should still be shining out the light of Christ.

Something this little penny in my path made me ponder.

Haibun

Posted in July 2019, Scripture, Syllabic Verse

Believer’s Benefit

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Ephesians 1:3 scripture verse image

Sitting in the heavenlies

Right next to my Savior

Covered from head to toe

With Spiritual Blessings

Enjoying Father God’s presence

Syllabic Verse

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