A Life Like Helen Keller

Magpie #63

"The kaleidoscope of colour which is my life, shows the interesting choices I've made along the way."   ~Antie Koekie

I have seen only a few lives like that
the ones that stradle time with tattered wing

piercing through the barbed wire fence

of all we perceive that cannot be

they defy the odds as if miracle's child

reaching out with a unrelenting force

holding a will to thrive instead of survive

within their chest

making us believe in the beauty of adversity's

strength to charge us onward

to the place no one dared tread

proving the human spirit is both

resilient and a vision to behold.

I have always been in awe of the life of Helen Keller. and all that she achieved in her lifetime.  She overcame so many obstacles that most of us would have not attempted.  She is truly one of my heroes of the 1900's.  She gave humanity so much beauty and strength of spirit.  Her sparkling life will certainly be shining through out time.   For in the end we are not remembered for what we tried to attain in this life, but what we gave of substance to the lives of others, that leaves a lasting mark.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Helen Keller

The Powerful Gentleman

"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him.  For He departed, and behold, He is here."  ~St Augustine

He came into this world not on a lion's throne but in a stable with the gentle lamb.

He walked among the many, The One, The great I Am.

He reached into their hearts, and planted seeds of hope with care.

He had a mighty message that He gently had to share.

He did not wear a crown of jewels, nor bear a shiny sword.

He only had a crown of thorns and a cross was all he bore.

He could have put up a great fight, or called the angels to,

but all He said was, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Now he stands at your heart's door, and he could break through if He chose,

but He will only gently knock, and then He will quietly go.

Such a powerful decision, Jesus allows us to be the ones to make.

Still powerful He died for all of us, and now our decision Jesus gently awaits.



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A Thirsty Place

Magpie #61

 "Loneliness is the most terrible poverty."  ~Mother Teresa



 I got a glimpse of it in a homeless man's eyes
I heard it in a poverty stricken child's cry
I felt it in a widowed woman's grasp
I tasted it in the kiss of a love I once had
I mingled with it holding a bottle of champagne
I fled from it once in a crowded jet plane
Yet no matter where I go or choose to stay
Loneliness is always a thirsty place.

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Just A Glimmer

With just a glimmer of strength you could stop the raging sea.

With just a glimmer of grace you could set the captives free.

With just a glimmer of hope you could clear a stormy sky.

With just a glimmer of light you could make a rainbow in the night.

With just a glimmer of faith you could heal a world of scars.

With just a glimmer of love you could build a bridge between two hearts.

With just a glimmer of truth you could open up people's eyes accross the land.

With just a glimmer of compassion the whole world could reach out a helping hand.

With just a glimmer of forgiveness you could turn a war into peace.

With just a glimmer of God all mankind would fall down to his knees.

"A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your soul. " ~Author Unknown

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A Dixie Cup In An Ocean of Chance

Magpie #60

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

~Garth Brooks

What might have been

is like countless raindrops

in the desert sands

it was just

never meant to be.

I have often wondered why things work out in life the way they do....why do some people have so many struggles, and others have so many successes....but as time has gone by...and I have learned a few lessons along the way...I have come to understand that we should try the best we can right where we are in our life, but no matter how big our plans may be....we are truly like a dixie cup in an ocean....for God always has a bigger plan.

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A Vision To Behold

Magpie #59

"Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked."  ~Ralph Ellison

I held her once my fickle friend before she had to flee

It seemed a mere moment that I could never seize

The only grasp I could hope to hold would never suffice

For beauty is a wayward kind that leaves before goodbyes

The only way to capture her and keep her in one place

Is a snapshot or paint and canvas held within a picture frame.

 

The Mighty Things II

Magpie #58

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."  ~C.S. Lewis

BRAVERY

It is not the man that can easily do what we are all frightened of,

but the one who is certainly afraid yet dares to do it anyway.

FRAILTY

It is not the heart that is easily broken with compassion,

but the one too hard to feel it that has taken the greatest loss.

POWER

It is not the hand that swings the weapon that holds the most power,

for it can only quickly move us about, but the one that carries the tools of the builders and weaver of the soul that hold the power to change our lives.

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Hope Remains

Thursday Think Tank #40

"When you say a situation or person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God."  ~Charles L Allen

There has always been

blind eyes and silent voices

drunken fights and chilling choices

children abused and big mistakes

the innocent accused and namelless graves

deadly diseases and forbidden lovers

shaky knees and grieving mothers

crippling births and miseries of war

unquenched thirsts and broken hearts

idle hands and shattered lives

demonic plans and battered wives

heart aches and lost souls

....yet what remains

is there shall always be hope.

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." ~Christopher Reeve

This post is dedicated to all the precious lives lost in Japan's recent earthquake, and the ones left behind, whose lives will never be the same.  Let us not turn a blind eye, and do nothing.

The Artistry of God

Magpie # 57

God loved the flowers and invented soil.  Man loved the flowers and invented vases.  ~Variation of a saying by Jacques Deval

You did not get here all by yourself my beautiful friend

every garden once had a beloved gardener

and each falling leaf once had a limb

the earth at times may seem parched

as the winds blow hard

but your petals hold a purpose

right here where you are.



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The Callused Knees of Mercy,

The open arms of humility can build a mighty bridge

and reaching hands hold hope

that they shall surely give

but you cannot reach a hardened heart

with the calused hands  from condemnation's workings

for it can only be touched by the callused knees of mercy.

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A Different Kind of Hunger

Magpie #53

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

~Mother Teresa

I have always searched for hope

like a child for an open hand

awkwardly reaching out

in grace and then clasping on tightly

knowing it was mine to hold

I still long for its embrace now

tender like a man longs for a woman's touch

and no matter how much a comfort it is

the longing will never cease

Certainly I shall always

feel this hunger

like the deprived hope once more for a full plate

something they can take in

and make full what once was empty

yes I know that craving indeed