Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Occupy God's Table


God provides all the essentials we need
wonderful lighting
 fragrant flowers
utensils to utilize
food for nourishment
 and a place to sit
yet I have so often
preoccupied myself
with striving to attain
all these things myself
filling my mind with worry
emptying my pockets of bills
serving only to exhaust
all the energy
God gave me.


When I think of the word "occupy"....so many things come to mind.  In the dictionary it says that occupy is to take or fill up,to engage and employ the mind,to take possession and control of, and to hold.  It seems that the things that we choose to occupy our lives have a hold on us one way or another.  Either they have a hold on us or we have a hold on them.  Hopefully our choice is something worth holding on to.



Linking with Poetry Jam
and Imperfect Prose with Emily

 

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22 comments:

  1. Brian MillerDecember 14, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    nice...look at the birds, do they worry....but yes we fall into that trap easily...nice take on this carrie

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  2. MaryDecember 14, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Carrie, this is a stunning poem. I too am often preoccupied rather than occupied. Yes, we do need to recognize what God has given us.

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  3. Theresa MillerDecember 14, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Wow, I love this. It says so much in few words!

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  4. The UnknowngnomeDecember 14, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    OCCUPY - "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself".

    Blessings Carrie.

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  5. PeggyDecember 14, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    I too can relate to the problem of being preoccupied with trying to do too much and attain things. You say it well here. Write on!

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  6. Enchanted OakDecember 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    I understood this completely. If I'm lazy and let my vigilance lapse, I go immediately to ungrateful and tired without passing Go.

    I especially enjoyed your reminder that God provides "wonderful lighting" ... made me smile.

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  7. ayalaDecember 15, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    Lovely write!

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  8. Kevin RouthDecember 15, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    Great take on the theme!

    Visiting from the 'Poetry Jam'. :)

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  9. Mommy EmilyDecember 15, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    "hopefully our choice is something worth holding on to."

    oh carrie. how God speaks through you. how i've missed you friend. xo

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  10. Eileen T O'Neill .....December 15, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Carrie,

    I love this reminder about where we place the daily requirements. Forgetting about the important things and finding that we have enough to survive.

    Best wishes, Eileen

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  11. Laurie CollettDecember 15, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Hi Carrie, Thanks so much for following Saved by Grace! I'm so glad you did, because now I found your lovely blog and I'm following you too! What a lovely photo and post! We can trust God to provide for all our needs, and to answer prayers exceeding abundantly beyond what we could ever imagine or think.
    Love in Him,
    Laurie

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  12. UnknownDecember 15, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Hi Carrie, it looks like that we got something in mutual "the titles of our blogs".... I'm just passing by to say hi to this great blog and rich contents, great poem indeed.... regards,

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  13. MargaretDecember 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    wonderful lighting
    fragrant flowers
    utensils to utilize
    food for nourishment
    and a place to sit

    Oh, and the photo! truly heaven on earth. If the above were a list of things we searched for, most are free or relatively cheap to obtain. Simple pleasures, simple desires sometimes make for the best memories, best times. Loved this.

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Beautiful, Carrie. Lovely especially at this time of year.

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  15. Laurie KolpDecember 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    Beautiful and so good. We do "occupy" so many things and then those things occupy us.

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  16. artbyraeDecember 17, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    SO TRUE I think we all try to do things that occupy our life and then we are occupied by what we are doing without enough thought of what we are really doing at the time.

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  17. VictoriaDecember 17, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    I like the reminder that I must intentionally occupy the presence of the divine, of plenty, in order to esperience it fully.

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  18. HelenDecember 17, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Carrie, this is beautiful ... your header photo is awesome!!!

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  19. redprismaDecember 17, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    I really love this piece. It is funny to look back on our lives and see times we should have just let go of what we wanted and let God take care of us.

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  20. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryDecember 18, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    this is magical and dreamy.

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  21. rchDecember 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Amen Carrie, way to testify.

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  22. UnknownDecember 19, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Carrie, I'm so, so glad to have found your blog, and surprised to find someone speaking of God so frankly without that veiled cynicism that is everywhere today.
    Thank you very much for coming to the Jam, and I'll be back for more of you :)

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