Tag: do
member name: Bethany C.
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February 20, 2008 02:22 AM EST --
God,
I like it when you tell me
to do something that
gives me the warm fuzzies
and makes me feel special.
I hate it when you tell me
to do something that
is going to make everybody . . .
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February 27, 2008 11:39 PM EST --
Today I was helping my sister homeschool my niece a bit and we were playing around with poetry writing. I started writing this just to tease my niece, but then I thought, Hmmm...not bad. . . .
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June 07, 2008 11:40 AM EDT --
I always forget that,
When one is dealing with darkness,
One cannot play nice.
Darkness doesn't play by light's rules.
In this dimension, we suffer long
And are kind. We try, . . .
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February 01, 2008 03:27 AM EST --
Just take a moment.
Smile at a stranger.
Call a friend.
Write an old aquaintance.
Say a prayer.
Touch a cheek.
Pat a back.
Give an offering.
Humor a child.
Sing an old song.
Sing a . . .
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February 17, 2008 04:58 AM EST --
Quickly!
The moment is slipping away!
Grab it!
Hold it!
Cherish it!
Keep it with you!
Because when it is gone,
It is gone.
Nothing you can ever do
Will bring it back.
Savor it
. . .
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June 18, 2008 03:09 AM EDT --
Ask of me some grand gesture,
Something to produce with courage and aplomb,
Dying for my cause--giving my last dime--
Such heroic sacrifices are my forte.
But do not ask me something common. . . .
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July 03, 2008 03:24 PM EDT --
Why do we say such things to each other?
Do such things to each other?
Don't we all feel the same pain
When our hearts break?
Don't we all cry somewhere
Down deep inside of us when . . .
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February 18, 2008 12:05 PM EST --
Well, I've got my Dad in a nursing home. In ways it's a lot harder than I thought it would be, but in some ways (and I feel guilty about this) it's a lot easier.
You'd . . .
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July 20, 2008 10:41 PM EDT --
I never meant to be an activist!
My big plan was to be an artistic
Creative genius and watch from
The sidelines of life and to let
Somebody else do all the dirty work.
Well, you know what . . .
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August 03, 2008 05:38 PM EDT --
Just wanted to tell everyone that I am going to be off of Gather for a couple of days. My father-in-law is in the hospital in Natchez and we are going over there to see about him. Say a prayer . . .
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July 15, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Dear Tom, . . .
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February 13, 2008 03:10 AM EST --
Lord,
I forgot to remember
that you have everything under control.
Forgive me for my doubt.
I don't want to be
one of those people
in the lake of fire--
you know the ones--
the . . .
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June 19, 2008 06:27 PM EDT --
I've had such a life!
It reads more like fiction
Than the truth.
Or it would, should I write
The whole of it, but I know better.
Already, people look at me in doubt.
Were I to tell . . .
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July 27, 2008 04:57 PM EDT --
Big words.
They sound so beautiful.
I love to use them
(After I've looked them up
To discover what they mean!)
Sometimes I mispronounce them
Sometimes my friends use them
And I don't . . .
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July 06, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
We all want to look good to people.
To those who, we think, matter.
In public we try to act as if we've never
Done anything wrong in our lives.
A person . . .
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August 10, 2008 10:48 AM EDT --
We may not be here long.
But what we do will linger,
Echoing in the minds of those
We've gone and left behind.
Our time below is precious.
Within it is decided our eternity--
Whether . . .
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August 15, 2008 12:51 PM EDT --
Lord, why do I
Do so many of
The things I do?
I want to do
So much better
Not because I,
As I might, fear
Eternal damnation.
But just because
I love you so
And I love people. . . .
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May 31, 2008 02:59 AM EDT --
I keep thinking that someday
I am going to do so much better.
I know Paul said that he
Went to do good but evil came of it.
I know he was a really great man
And if he couldn't do it . . .
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August 16, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
My to do list is never short enough to do.
Or even to write it all down.
It lengthens with the moments that I spend
Even contemplating all my chores.
My niece comes in and shrugs,
"I'm . . .
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January 31, 2008 09:13 AM EST --
Fresh in the morning I wake up
Renewed in my body and mind.
Yesterday's pain is over now
Mercies anew, I find.
Tears of the past are gone away
Smiles of the past are, too.
All that I . . .
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