Poems

Are you simply “too busy” to stop?
To notice when someone needs a smile?
Accompany friends in their trials?
Converse face to face instead of dial?
Sacrifice; going the extra mile?
To compliment the other’s style?
To just “hang out” for a little while?
Building bridges to a remote isle?

Make space to observe hidden tear drops!
Please slow down your active, spinning top,
Listen…when Jesus wants you to stop!

If they only knew, what Jesus can do…
Confession sharpens your field of view,
Wiping clean our sins, healing scar tissue.
Sacred Scripture’s wisdom carries you through,
Giving solutions to life’s bugaboos.
The Eucharistic gift, you must accrue!
Jesus transforms your soul, causing breakthroughs!
He gave us his mother! Jesus, thank you!
Why such indifference, why the empty pews???
Let Christ in…trust…try…make Him your go to!!

If only this and only that,
If I had a dog…not a cat,
Too cold, too hot…new thermostat?
A bad hair day…it just falls flat!
Respect?…treated like a doormat!

Ok, some days are tougher…it’s true!
And there’s not much you can do.
But Faith can change your world view:
The cross is not a bugaboo,
But sanctity’s best avenue!
Christ himself walked this path…will you?

Late for carpool, over cooking the rice?
Slipping into an occasional vice?
Pushed way too hard, tired of sacrifice?
As a friend of Christ, I have some advice:

Perfection is not the focus of God,
He knows that you are inherently flawed!
He rules with mercy…not an iron rod,
It’s your love and effort that he applauds!
Lean into Him…leave aside the façade!!

Explosive leaves go out with a bang,
For a few weeks, they’ll try hard to hang,
Making a statement, without a clang.

Our inner beauty should grow each day,
Remember you are Christ’s protégé!
Getting old? Let your colors shine!
Your holiness should improve with time!

The wheel of life seems to pick up steam,
As the Holidays become the theme.
Surreptitious shopping…too extreme?
Worst case scenarios…your daydream?
Lost harmony…on life’s balance beam?
Prayerfully ponder: what is your scheme?

Get off the wheel, slow down the whirl,
Make time for God, away from the swirl!
Kids MOST NEED your peace, the priceless pearl!

Brittle body bellowing?
Mitigating…mellowing?
Headache…horribly hurting?
Aggressively alerting?
Belittled, bewitched, betrayed?
Pain permanently pervades!
 
Christians, cease complaining!
Tough trials? Training!
Sanctity? Straining!
Reward? Reigning!

Deep, deep behind the scenes?
No glitz, glory or gleam?
Exhausted?  Out of steam?
Sacrifice…goes unseen?

The question must be asked:
What role have you been cast?
With Christ’s love you’ve been tasked!
Trust in Jesus! Holdfast!
Heaven is your forecast!!!

Twenty years ago, this journey began,
God proposed, and I accepted his plan.
Jesus chooses the weak and makes them strong,
He doesn’t say “good luck” but comes along!

Gift and mystery…it seems like a dream,
Instruments of love…through whom he redeems.
So touching to feel his heart-felt esteem!
Grateful, so grateful to be on his team!

Trimming the waste line?
Limiting fine wine?
Less golf…maybe nine?

If I may opine:
Be more genuine,
Less rough, more benign,
Build up, don’t malign,
With a smile, don’t whine!
Follow God’s design!
Let His bright light shine!!