Poetry

His Plans

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The last two weeks as we traveled North for the memorial service for our daughter -in-law have passed with a blur of hotels, phone calls, long days on the road and exhaustion. But the last several days we were blessed to be invited to rest at the lake house of our friends. I had visions of sitting out on the water, just thinking and being alone, but God surprised us with a 100-year flood, and we ended up in the house doing puzzles and just talking, drinking tea and sharing memories. Those moments I tried to capture with the words of a short poem, that I hoped might be a blessing to somebody today. 

His Plans / My Plans

 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

My plan was for quiet walks
To think long thoughts of sorrows
His was for me to be with friends
To talk about tomorrows

I planned for fishing on the lake
With quiet sunny weather
But He sent thunderstorms and floods
That shut us in together

He planned for me to stand and trust
Though I tried to run and hide
 And while I wrestled in the dark
He drew me to His side.

His Plans / My Plans
by Peter Caligiuri
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Making Time for Kindness

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God asks us to make time for kindness
No hurried decision or worried collision
Is worth overlooking a friend 

So, when we run late for appointments
And we ‘re making a fuss about those around us
We are missing the chance just to spend

A lifetime of sharing and listening
To stories and tears and the sorrows and fears
Of those He loved right to the end

 Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
Philippians 4:14

Making Time for Kindness
by Peter Caligiuri
Copyright © 2024 All rights reserved

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
 Mother Teresa

Poetry Is

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"Poetry is the art of fitting long meanings into short melodies, 
that might be easily sung and fondly remembered"
Peter Caligiuri
For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with understanding. 
Psalm 47:7 NKJV

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
The Road Less Traveled - Robert Frost

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Trees - Joyce Kilmer

Thus says David the son of Jesse;
Thus says the man raised up on high,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.
2 Samuel 23:1-3 NKJV