Faith

Recognize the Truth is a poem for a word prompt provided by Miss Kate.  Once a week she lays forth an idea so we can practice our writing skills.   Tonight I was talking with a friend and she called me a wordsmith.  Isn’t that a neat term? As defined by the Cambridge dictionary a wordsmith is “a person who has skill with using words, especially in writing”.    What I know is I like words, but I tend to go for simple words when writing to make it easy for folks.  And writing is fun!  🙂  I don’t know how skillful I am, I write to have fun.  🙂 

Recognize the Truth

This morning at work I was
forced to recognize the truth.
A costume designer I am not.

I admittedly tried, but
the antennae I made, in an
effort to copy Gru’s dog, failed.

Failed miserably I might add.
My manager laughed and then
applauded me for trying, since….

it is much much more than I
would ever do for a holiday I think
of only as Candy Day.

She then did her best to
turn me into a minion, and,
instead of antennae, wild hair!

Some minions I guess have a
wild hair day, and today was one
of those days!

When I got home, there was a survey
awaiting me from the pastor of our church
asking questions about matters of faith.

I had to recognize the truth that
I struggle as a believer at times to
carve out the time needed for God.

To spend time in his word, to
talk with him daily, and to just
take the time needed to deepen.

Lack of planning and the lovely
ability of being distracted by
everything else in life to blame.

You want to know what other truth
I must recognize? Trying to write a
five minute post when

the world series of baseball
and Candy night coincide is
not very doable!!!

Five minutes has stretched out
into bits of time over the
past hour! BUT DONE!!!

It’s been a while since I’ve joined in with Five Minute Friday.  Today’s post of Let me Explain gives you a glimpse into why.   Boy am I tired!  So much in life to keep a body busy!!!  I still have things to keep me “entertained” but overall, I can see a finish line. 

It was fun the other day, putting on spotify and listening to Fernando Ortega most of the day, and other days listening to books.  I listened to Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill.  This is a fantasy novel with an interesting quest and a weird twist at the end.  But it turned out well (I was quite concerned for a while that the ending would be bad), but that twist made it all work out. 

Let Me Explain

Let me Explain,
give me a moment or two
to give you the reason
absent I’ve been.

You see first it was
the rabbitry, needing a roof,
and the rebuilding of shelves
and sanctions for cages to rest upon.

Then it was the yard,
massive yard waste to
clear up and take to the
local dump.

And then the lad’s girlfriend,
living with us is,
needing a room to call her own,
instead residing the library in.

Noting as things moved,
two much stuff this house has,
so removing furniture and
accumulated life.

The end is in sight,
the “to be shredded” pile in half,
two file cabinets, one writing desk,
and a shelf to be taken away.

Just some pictures to hang,
an office to tidy,
and hubby to sort through
his stuff and

Just in time for bible
study to start, when
I’m feeling like I might
actually have time!

What is the bible study I’m joining in on?   Unexplainable Jesus by Erica Wiggenhorn.  I won’t be actually going to the study but will be doing it at home. I find that going out at night, I start to fall asleep and I don’t like feeling dangerous on the road. So I am doing it at home, and that will be good.   

Anyways, the study.  We’ll looking at Jesus through the book of Luke. Five lessons per week over an 8-week period.  So just a bit to study over five nights in a week (so highly doable).  Videos to watch. And just learning more.  It’s a good thing no?   Perhaps you’ll want to join iU