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Perhaps I’ll get it done

July 13, 2025 By Annette1 2 Comments

My hubby likes to give me a hard time (not in a bad way) about how Five Minute Friday in this household often becomes Five Minute Sunday.  🙂  I told him “Perhaps” I’ll get it done on Friday!   And well, funnily enough, here it is Five Minute Sunday again…. He laughed, I laughed, and you know, life is good.  

Perhaps I'll get it done

Perhaps I’ll Get It Done

Perhaps I’ll get it done
this Friday, or the next day
could it be Saturday, or
pretty sure Sunday comes.
Sunday being a
quiet day to rest and relax
and take in some poetry while
chatting with hubby, it’s the way
the week runs you know? 🙂

Mayhap, a word much like perhaps,
is one I often use. Taking it’s origins
from “may” (as in maybe) and
“hap” (as in to happen). It’s got an
old-time flair and oft appeals to me.

Perhaps I’ll get it done,
those chores that await,
the bathrooms, the kitchen floor,
and the dishes a daily thing,
go figure that people gotta eat!
Then the bunnies, and the cats,
and the garden can’t be beat!

Mayhap, just perhaps,
time will stop a moment or two
helping me to get through
my position away from home, and
my working it out at home. Making
moments between moments to get it
all done. It goes along well.

Though sometimes, all those,
perhaps I’ll get it done… ,
Moments wear on a body a bit
and something breaks, just a
spell, and time away is needful.
Then suddenly vacation plans, chatty hubby,
and bunny hugs make the world better again.

And just perhaps
spending some needful time
with the one who created me. 
The one who created all that is around me,
the one who reminds me that
rest is a needful thing as well. 🙂

God Speaks

Exodus 20:8-11

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Matthew 11:28-30

 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

 

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Five Minute Friday, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Three Faces

June 27, 2025 By Annette1 6 Comments

Three Faces are the inspiration for this poem.  These are faces that I see everyday for good or ill.  They aren’t the only faces I see, but today, they gave room for thought.  And that’s not a bad thing.    This post is part of the weekly challenge put out by Miss Kate.

Three Faces

Three Faces

Staring in the window,
a face stares back.
A little face, with tufty ears,
waiting, patiently, the wind must stop!
Then one shadow can be with
his human again.
But until, the noise of the window,
keeps one very scaredy cat
confined within doors.

Looking down the stairs,
I hear the sound of a squeaky mouse,
so I know what face I will see.
A small, orange/brown tabby,
who thinks my hubby is just “ALL THAT”,
and tolerates me well enough because
I brought squeaky mouse into the house.
Her bright eyes and small slinky body
occasionally make me laugh.

A long-haired cat sits on a table
staring with a croaky Miaow.
Her face is not one to be messed with,
with calico coat shows her nature.
Figuring out what she wants suddenly
becomes vitally important.
Quick to take offense, but
equally quick to give way,
Fierceness gives way to fear
if push truly comes to shove.

Benji, Ivy, and Lizzy,
we’re apparently their slaves,
ones to do their bidding when,
fear of the world doesn’t
get in the way.

Sometimes, I think I’m a cat too.
Wanting God to be my slave, except
when I’m too concerned about other things.
Wanting God to meet all my needs (according
to his riches in glory), until I get
distracted by the things surrounding me.

I so need to be less cat like, and more
aware of the depth of his love for me, and
how I hurt his heart when I act too “Catty”.
He calls me to be more than that you know?
“Be holy as I am holy” he quietly says.
Not something you’d say to a cat eh? 🙂



Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Honour-bound

June 7, 2025 By Annette1 3 Comments

Miss Kate has chosen the word honour as the five minute Friday word of the week. Mind, she chose to use the American spelling of the word, but hey, I’m Canadian and just have to spell it correctly.  🙂  Yes, I can politely poke a little fun at our Southern neighbours eh?  It’s the Canadian way you know, and I am rather honour-bound to be the Canadian that I am.  🙂   

Honour-bound, text over image of a person swearing to tell the truth

Honour-bound

Honour-bound I am
to be the Canadian that I am.
Polite, quick to apologize,
stalwart in the defense of my land,
Watcher of hockey, and of
(not) the wearing of a toque.

I’m honour-bound to say it,
a gardener I am. Not the greatest,
but I like to puddle around and
I just love watching plants grow
and seeing flowers bloom unexpectedly.

And I have to admit, that a rabbit-raiser
am I! Fervent on the topic, my sister said
“You can always talk rabbits”, and
it created within a grin. The garden helps
to feed the rabbits! *successfully I might add!*

Honour-bound I have to say, that
I’m really not that important,
but I seem to be loved by others
who disagree with that assessment.

A hubster that seems to like
spending time with me.
A son who tolerates me well
and chats much with him mama.
And a God above who promises to
love me forever and always minds me well.

Bound with Honour I need say that
despite the slow pace of the organist
at my uncle’s funeral today, this favourite
song of his, was a boon to my spirit.
In Christ Alone.

It’s good to have reminders
of God’s goodness and how much
he has done for us, which gives
a reason to hold him close
you know what I mean?

Closing questions

What would truth have you telling me about you today?  If you were honour-bound to share part of your life with me, what would be a first thing to share?   A love of your job?  A favourite pet?  The best hobby ever?  What kind of thing would strike your fancy?

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Five Minute Friday, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Can I be Persuaded?

April 5, 2025 By Annette1 9 Comments

Five Minute Friday is upon us again.  This week the word prompt is persuade.  I got to thinking about my son and how he is resistant to the truth of God. He’s been influenced by those who like to twist truth to present their own arguments.  So I’ve been reading and trying to understand truth so I can present it to him in an effort to persuade him to look harder.   In the process I’m having to answer the question myself, Can I be persuaded to see truth again? 

Can i be persuaded?

Can I be Persuaded?

Can I be persuaded?
Too more seriously take a look?
just what is this mystery?
What’s the deal with this book?

66 books, all inspired so they say
by one God up above, he had a lot to say.
39 books of ancient history, poetry and more,
27 books of new history, starting 2000 years ago.

Consider this, how over so very years
the message aligns from start to finish.
With some variation in style and words
the message is clear, God spoke his word.

A word became flesh, from beginning to end,
a promise made, proving the word true,
as it was promised and shown throughout
the written word.

So many copies made verifying truth
Copies upon copies so that comparisons
can be made, showing the truth in words written
more verification than ANY other book written.

History speaks through church fathers,
folks who knew what was written and by whom,
showing truth that time might muddy the
waters of, the truth of books written.

Check out Why Trust the Bible?  Written by Greg Gilbert.

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Vacant in different ways

March 28, 2025 By Annette1 4 Comments

Vacant is a word to be described in different ways.  A mental outlook, a space, or a position.  How many things does the word vacant draw to mind you?  Does it give you sense of satisfaction or hope, or perhaps leave you with a sense of emptiness?   Join me and other five minute Friday authors as we explore this word. 

text: vacant in different ways
image empty garden spot with bare dirt in it.

Vacant in different ways

vacant
empty
available
absent
flat

after a night of no sleep
reacting to the world around
has me feeling flat and empty
like it doesn’t really matter
and nothing can impact me.

a spot is open, the cats are
delighted as it means for them
a place to defecate and urinate.
I’m not impressed but they are determined
that this garden vacancy not be in vain.

a spot is available, a position has opened up,
would you like to apply?
a job-searching hubby is delighted
and finally accepts a new position within the
same company so no loss of benefits realized!

a mistake noticed in the fog of sickness
a doe due, and an empty nestbox waiting to be filled
was given to the wrong girlie. A Sad loss discovered
as a doe looking for a vacant nestbox could not
find one. Sickness sucks.

a empty tomb
a promise held
death defeated
Sin has no power.
hope abounds.

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Life Journey

March 14, 2025 By Annette1 10 Comments

I think I’m on a journey of reflection lately, not necessarily a bad thing that.  This post isn’t quite what I thought it would be this morning after a brief conversation with fellow sickie!  🙂   On a positive note my son is feeling some better, enough to do a paperwork day at his new job.  But hubby is now sick with me!  GAH, I guess our plans for the weekend are fully cancelled.   BUT my body doesn’t respond well to gastrointestinal illness, and recovery takes longer.  Hopefully my life journey will be a bit of a encouragement to this young lady as she continues on hers.  Learning to cope with some dignity instead of despair and too much frustation.  🙂   

This post is part of a five minute Friday word prompt.  Find out more at Miss Kate’s. 

text is life journey points to www.anetintime.ca image depicts person looking at different pathways

Life Journey

laying quietly in bed
gradually feeling a sense of
emergency, thinking, oh shoot,
not going to make it.
as yet again…
sickness hits and a mess ensues.
more laundry,<br />more washing up,
getting rather tired of this.

frustration with one’s body
mounts and then one stops as
in a moment of God-clarity
realization hits that one’s
life journey impacts others.

a young lady dwells with us
who struggles with her body
with unexplained illness striking.
hers so random doctors
can’t figure it.

she questions why,
and I understand the question.
because it’s one I’ve
oft asked, why was I cursed
with a body that dislikes
so much of life,

even though
both of us are relatively healthy,
happy, hardy people.
just with bodies with issues.

and we are minded of others
who have it worse
for much longer than
our brief bouts of
not being okayish with
the bodies we live in.

hopefully in this life journey
my experiences can show some
patience with God’s path for me.
Perhaps also a way to push through
to something more.

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, faith, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

Original Sin

March 3, 2025 By Annette1 6 Comments

So Miss Kate provided the word prompt of original for this Five Minute Friday.   Immediately I thought, Original Sin, but nothing was coming to me.  Nothing else came to me either so I decided to see what my fingers might come up with my original idea, and voila… words came. 

Not quite what I expected, but it works I think?  Tell me your thoughts eh?

Person holding up a cross with a sunrise background.  Text: Original Sin

Original Sin

When I first saw this word
I thought, hmm, original sin?
But I didn’t really know where
to go with that.
Sin isn’t really original
at this point.

But we aren’t just talking about
sin, we’re talking original sin.
That moment when Satan turned
against God and went after
the pinnacle of God’s creation.

Satan said to himself
“I’m as good as God!”
And then by his actions,
showed his competitive nature,
his devious, destructive path.

Twisting God’s words
“Did God really say,
‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Forcing Mary to recall God’s
exact words, and muddling them up.
“We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 
but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree
that is in the middle of the garden,
and you must not touch it, or you will die.’

God never said they couldn’t touch it.
So additions made,
changes in thought pattern introduced,
and so sin continued.

God wants better from us.
He gave us a prime example
to follow, and who could make
us right with him.

Jesus, his very own boy.
Perfection (seeing as he is God)
wrapped up in a human body
(so able to be tempted).
Who finished out his human
life not sinning even once.

So original that eh?
That one could win past
the heavy-artillery that was
thrown his way.

The question remains then:
Since he is such a good example,
why do I have such a time
imitating him better?

It’s annoying! 🙂
I want to do better and
yet, and yet, I fail
over and over again.

Original sin….
The sneakiness of one
who would say
I’m as good as God.
Creeps so easily into my life too.

And yet, I keep fighting,
it’s what I’m called to
do, it’s what YOU are called
to do too.

Filed Under: Faith, Poetry Tagged With: #fmfparty, Devotional, faith, Poem, poetry, Word Prompt

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