Nutritious is Nancy’s diet, not nigh naughty
holistic homely ~ fruit, grains, coloured roots
she jogs, practices yoga daily, beautifully suits
knows body is Spirit’s temple, not high haughty
Into blue sea she dips frame, pure water sips
consciously serving cells new start unfolds
Sun shining vit D steady all right, light holds
temperance becomes her norm, chaos flips
Deep breathing clear air a habit to comely care
work play rest, due ratios for adventurous year
clarity, decisiveness with peace positive dear
Nancy will so attain desired plans fabulous fair
Surrender outcomes of goals in tantamount Trust
to God's Will ~ Reverence be holy Just
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Honorable Mention (Contest : Jan.26
New Start : Sponsor : Miranda Hurley)
Tenacious on occasion.
Orderly always.
Unspoiled by opinions of others.
Generous to a fault.
Honesty is his only policy.
Outperforms what is expected.
Longing for Heaven.
Decisiveness is a strong point.
Backbone shows in the face of adversity.
Ideas that solves problems he owns.
Receptive to the opinions of others.
Downhill is now his direction of flight.
For most of my life, I had heard it said,
'Follow your heart.' It made sense to me,
but there was a measure of vagueness.
Only a few years ago did I hear someone say,
'Do not follow your heart; LEAD your heart'.
Someone has also said, 'Lead, follow, or get
out of the way. ' What shall I then do?
Upon hearing the word, LEAD, I knew immediately.
I knew that my heart did not have the leadership
qualities required to navigate this journey of mine.
I knew that my heart reeked with inconsistencies.
At times, it was indecisive, weak, and worried.
At times, it displayed both surprises and deceit.
With such traits, how could my heart be depended
upon to lead me through the hills and valleys of life?
I needed decisiveness, strength, confidence, and faith.
I needed something, someone, greater than me or my heart.
That is where Christ and His teaching came in with answers.
On the table, posing silent,
It taunts our outlook, coyly –
Un-sharing of its true intent,
In Mona Lisa mystery.
We bite at its enticing mass,
That bends our mind in simple bait –
This still-life liquid in a glass,
A frozen frame on reel of fate.
Some say it’s half the way toward gone,
While others see there’s more to pour.
But are we blessed for adding on,
Or simply cursed for drinking more?
Just midway toward decisiveness,
This glass awaits its destiny.
It’s in the hands of thirstiness,
Or trapped by formed capacity.
Seems that we get what we perceive,
In bias of the eye’s invent,
By what it is that we believe –
Or, maybe what is never meant.
October 19 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Mark 13-14
Key Verse – Mark 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR WARNING US
AGAINST DECEIVERS
Praise be to God for warning us against deceivers with their:
Dishonest words
Disgraceful ways
Disrespectful witness
Detrimental worldliness
Dysfunctional waywardness
Mark 13:32-37 Praise be to the Lord for
commanding us to be watchful while:
Waiting actively for His arrival
Working abundantly by His affirmation
Wanting His approval along His assurance
Walking against arrogant and apathetic attitude
Withdrawing from abominations through His assistance
Mark 14:6 Praise be to the Saviour for
delighting in our good work wrought on Him:
Dearly with dedication by His divine design
Diligently with determination to His direction
Dutifully with dependence on His driving defense
Devotedly with decisiveness through His distinction
Determinedly with discipline and discretion from destruction. Amen!
October 19, 2024
My name means “blessed*,” and I am by God’s wondrous delight
Midst determination, dedication, decisiveness, and discretion as traits-might
I’m the sister of Rudy, Bert and Ming, my siblings with caring height…
As a Social worker, I cherish the practice of kindness, truth and compassion
While my heart always prays for vibrant, triumphant, and jubilant reaction
To conquer fears of separation, rejection and deception…
By faith, I would like to see miracles, mercy and marvels in my ministry
Right now, I’m a resident of the Pearl of the Orient Seas in Asian territory
My surname bears “greatness” and “magnificence;” thus, to me, victory…
Daily, my special son expresses his love marked by warm embrace
While foster children greet me with their endearing cheerful ways
Meanwhile, orphanage kids encourage me sweetly in this life’s race
Since together, we are a loving family in God’s nurturing place.
*Psalms 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
July 1, 2024
1st place, "Bio Poem" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper; judged on 7/11/2024
March comes for everyone
to light his torch once more
in his decisiveness to go on.
March comes for everyone
to step one for his ladder
and start a new world.
March comes for everyone
to metamorphose again
and realized the sacredness of the year.
March comes for everyone
to welcome the god of the sun
and blest his season.
March comes for everyone
to turn the page of time
and renew his soul.
March comes for everyone
to think of toils
that one has sacrifices for His Will.
March comes for everyone
to look back and patch
what is missing in happiness.
March comes for everyone
to resolute his faith
for God and man.
March comes for everyone
who goes astray
and go back to where he belongs.
March comes for everyone
to commemorate the bitter sweet
of his love in February.
And, March comes for everyone
to carry his cross
to Calvary.
My place of natural habitation,
Lack of closeness and suffice of openness.
Never ever lacks a sustained vibration,
Possesses tenderness and politeness.
Sudden bursts of emotions,
Shows a genuine and tiredness.
My body and soul seek consultation,
As it lacks definite decisiveness.
The monotonous thoughts and their possession,
Neither retards nor show laziness.
The vigorous play is still on,
It is known for its uniqueness.
A deadly virus needs immunization,
Otherwise shows its seriousness.
Life is a matter of prevention and precaution,
Don't exhibit effortlessness.
Every action has got a reaction,
It demonstrates completeness.
Silent reunion of habit and habitation,
Still to come and will bring happiness.
Most confining and to the decencies,
Feebled feelings and enslaved alternates,
Oddly detached, from them degradations,
Of whimpered whines and conceived illusions.
The reliance on the diminished decisiveness,
The age past then that's best in stewardship,
Oddly detached from the practice in manship,
The dependence on them downed possessions,
Of untimely prowess, times of emancipations,
But conceitedly troubled with fantasized them,
The perceived attachments to concise illusions.
#Aug_2022
diligent duty demands dedication and decisiveness
May.9. 2022
Work Perspective Monoku Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Beta Augustin
No. of syllables-sixteen
A-crostic
K-nowledge
H-appily
T-eaches
A-bout
R-eason
J-ust
A-pplying
W-it
A-nd
D-ecisiveness
Topic: Birthday of poet Akhtar Jawad (February 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Though poetic in many ways,
my other side also presents
good strengths in business skills,
and productivity that shows
command without pretense.
Assertiveness, decisiveness
take place in non-artistic ways;
accounting flair digs in
for undertaking dreaded chores
like tax returns each year.
Supportive instincts always rise
to organize and look ahead.
With honed computer skills,
investment and financial sense,
my long-term goals are met.
The rigid business side of me
helps organize my mundane world,
while the poetic me,
coordinates my soulful sphere
when poetry unfolds.
Declining, demanding, yet defying...
It scares me to think, every moment of every second of every person's life has a direct link upon the time that's going to happen
I see ...
I see the future of the minute
that just occurred...
The moment that could have been cured,
It's so close
so vivid
it stings my head
it routes my route
..
It's so deep such that the feelings of inadequacy relay on the unknown yet the instantaneously known, so it goes .... So crude
It's terrifying it's doubtful it's unbelievably soulful ....
My time
my place
my thought
my itch,
determined by the
immense correlalation of occurrences
all infanely sewed together by
the needle of decisions.
Declining the time
deterring the mind
fooling it to the disbelief of
the actions,
the thoughts memories, the
moments of deceived decisiveness, ...
One tells me deal with it
Once upon a time ... I coulg have decided to not carry out a action to lead me to write this poem ...
The beauty here is you're also here, why are you here? The decision feeling lead you here ...
Adhesive seems to screen,
like a cage I found my being,
Imprisoned you!
Either intimidation or empowerment it slain,
Land in towns,...fence all over queen,
with one tree surrounded by forest,
Equiping personality negatively or positively in mess,
Stimulant to nerves,...shadow of tense,
Controller reasoning with thief of decisiveness,
Troublesetter good works fulfilled,
All on a pace,Yearning it boosts,
Holding key of routes,
Ladder of a wretched man,
Staircase to dreamers fan,
Dwellers in ghetto and slum,
Their Landlord,...Estate agent to tennants in a bungalow,
Serve as a crown made from amethyst,....and crown from hollow,
Defined with fear or enthusiasm,
Anxiety pinned to hope,hatred about scope,
Solidified by ground of pressure and disclosure,
Reliefs a contrite spirit,
Distuction underlying a smiling realist,
Every moment nailed to counters,
Figures outcomes converse,
Planet manipulated by force of attraction,
Born out from a mustard pest,
The overwhelming acronym of ADDICTION!
Regrets
a stressful moment to recall
events
of poor decisiveness
bad choice
gainless
fruitless
bad and sad.
Regrets.
Drencho POET Loads.
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