The Itsy Bitsy Monkey: Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tomorrow

Remember that tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket day. I am thinking about carrying "Vespers" by A.A. Milne. What poem will you be carrying?

2 comments:

septembermom said...: Thanks for the reminder. I think I'll pick one of Emily Dickinson's gems. Not sure which one yet. I like "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" or "My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun".; April 29, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Unknown said...: I always carry this in my wallet! :)
Does this count?

La Baguette - Poem by Oscar Romero

A FUTURE NOT OUR OWN

It helps, now and then, to step back.
And take the long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
It is beyond our vision.

We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of
The magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.

Nothing we do is complete,
Which is another way of saying
That the kingdom always lies beyond us.

No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection…
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.

This is what we are about:
We plant seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
Knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects beyond our capabilities.

We cannot do everything
And there is a sense of liberation realizing that.
This enables us to do something,
And to do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way,
An opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest.

We may never see the end results…
We are prophets of a future not our own.

Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated for speaking up for God's Kingdom and justice in 1980.; April 29, 2009 at 7:12 PM

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