tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334253198605447602.post4766435604157464114..comments2023-06-28T11:41:37.792-04:00Comments on The Itsy Bitsy Monkey: Tomorrowbelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01247590943276439138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334253198605447602.post-77022106240006917622009-04-29T19:12:00.000-04:002009-04-29T19:12:00.000-04:00I always carry this in my wallet! :)
Does this co...I always carry this in my wallet! :) <br />Does this count?<br /><br />La Baguette - Poem by Oscar Romero<br /><br />A FUTURE NOT OUR OWN<br /><br />It helps, now and then, to step back.<br />And take the long view.<br />The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, <br />It is beyond our vision.<br /><br />We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of<br />The magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.<br /><br />Nothing we do is complete,<br />Which is another way of saying<br />That the kingdom always lies beyond us.<br /><br />No statement says all that could be said.<br />No prayer fully expresses our faith.<br />No confession brings perfection…<br />No set of goals and objectives includes everything.<br /><br />This is what we are about:<br />We plant seeds that one day will grow.<br />We water seeds already planted,<br />Knowing that they hold future promise.<br />We lay foundations that will need further development.<br />We provide yeast that produces effects beyond our capabilities.<br /><br />We cannot do everything<br />And there is a sense of liberation realizing that.<br />This enables us to do something,<br />And to do it very well.<br />It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way,<br />An opportunity for God’s grace to enter and do the rest.<br /><br />We may never see the end results…<br />We are prophets of a future not our own.<br /><br /><br />Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated for speaking up for God's Kingdom and justice in 1980.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334253198605447602.post-45782407756772963122009-04-29T15:21:00.000-04:002009-04-29T15:21:00.000-04:00Thanks for the reminder. I think I'll pick one of...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".septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.com