My Take
DiVoran Lites
Oh, armored one with your:
Pointed beak,
Big Fat Tongue,
Long sharp claws,
Lumbering gait,
Tunnel master,
I just want to talk to you.
Don’t disappear
Into your shell.
Into your burrow.
Please come out
I won’t harm you,
Or the secret life you live.
Slow and so free.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Fresh journal page by DiVoran Lites
There is more to life
than what we can see.
Who we really are
is our true identity.
Don’t allow yourself to be intimidated by talents of others.
God created you to be unique!
He gave you special gifts of your own –
You are far more talented than you think.
We are all actors on the stage of life.
Study the script, my friend.
Notice that even the brevity of parts
doesn’t determine the end!
Do your best to honor the Lord –
Serve honestly and be fervent.
In the end you’ll hear the Master’s words,
“Welcome to the joy of the Lord,
good and faithful servant.”
Quote by Reverend Oliver G. Green
“Use what talents you have –
the woods would have little music
if no birds sang their song
except those who sang best.”
My Take
DiVoran Lites
As small as a 14 point period, they:
Forage in a line or a circle
Around any food particles
On the floor or inside a
Compost container, love:
Dried cat food on the floor,
Zip-bagged honey jars.
Please try to remember that:
Ants are enemies.
Remove from hot coffee with,
The corners of several tissues.
Sprinkle diatomaceous earth
On every new trail,
And caulk all holes and cracks.
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From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Thank you, Lord, for your promises.
Thank you for your loving care.
You satisfy our every need.
Your presence is everywhere.
Patience is a trait that takes time to acquire.
It isn’t zapped into our being.
God uses situations as learning tools.
such as waiting for things we are not seeing.
It takes time to form relationships-
a bonding of two souls.
Patience is essential
in working toward our goals.
There is no substitute for friendship.
It begins with our Lord, above.
What a friend we have in Jesus.
The Cross is the symbol of love.
I want to follow in His footsteps
in helping my fellow man.
Even in my old age,
I know my Savior has a plan.
Keep looking up, dear friend.
That’s where our future lies.
Our physical body is subject to death-
but our soul never dies!
My Take
DiVoran Lites
Clouds of infinite and irreplaceable variety
Flowing and developing like a water-color painting.
Angry black clouds and Jesus rising from sleep to speak:
“Be still and know that I am God.”
Clouds with sunlight and silver linings.
Peace that passes understanding.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
“The holiest of all holidays are those kept
by ourselves in silence and apart.
The secret anniversaries of the heart.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I applied Longfellow’s words to my heart
and brought Christmas into view.
I decorated my Christmas tree.
I wish I could share it with you.
A beautiful glass cross adorns the top,
and tiny white angels express their song.
When I keep my thoughts on Jesus, our Lord,
I have Christmas all year long.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Today is the “tomorrow” that I thought about yesterday.
Then why is it said, “Tomorrow never comes”.
when it came today?
I have so much to do today,
I’ll have to think this through.
If I can’t complete it all,
Here’s what I’ll have to do.
I’ll set myself free from stress-
more time I’ll have to borrow.
I’ll reschedule today’s events-
“Thank God for tomorrow.”
P.S. I’m going to stop procrastinating-
(Once I get around to it.)
My Take
DiVoran Lites
Photography by Melody Hendrix
Trader come down the draw,
Truck, trailer, red cloud dust.
I saw he had a filly,
And own her, that I must.
“I’ll take that paint;” I say,
“It looks like she’s got soul.
I’ll get a stallion in,
Next year we’ll have a foal.”
“You keep an eye on her,
“She’s mustang through and through,
A wild one from the range.
Foal next year? Maybe two.
“You call me ‘bout that horse,”
The trader wasn’t done.
You need to talk ‘round here.
It’s all that makes life fun.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
When I cried out in my sorrow,
His presence came shining through.
Don’t ever suffer in silence.
Christ is always there for you.
Do you know that God smiles?
It’s recorded in His word.
That is so encouraging.
A fact I had never heard.
“When they were discouraged
I smiled and that encouraged them
and lightened their spirits.”
(Job 29:24 TLB)
My Take
DiVoran Lites
I danced once to a fiddle.
Bill smiled, the fiddle-man played.
I stepped and swirled in a picnic pavilion
No one else in the park
No one said a word
One fine day.
Old Things R New 