June 14, 2021

MAYBE WE NEED TO LISTEN  TO  KIDS

 

We’d be surprised if we took the time
to ask kids what they are taking in.
 
Jesus told us to be like little children.
Maybe they know when the kingdom is.
 
Maybe Jesus went around with Joseph
when he went around to take on jobs.
 
Maybe he watched moms and dads
and how they treated each other.
 
Luke tells us Jesus grew in wisdom, age
and grace when it comes to life together.*
 
Maybe Joseph did a job in a house
where a father told him about his two sons.
 
Maybe Joseph fixed a broken door at
Martha, Mary and Lazarus’ house.
 
Maybe Jesus saw family tables
where bread and wine were central.
 
Maybe little kids went to Jesus as a kid and
told him about their worries about their parents.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

*Luke 2:52

June  14,  2021 

Thought for the Day

 “The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.”  

Mark Twain

June 13, 2021

LONELINESS 

Loneliness creeps ….
It happens – and you actually don’t know -
and maybe  you'll never know - when it started. 
You’ll know you  have something to do with it –
at some points – but after it takes over –
it’s hard to unravel its rust and dust –
it’s clog and caught. It feels like inner ugliness.
At some point you'll  need others – another –
to spray some spiritual WD-40 - on various
parts of you - that are dirt stuck – won’t move –
but that’s too simple a solution. You’ll also have
to scream “Help!” to God – and hopefully 
you'll  get to know your starting image of God.

It's great when you can hear a "me too"

or two - from a lonely God - but that's 

only a beginning. 

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 June  13, 2021

Thought for the Day 

"What  you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.”

 

Marcus Annaeus Seneca

 June 12, 2021

THE   OTHER  SIDE  

OF  THE  WINDOW 

For years she loved to grab a pillow
and just sit there looking out the window.
 
She would watch people coming down
the street – heading home – after work.
 
She let her imagination tell the story
of each person’s day – their mysteries.
 
Till finally she sat back – grabbed her
notepad and write the novel of her life.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 June  12, 2021

Thought for the Day 

“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”

 

Andre Gide

June  11,  2021

 

THERE’S  MORE

 
Life is the add on’s – the more ….
 
Gravy, pepper, salt, ketchup, mustard:
we have to add on the add on’s to make
what we’re making tasty, more delicious.
 
Of course there’s more – a lot more.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021