Virtue – Page 5 – MaddogPoetry

Give Me Grace

Jesus give me the grace to remember, “all is gift, all is grace” I often expect you to intervene and give me what I want. Instead rightfully and correctly You provide me with what I need. I pray for peace and quiet to listen intently. I get a cacophony of distractions Continue reading “Give Me Grace”

Triangulation

Triangulation – damaging and enabling conflicting and stabilizing discouraging and empowering without regulation – preservation presentation preparation with speculation – information interpretation imagination without manipulation – alteration application association with modulation – communication cooperation consideration

Original Goodness

Preternatural gifts… predispose our privilege for zealous communion. We are one with God and perfect for each other… stewards sharing creation. In the image and likeness… we co-create, cooperate, and accommodate. Forked-tongue temptation harvests the quid pro quo… and makes us selfish. Instead, we must cultivate our relationships… and be eternally grateful. Struggle with andContinue reading “Original Goodness”

Good

God, We need to see, what you see, in order to hear, what you hear. For, it is with you, we can be good. God, Still our being and calm our hearts, as we accommodate the common good. For, it is with you, we can do good. God, Give us the grace to embrace theContinue reading “Good”

Empower

God, Help us recognize our failings and forgive us our faults. Give us the grace to resist the influence of affluence. God, Bestow on us the blessing of resting assured in the comfort of your compassion. God, We treasure the opportunity to serve wholly, and we look forward toContinue reading “Empower”

Goodness

My God, Why do good things happen to bad people? The common good protects and serves but objectifies. My God, Why do bad things happen to good people? The common good provides law and order but judges without compassion My God, How can I be indifferent regardless ofContinue reading “Goodness”

Unreasonable

The opposite of faith is reason. The opposite of belief is pride. Faith is not proof or fact. Belief is not rule or law, reason expands our understanding, for the social organization, providing story for history, and context for the common good. We believe in the “unseen”, sincere prayer and seeking, confides the Truth withContinue reading “Unreasonable”

Resolve to Amend

I tend to want to fix what’s wrong, of course, the problem is what I see amiss. While dysfunction suits me well, disordered affections must be resolved. Grateful consolation changes me, makes me different, and I’ll never be the same. Accepting desolation alters the prescripted fit with a measured response. Indifference to outcomes adjusts theContinue reading “Resolve to Amend”