"There is no greater compliment than to be trusted, no greater kindness than to be believed." —Anonymous
No Greater Compliment
Author: Michael James Fitzgerald
“They Didn’t Find God Out There”
“Disciple of Life”
Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.
Thus, whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.
The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching
Psalm of Praise
Great is the God
of my mother,
great is my
father’s God.
Honored and holy
be His ever
great name.
The Name
above all other
names, the
Lord of all lords,
God of gods,
the Great I AM
is His name.
Selah.
Sing His name in
the earth,
O ye saints,
sing it in the
heavens, ye angels.
Holy and praised
be His ever
great name.
Amen.
Michael James Fitzgerald
I Don’t Care
I don’t care about your weaknesses.
I have plenty of my own.
Let’s work on them together.
I don’t care about your sharp words.
They are open wounds that need
the gentle balm of sunlight.
I don’t care about your sins.
You know all of mine.
Why remember what heaven
promises to forget?
I only care about the
piercingly authentic,
perfectly imperfect,
tenderly affirming,
unassuming,
unadorned You.
Michael James Fitzgerald
So Close
Bent and Broken into a Better Shape
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand . . . your heart. . . . I have been bent and broken, but . . . into a better shape.” —Charles Dickens, from Great Expectations
Christmas Is Not over
A Child’s Eyes
Let me see
the world
you want
me to see
a world
where I don’t
spite myself
for trifles
or judge with
check stand
eyes
where all is
innocent hope
for the
unfailing
ministry
of snow.
Michael James Fitzgerald
Decorating for Christmas
