To Place or To Find
Wednesday, 14. October 2009, 10:24:32
To Place or To Find
When I meet someone I want to know more,
Do I place my own feelings, or find what's in store?
Do I place out my hopes — and hope they'll agree?
Or find that their hopes are like those in me?
Sometimes I have placed ambitions and schemes
alongside another — and hope God agrees.
But then I have found as I wait on Him more,
a treasure in another He's put there before.
I don't have to place it,
polish it, and smile;
My work is to find it, admire it
— and rejoice all the while.
When I meet someone I want to know more,
Do I place my own feelings, or find what's in store?
Do I place out my hopes — and hope they'll agree?
Or find that their hopes are like those in me?
Sometimes I have placed ambitions and schemes
alongside another — and hope God agrees.
But then I have found as I wait on Him more,
a treasure in another He's put there before.
I don't have to place it,
polish it, and smile;
My work is to find it, admire it
— and rejoice all the while.
WIDGETIZE
Hermitess # 14. October 2009, 12:14
and very true!
PS - I got your mail yesterday!
Henry # 14. October 2009, 22:31
A topic came up about a couple I know who are getting married next year, but "something just doesn't seem right". The two words, "place" and "find" are about projection of thoughts and feelings and discovering the true character that is really there. They didn't come to mind until after she hung up, but it was late and I didn't want to carry it on - but I did write it down. It seemed to explain a lot of what I personally have been through and the good results of long-standing relationships I admire.
As for the Trade Cards, perhaps my art is more in my words than my pictures...