Drive

As long as I have my extended-cab truck
I’ll be driving the open road.
Problems with weather, drivers and
Traffic don’t really get old.
The radio keeps me company, especially
When they play the country gold.
I just get behind the steering wheel,
And go where I’m told.
I have safety record awards by driving
Defensively and I am never bold.
Because I need to get to where I’m
Going and to deliver my load.
I love the freedom to be at different
Places and I’m always on the go.

This poem was written after what seemed like a whole day of driving for my job, which at the time did not require that much driving at one time.  I did work at a truck stop as a janitor for a while, but that’s the closest I’ve been to being a truck driver… Elias Tobias.
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Acechado

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Acechado

La muerte está en todas partes.
Hay un sentimiento que no puedo ver.
Se tallos todos mis movimientos, y
la próxima víctima podría ser yo.

Esto fue escrito después de ver la película, Hamburger Hill … Elias Tobias.
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Stalked

Death is everywhere.
There’s a feeling I can’t see.
It stalks my every move, and
the next victim could be me.

This was written after watching the movie, Hamburger Hill…Elias Tobias.

To read this poem in Spanish, click here.

Lit de pierre

Lit de pierre

Est-ce que tu m’aimes
coucher avec moi
sur un lit de pierre?
Voulez-vous venir
Lorsque vous êtes pas occupé
et vous êtes seul?
Nous pourrions prendre
les rochers et les faire
une maison que nous avions
téléphoner à la maison.
Les graines de notre amour
seraient plantés
et les fleurs ne
être cultivées
dans un lit de pierre.

Pour lire ce poème en anglais, cliquez ici.

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Bed of Stone

Will you love me
and lay with me
on a bed of stone?
Will you come
when you’re not busy
and you are alone?
We could pick up
the rocks and make
a house we’d call home.
The seeds of our love
would be planted
and flowers would
be grown
in a bed of stone.

To read this poem in French, click here.
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Serve God naturally according to our gifts

I admit I did not always want to be a preacher.  There were some ministers I have known, especially in my youth, who may not have been great men of God.  I asked plenty of questions, and some who I thought had the knowledge, had answers that were not good enough for me.  I wanted to be other things in life, and I trained for them. This training becomes a journey, and that’s why I went to Ball State University. Elias and the rest of us started the unofficial LSC fraternity, too. You are reading part of that effort. Eventually, the only way I could find the answers to my questions was to become a preacher myself, and I hold myself responsible for the children who demand answers from me, in light of today’s changing times.

Each of us needs to serve the Lord according to the gifts that God have us, but life isn’t as simple as all that. Some people come from a long line of ministers and get into the real thing in Seminary, only to find their real purpose in life is in music, acting, writing, sports, medicine or making golf clubs for pros.  Each of us has a purpose in earth, and that purpose changes over time. Our presence may have different purposes for different people at the same time. That is the glorious mystery of God, and it is up to us to believe the plan is a good plan.

This lesson for using our gifts is an important lesson for children.  Children should be allowed to explore their interests, and within limits that may cause them major harm or death, parents should encourage changing interests as they children grow.  Soon main talents emerge, and at this point parents should not push for perfection in contests for these talents, or these seemingly “positive efforts” by parents can backfire.  Then potential talent in the child is lost or postponed until the anger for extra work in youth disappears and the passion reappears.

In business and education, there is a type of training that tests personality traits of people and similar traits are coded into colors.  Those with different “colors” may complement each other, or may cause problems. Possible disputes can be avoided as problems are anticipated and solved.  All this is important to explain how people relate to each other, in business or in organizations, such as a church.  I believe the “color” personality theories have racial undertones with the message that people of different skin colors can live together in peace and harmony.

A person’s color personality traits, especially in youth, needs to be realized and taken into consideration in the development of that child’s God-given gifts.  The potential of an athlete can be accomplished only if he or she starts involvement in sports, and a specialty emerges possibly enough to become a professional in that sport.
I would not like to be in this world if we all had the same talents at the same time. God plans our lives before we are born, and each of us is different so we can serve our Lord according to our gifts.

Peace be you with always,

Rev. Paul Abernathy

“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” -2 Peter 1:2

Contact Paul Abernathy at paulabernathy@gmail.com.

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Home Grown Tomatoes

Through the magic of technology and computers, the World of Words by Elias Tobias presents a portfolio of ArtBrushed images that originated as digital photographs by Mike Hall.  You save the entire image to your computer free, and use the ArtBrushed photo for wallpaper or the screensaver.  You can print it and frame it, too. Just click on the image on this post and and choose the “Save photo as” option when you right click again.  Select which folder the file will go, then you name that file. Approve the change and you’re set.

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Memories of a Girl Who Died Today

Brother C.J. Chatham,III, has had the chance to see all kinds of things living in New York City, and I believe this poem may have been inspired by some news article.
Memories of a Girl Who Died Today 

I’m sitting at this bar, remembering
how far you went to please
this man for another buck.
On the way home, I’ll meet another girl,
just as young and pretty as you were
on your old corner trying her luck.

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A Poet and his Garden

Every once in a while, the poet
needs to take time away from the
daily routine and
look at his garden
of green ideas, for some of them
may be blooming among the weeds
of discontent, unnecessary words
and phrases.
Overgrown and diseased branches
of bushes need to be cut cleanly,
to allow for fresh growth.
The dirt under the poet’s nails can
easily be cleaned, and the tools
used make the editing easy now days.

Major growth needs to be staked, tied,
and controlled, or it will fight with
the weeds, next to the ground, for
the drops of inspiration, which are
quickly absorbed when available.
However, the drops, in quantity, may
flood the mind, and can wash away, unwritten.
Sometimes, a surprise appears.
A part of another baby bush is growing
elsewhere, and this new generation of
ideas needs to be nurtured like its
parents before.
The poet needs to work his garden
regularly to make his life more complete.

This poem is dedicated to John Lennon, left this earth too soon…Elias Tobias.
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Just Me

I am me, and
nothing can change me.
I can only be me,
not something I’m supposed to be.
Just me, me, me…

To read this poem in Spanish, click here.

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