April 4, 2017

• Looking Dutiful

  Use these eyes and heart
  And my voice and will
  To do my part

  Finish what I start
  Keep my promises
  Use these eyes and heart

  Build not tear apart
  Bind up wounds
  To do my part

  Ethics sharp dart
  Seek your love
  Use these eyes and heart

  Rewards listed on a chart
  My duty and pleasure
  To do my part

  When Christian love demands
  Take my voice and hands
  To do my part
  Use these eyes and heart

  This is a villanelle. It is a poem with 2 rhyming sounds. The 1st and 3rd lines of the 1st stanza are rhyming refrains that alternate as the 3rd line in subsequent stanzas and form a couplet at the close. The poem is 19 lines long in 5 tercets (that is 3 line stanzas) with a concluding quatrain (4 line stanza).

  It is Lent and that means I've been reading scripture every day. There is a reflection and a prayer along with a short description of the saint commemorated on the day. I've noticed a couple things about the saints that they all have in common. First they followed God's plan and not their own (this was not without struggle on their part) and secondly they didn't take the credit for successes - all their success, all the miracles, visions, etc. all belonged to God and it was by His power and love that they were able to save lives, build churches, cure the sick or drive out demons. They professed that they were weak but God was strong. Yep. That exactly.

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