The Bucket List is about to be completed when I ride an elephant in the third week in May.
So adding another item to the list seems logical and here it is.

Waterfall!
A cascading of water and energy.
Taking ones breath away in awesome wonder.
Every waterfall is unique in and of itself.
Reminding us of God's power in many ways.
Fallible man seeks to understand how it works.
Ah, would that we could but enjoy the majesty of it all.
Large, small, and miniscule in size, the water provides the needs of flora and fauna.
Let the world see that here and now the WATERFALL is on my bucket list.

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I'm tired, my feet hurt, my toes hurt, my fingers hurt, my nose hurts.
I'm tired. My face is there, that's about it.
I'm tired. Even my car is tired.
I'm tired. Are you?
Come and let us together seek comfort in a word found in the Bible.
This is a word that is more than just a platitude. That is more than just a way of distracting us for a minute. It is a word that we need to hear and to rest in because it comes from Jesus the Lord.
This is a word that gives us hope even when our bodies are on the edge and we don't understand why some things are happening. This is A HOPE for rest is FOUND!

Hey there.

Blogging time again. What to talk about? What to say?
Let me see. How about an acrostic.
Or maybe a long line of letters that form words.
Gosh, I'm out of ideals and things to write about.
Except to tell you that you are important to God.
Now that's more than just a few words. It's the truth!
As the words begin to flow, I just want you to know,
There is a reason that I write.
Oh when I first began writing it was not pretty.
Really it was quite the opposite, dark, rage filled, hate soaked deep into the pages I used to write on.

Just a blurb, just a teaser, just a blogenator out!

 

I have three goals this new year coming up.
1. Serving the Lord in a number of walks benefiting charities that I support and believe in. Including Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Walk to End Alzheimer's and other charities that the store I work at becomes involved in over the year.
2. Riding an elephant this year. It has been a dream of mine for decades. This year I would like this to become a reality and cross it off of my bucket list. There is a renaissance faire nearby and this year I plan to attend and ride me an elephant.
3. Reading God's Word on a daily basis and in such a way as to complete it in one years time. I have a plan that will do this, the commitment to stick with it is what needs to come to life this year.

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Serving Him by serving you,
Steve C
servant in Christ
His Servant Ministries.

 

Help us oh Lord.
Enable us to serve You.
Lead us through the days.
Plug our minds into Your life.

Understanding the needs of others.
Seeing them met one step-at-a-time.

On the road or in the workplace,
How shall we serve You on this day?

Looking upon another not with our eyes, but Yours.
Opening a line of communication to the heavenly realms.
Revealing to one more person the difference He makes every day.
Dear Lord, King, Father and Creator.

We speak in a humbled way, asking "Help Us Oh Lord to be available and willing to follow where You lead." For when we follow You, we are assured of the best GPS system of all time. The system that leads in the right path and never falters or detours along the way.
 

Black Friday
Economic Boom, or Humanity Bust
by Steve Cope
11-26-2011

Bustling, hustling, jostling, cursing.
"Look! So few of those, gotta have it!"
Ah now it's Christmas time and sales galore.
Crafty retailers stock little of the popular items.
Keeping the furor at an intense peak.

Black and blue should not be the color of a shopping spree.

Fists thrown, mace sprayed, people robbed, a child trampled oh what fun!
Really though it's not fun at all. People have lost something far more important than a toy.
In the thick of the fray that which makes us human is skewed.
Don't you see that it is important to respect a human life, more than coveting a Barbie?
All over the nation, the stores are anticipating an influx of funds to raise the bottom line.
Yet in the midst of all of the sales, evil sees an opportunity to eliminate humanity again.

Friday marks the beginning of the weekend, and the last weekend in November is a retailers hope to improve the economic outlook of their respective establishments. How many arrests were made in the name of greed? How many more people must be trampled? How many families need be robbed? When will someone alter the course of an Economic Boom quickly becoming a Humanity Bust.

Black Friday, a day that will live in infamy, because now it is ensconsed in tradition so much that the devil knows he can stir the pot and wreak a little more damage every year. The economic boom that it is, and for that we can be grateful, is quickly becoming a liability that humanity cannot afford. A liability of devaluing human life and fostering greed, avarice, violence, and even deception.

Where can we draw a line in the sand? Where can we say this is a point we will no longer cross in the name of humanity? Does anyone really even care that every year lives are damaged, marred, and traumatized? Have we all been too de-sensitized to realize it?

These questions and so many more are ones that we need to ask ourselves every day of the year and not just on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or any other economic boom mankind can invent. The important thing has got to remain having care and concern for the human creature that we live among and with every day of the year.

Children are being born on this very day. Children were born on Black Friday (11-25-2011), and one must wonder what are these children going to learn the most about. The sanctity of human life or the traits that exhibit the devils influence in this world on a daily basis? We have to decide and we have to train the future of this world to chose to care more for humanity and less for the weapons of destruction that the devil spreads all about in this world.
 

Shannon
an Acrostic
by Steve Cope
10-01-2011

Share the simple things in life with your loved ones.
Healing hurts with a hug of love and word of care.
Adding to the mix, stepping out beyond the home,
New experiences are attempted. An example of concern.
Not knowing what the result will be, but willing to try.
Oh the hugs lost by those who live in fear of caring.
New days ahead, new ways to share life, one hug at a time.

Shannon, may the life breathed into 'Free Hugs' by your loved ones' brave attempts be the catalyst to change and a renewal of mankind's faith in his fellow man. Your story in the Spiritual Newsletter is the kinds of story we need to read so our lives can be re-sensitized to the necessity of just how important life is--how the simple things in life can be embraced and cherished, one hug at a time.

Shannon in the Greek means 'God is gracious.' In the Gaelic it means 'From Seanan or old river.' May the rivers of grace and kindness flow from your heart into the world as you support the cause of Free Hugs and beyond."

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UPDATE:
Shannon featured this in her latest Spiritual Newsletter and her response to the impact of the acrostic was humbling and I will include her reply here shortly. Copenator out!

Shannon's response to the acrostic:

Steve, I don't know what to say. I am very moved by your generous spirit. Thank you so much for your beautiful poem. I am honored to know you, and I am humbled by your kindness. Thank you, my friend. (((hugs)))