A Breath of Nature

I was recently at a conference in Manchester. The return journey afforded my wife and I the opportunity to take in the Peak District. Seeing that we live in the Brecks and are bordered by the Fens, the chance to see anything taller than a couple hundred of feet above sea level made a nice scenic change.

Padre’s Ramblings

I particularly liked the dry stone walls, and the tranquillity of the pasture lands. Yes, we have sheep and cattle in East Anglia too, but the stone enclosures are so much more attractive than wire fencing.

Padre’s Ramblings

Padre’s Ramblings

Padre’s Ramblings

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Padre

Defined and Declined

Sorted – categorised

By others defined

Our character and usefulness

So often maligned

Our potential and contributions

Callously overlooked – ignored

Because of a checklist

Or decision of an arbitrary board

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Padre

Rugged

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In rugged lands

Where soil is thin

Sheep graze in pastures

Beset by wind

Yet, there are those hearty

Who their livings make

In conditions that

Others would break

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Padre

Journey Done

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Roadway behind me

Meetings and tasks all done

My hearth before me

Relaxation begun

A cup of tea

Feet up for a rest

Cushion all puffed

This is the best

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Padre

Sheep Before The Shearer

No public outcry was heard.   It was not that the new policy was not without its flaws.  In fact, it was quite unfair.  It was just that the policies and official statements had been so demoralising and so regular, that the people had just learned to shrug them off and resign themselves to the fact that the government was going to do whatever it wanted.

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Padre

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Shepherd At The Gate

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Like the shepherd at the gate

He knows who is missing – who is late

He is prepared in the wilderness to tread

To seek the lost lamb – homeward to be led

And when all are in the fold secure

He will watch and guide them till they are mature

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Padre

Matthew 18: 10-14; John 10

Space to Fill

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We seek to find that which we are missing

And all to often the true God dismissing

We seek fulfilment with money or fame

All to relieve our longing and pain

Yet, living for fashion, some celebrity, or cause

Still lacks something if we take time to pause

For that vacuum which we do feel

Has only one source, that the space can fill

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Padre

Inner Us

When faced with the day to day

We get use to doing things in a certain way

But at times when new trials arise

New approaches we must devise

And when the struggles are particularly great

Or tremendous struggles on our plate

It is then that we find the stuff

That is at our core and makes us – us

For if in our true strengths we do trust

Pressures will never our lives bust

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Padre

Sensibly Done

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Calmly

Collectively

Sensibly done

Not a knee-jerk response

Or rushed into for fun

Not reactionary nor “progressive”

Just so actions you can take

Wait until all has been considered

To see what difference it will make

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Padre

Shush!

It has been whispered

And rumoured

Speculated and conject’ed

That something is up

That wasn’t expected

Just what it is

I’m not a liberty to say

It’s best kept under my hat

It’s better that way

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Padre