Sunday

2 Peter 3:8 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

I love Mitch Albom's books. They're always filled with such positive messages. I finished this one last night. Such a great reminder about time:

1. "Our time" and God's time are no where NEAR similar to each other
2. We are spiritual beings having a human experience
3.  Treasure the moments you are given
4. Never wish for more time
5. Or less time
6. Everything will be exactly when it is supposed to be
7. God measures our minutes on Earth to make us appreciate them

Amen :-)
Sunday Scribbling

It Must Be Magic

Though miles apart
You've stolen my heart
While the miles say
You're 10 hours away
And yet it feels
Like you are right here

Thank technology for "cells"
With their tingling bells
That signal that it is you
My smile broadens & my heart quickens
When your voice comes through
And all you have to say is "hey, you!"

Can feelings be felt
With the cards that have been dealt?
Can heartbeats match
When they cannot be attached?

I believe it's true
My heart says it is, too
Because we both believe
It must be magic

Pictures: me. And I do believe in "magic." :-)
Carry on Tuesday word prompt: "it must be magic"

Wake Up!!!

Spring calls & awakens me from my sleep.

I quickly dress and run to see what it wants

It merely wants me to notice how the budding, delicate branches of the 'wedding tree' wrap so gently around it's trunk

 It wants me to notice the amazing field of Daffodils bobbing & smiling in the sunshine

 It makes me wonder at the marvel of God's placing thousands of Daffodils amongst the woods in the strangest places

But lastly, it wanted me to run into a beautiful Italian bella by the name of "Pamina" who shared in my joy. She told me 50 years ago (before I was born), before the woods existed, the Daffodils covered the earth. God blessed with hundreds of thousands of flowers that eventually were joined by the now mighty woods.

To that end, Spring calling to me gave me beauty and crossed my path with a beautiful soul.

WAKE UP!!!, indeed. :-)


Pictures by: me. And in keeping with privacy, I didn't take a picture of Bella Pamina's face, but secretly caught her as she left me. She is/was a beauty! :-)

Sunday Scribbling word prompt #365, "Wake Up!"

The Apology

An oft-given apology

..is akin to a sharp knife

...that eventually becomes dull

When it is used over & over again

... without being re-sharpened

... you begin to use the knife less

... until you finally have no use for it, at all

Pictures: sunset after a rain storm
Sunday Scribbling word prompt #364: "apology"

Sunday

Elisha - A Tale of Two Vessels

"... The jar had to be empty: Obviously the only thing that stops a vessel being filled is if it is already filled with something else! So Elisha instructed the lady to get empty jars. The Bible speaks of us being filled with the Holy Spirit. But it also speaks of the emptying process that allows us to be in a state to be filled and used by God. We need to be emptied of pride and self dependence to be filled by God. That is the message of 2 Cor 4. Firstly, it speaks of God’s light (the oil giving light of the Holy Spirit) being in our little vessel:

“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

And secondly it goes on to show the ‘emptying’ process that occurs so that we can be filled with the Lord’s life and power..."

Amen and Amen :-) 

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