Aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (ESV) Stand in line at the checkout, and the intimate details of people’s lives are exposed for allContinue reading “timeless living”
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Sunday Psalm: Be Still, Seriously?
Oh Lord Inside I am racing like a car engine revving up for its heat in the big race, go go go get ‘er done check it off the to do list Peace is feeling farther & farther away with every new task I take on, with the situation I face causing me to spinContinue reading “Sunday Psalm: Be Still, Seriously?”
when seeking knowledge fails to find the answer we want
We don’t need more intelligence, we need more Presence! One of my loved ones is seeking all the knowledge they possibly can for a problem which is not easily resolving. Their belief that more knowledge will solve the problem demonstrates they are missing one small piece of wisdom in all the seeking going on… TheyContinue reading “when seeking knowledge fails to find the answer we want”
freedom in belonging
When you know where you belong, you open up a freedom you may not have known you needed, let alone wanted. I was always on the outside looking in, I felt, as I was growing up. A fish out of water, or a black sheep standing in sharp contrast to the flock of white onesContinue reading “freedom in belonging”
static
There is almost nothing more frustrating then trying to manually tune in your radio to only hear static instead of the station coming in loud and clear. Whether talk radio or preferred tunes, static grates on our nerves when we can’t access what we want. In older days, or if you live in an areaContinue reading “static”
abandon
I want to rush with reckless abandon into Your embrace My first waking thought is to run to You Within just a few minutes I have abandoned that thought, jumped into the must do’s And onto the daily treadmill. I am abandoning my old mindset, Where I am weighed down from the guilt of myContinue reading “abandon”