Today is a 6 — Lay low and avoid controversy or conflict. Recharge batteries and clean messes. Organize and file papers. Music, nature and exercise are restorative. Meditate and rest.
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
Blogging. If I am honest, I have been thinking and asking myself questions. Should I continue to do this? Yes, I enjoy it, but honestly, I’m not even sure what the but is. Yesterday my meditation was full of encouraging words, and the bottom line was “Bring hope to the human spirit.”
A pastor breathed life into the phrase “He’d give you the shirt off his back” when he gave this unsettling challenge to his church: “What would happen if we took the coats off our backs and gave them to the needy?” Then he took his own coat and laid it at the front of the church. Dozens of others followed his example. This was during the winter, so the trip home was less comfortable that day. But for dozens of people in need, the season warmed up just a bit.
Because “God loves a person who gives cheerfully” (nlt), giving should never be guilt-based or pressured (2 Cor. 9:7). But when we give freely and generously, we find that it truly is more blessed to give than to receive. —Tim Gustafson
Lord, thank You for the many ways You bless us. Forgive us for so often taking Your goodness for granted. Show us what we have that we might use to bless someone else today.
“Hi, it’s me. I am just wondering if you had that chicken soup recipe? You know the one we made over the summer during that crazy lighting storm. Call me, love you, bye.”
The voicemail was from my niece, and her soft but congested voice warmed me as much as the soup and the memory of the day we had a wicked thunder storm that knocked out the power. My nieces became over dramatic, whining about how they were going starve and have to gather their food (we had a crazy week and we didn’t have time for Costco or the farmers market) and eat by candlight. I looked at them and said, “Great idea, go outside to the garden and gather ingredients.”
After looks that clearly said “Are you kidding me” “Do you not hear the thunder and the rain?” They made a mad dash outside, coming back with some…
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