This post is in response to http://ceenphotography.com/2015/03/29/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-2015-week-13/
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All my photos this week are of the odd Irish variety
Inside Guiness Brewery
Outside Guiness Brewery. I thought these shadows and lights looked like Hebrew letters
Fields of cows in Cashel
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Tagline.”
Today the Daily post has asked, Often, our blogs have taglines. But what if humans did, too? What would your tagline be?
My tag line would be
“living life in the 10’s and 20’s”
A few years ago God began speaking to me, through my prayer time, about becoming more “slow, constant and intentional”. I have to admit I was sort of at a loss as to the method of accomplishing that. At the time my life could have been described as busy in fits and starts while being consumed by a cloud of mess that seemed to follow me everywhere.
But God never gives us a command He won’t give us the power to obey. In prayer the idea to change how I structured my day planner was downloaded into my wee brain.
If you look at my schedule now you will see that each day is scheduled around 3 times of prayer and study and headed up by a list that looks like this
20-20-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-6
That stands for
20 minutes of exercise
20 minutes of rest (yes I schedule a nap everyday)
10 minutes of indoor housecleaning
10 minutes of outdoor work
10 minutes of finances
10 minutes of writing
10 pages of reading
10 blogs to be read and commented on
10 pastoral or leadership connections
10 minutes of office cleaning
and
6 family connections ( I am working my way up to 10 a day)
I don’t always make every goal but I make more of them daily because I schedule them as priorities. This is living life in the 10’s and 20’s
Are you a watcher of your story or a character in it?
It is past time we learned to work together.
Sun Tzu is credited with the phrase, The enemy of my enemy is my friend, around the 6th century BC. Within a few years, it made its way to what is now the Middle East and eventually to the Western world. So, when Jesus talked about enemies and friends, people had a pre-conceived idea about how the two would typically interact.
But what He said was totally new to those He spoke to. Jesus is quoted in both Matthew (22:39) and Mark (12:31) as saying, Love your neighbor as yourself. And when Paul writes to the Romans (13:10), he emphasized that love does no harm to a neighbor. And, who is our neighbor? Luke quotes Jesus’s story of the Good Samaritan who, despite being despised by the Jewish people, saved and took care of one them at his own expense. So those who we consider our enemies…
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Ailsa has asked us to get into the great OUTDOORS with our photos this week and since, as she has noted today is “Take a Walk In the Park Day.” I thought I would show you some of my walks in the parks.
See how others made it into the outdoors by going to
http://wheresmybackpack.com/2015/03/27/travel-theme-outdoors/
Our church is hosting Ron Auch this week author of several books dealing with The Christian’s Intimacy With God, including
Ron taught on the subject , The Road To Powerful Prayer.
Here are some quotes from the conference.
It was a great conference and we have more teaching today and tonight.
Which quote resonates with you?
The age is coming to an end. Are you ready?
Look, the seasons are coming to an end
It is time for, Changing of the Guard.
It is slow at first and before you know it
A harvest collage has taken place.
One by one, they begin the descent,
Gliding leisurely from side to side.
As if being cradled to sleep in My arms.
Some will be swept up in the ascension
To rest at My feet.
I ask you my little ones,
Will you tarry with Me a while?
And let your hearts be refreshed in Me
Until the next, Changing of the Guard.
Letting Go
I started participating in Caddo’s seven word Sundays almost four years ago under the encouragement of poet Caddo Veil. Caddo has been silent on the blogosphere for a bit but her idea of summing up the week in seven words keeps ringing!
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Ephemeral.”
This week the Daily Post has asked us to bring light to the word EPHEMERAL with our photos.
Here are my thoughts on the subject
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
1 Peter 24-25
The Lord is like a father to his children,
tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
14For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
15Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
16The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
17But the love of the Lord remains forever
with those who fear him. Psalm 103:13-17
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Walk the Line.”
The Daily Prompt today asks Have you got a code you live by? What are the principles or set of values you actively apply in your life?
I suppose it is trite to say but I try to live by the motto “WWJD” (What would Jesus do). I approach everyday with prayer directed to Jesus Christ and a renewed hope in His mercies which are new every morning.
Over time I have learned that trying to be like Jesus in my own strength is a fool’s errand. I can no more attain Christ-likeness by my own striving than a turnip can attain humanity by growing in the garden. Left to itself a turnip will always be a turnip and left to my own machinations I will always remain a sinner. But there is hope, for me at least. While I am pretty sure nothing can make a turnip turn human there is something that can transform this sinner into a righteous man; That is the power of Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 says, “whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.”
The code is “What would Jesus do”. The ability to live by the code comes through my daily inviting Jesus into my life, by prayer, to do what He would!
Lillie-Put 