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You Can Run,…
Stop running. Rest in His arms as you take responsibility.
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD (Jeremiah 23:24).
How many times in you life have you thought, said, or done something that you were ashamed of? If you’re honest with yourself, probably more times than you can count. Now, add in those times where you didn’t do something that you should have. If you’re like me, that list gets uncomfortably long. So, how do we live with these times? A character in a series of thriller/action novels that I like to read notes that in each decision, we always have two choices; to think or not to think, to speak nor not to speak, or to do or not do. Once you’ve made that decision, you then have a similar two-choice decision to make. Will I say this or that? Will I think this or…
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Share You World- 2015 Week #14
So I just learned how to do this and really hope it works… It is time to once again answer Cee’s Sharable questions for the week. To see how others answered these 5 questions click the Share You World logo above and go to Cee’s site!
Here are the questions and my answers!
What type of music relaxes you the most or do you prefer silence?
Right now I am working in silence, but often I like to play classical music or light Celtic music to get the juices flowing. It really depends on my mental frame and what I have to do at the moment in questions. If I am highly stressed I need quiet to get myself calm enough to work. But if I am bored or feeling distracted music helps me to center and get calm and focused on the task at hand. If I am really stressed and can get away I like to bask in music and do nothing but float on the sound.
Show us a two of your favorites photographs? Explain why they are your favorite. If you are not a photographer, think of a two favorite scenes in your life and tell us about them.
Now this is a really hard one. I have thousands of photos in my archive and to just pick two seems almost impossible. I like this photo because it is a great memory of a wonderful vacation with my kids. We don’t all get together that often anymore So those times when we can all gather are very special.
I love this shot taken on Galway Bay. I was alone and walking along the road as the sun set over the waters. I remember being very tired and in quite a bit of pain but this sunset was like a gift from God letting me see the beauty in life again.
What is your favorite tradition? (family tradition, church tradition, whatever)
I love Sunday morning church. I think it is a very healthy habit we have lost in much of our culture. But my favorite service is when Christmas falls on a Sunday. The service may only be an hour-long but something in the act of going to church on Christmas Day restores the whole meaning to the holiday. It feels profoundly spiritual.
If you could go back and talk to yourself at age 18 what advice would you give yourself? Or if you are younger than 25 what words of wisdom would you like to tell yourself at age 50?
I would tell myself to stand up for yourself more. Don’t be afraid of an argument and for goodness sake let yourself feel and express emotions. Laugh more. Cry more. Get angry more. People might be more put out with you but eventually all your attempts to keep things pleasant for those around you by “keeping the peace” will fail anyway.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful my daughter and son-in-law have found a lovely apartment. I am looking forward to this week being a little quieter than Easter week.
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Moving Day
Today’s moving day for my daughter! Pray for this old guy everyone!
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Life’s a Blur
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Blur.”
This week the Daily Post has told us to find the blurry images in our collection.
Use the link above (blue blur) to see how others blurred the edges of life a little. Here are mine:
MFA Boston, Blown glass structure taken while rotating the camera
MFA Boston taken. This effect was created by moving the camera to the right while taking the shot.
Taken on the escalator in the Guiness factory and boosted,
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The Endless Love
A thought for Good Friday.
Do you know what was done for you today?
The Endless Love
In the stillness…. listen
He’s calling
He’s calling you
You need an ear to hear
He whispers
Can you hear Him?
Tempted like you and me
Yet sinless
White as snow
His body broken
His blood shed
Take…. eat….drink
His endless love
Sealed with the cross
Forever loved!
Oh, how He loves!
Oh, how He loves!
You and me ! ! !
by Deb Maciorowski ©2015
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Challenge 2015 Week 14: 2 April
Try Jeremy’s Challenge!
Every Thursday a new challenge will be posted consisting of prompts for flash fiction or poetry. As a guide line flash fiction should be around the 200 word count and poetry between 14 and 20 lines.
Your piece can involve one, all or any combination of the prompts given. The key is to enjoy what you are writing and in turn we will enjoy what you give us to read.
Please take the time to add your piece to the list by clicking the cute creature below. You can also add this to your own piece so others can enjoy too.
Ok so pens (or fingers) at the ready for some creative fun and I look forward to reading what you write.
The Prompts
Photography
Patio by Unknown
Word Banks
Cornered
Conditional
Evangelical
Advertisement
Sacred
Phrases
Lives intertwined
The science of love
Teachings on love
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Because It Happened
All true! And yet most don’t believe it!
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Living Life In the 10’s and 20’s
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
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HAVE YOU BECOME A “WATCHER?”
Are you a watcher of your story or a character in it?
Lillie-Put 