Share Your World Sept. 11, 2017

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Well it is not Sept. 11. But I know that Cee doesn’t care what day we choose to Share Our Worlds as long as we share. Sept. 11 was a Monday and Monday is now my day off. My new boss has completely banned me from the church building and has told the congregation not to call me on that day. I love that guy!

I have been spending the last few Mondays doing absolutely nothing! Do you know how long it has been since I had twenty four to thirty six hours where I had no expectations? I think I remember a day sometime in the late 90’s when that happened!

Anyway it is time to share Cee’s questions and my answers. If you want to expand the sharing go to THIS LINK.

Here are the questions.

Would you want $200,000 right now or $250,000 in a year? It’s safe to assume all money is tax free.

I think thereis a general concensus among us all that we would take the $200,000.00 RIGHT NOW PLEASE! No one has a guarantee of tomorrow. Besides I need a new chimney, a new woodstove, a new roof and a new kitchen and adjoining bathroom RIGHT NOW PLEASE!

Is it more important to love or be loved?

Love attracts. Loving also opens the doors of our heart to receive love. We cannot be loved if we are not open to loving. So loving and being loved are intrinsically linked. If we will love, we will be loved and be able to receive love. If we wait to give love then we shall not feel loved even if we are loved because we will not be open to the possibility.

List things that represent abundance to you. 

This was actually one of the questions from my meditation this week on Lillie-Put. I loved the answer that Ali gave.

“To me, abundance is when I feel God’s hand on me and he fills me with joy regardless of the circumstances. It is communion and intimacy with God, whereby we experience a taste of heaven 🙂”

Check out my post at Evening Meditation

Check out some of Ali’s posts at Godthang

What inspired you this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

My boy inspired me this week in two wonderful phone calls in which we discussed the state of the world and the nature of morality and the life of dogs.

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My son and Willow, the dog he rescued.

 

Morning Direction From Scripture 9-14-17

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Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
    and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:8-12

Do you think you and God have the same definition of abundance? If not how do the two views differ?

Evening Meditation 9-13-17

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Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
    and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:8-12

What does abundance look like to you?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 9-13-17

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Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
    and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:8-12

What do you consider the crushing burden? What purpose does it serve?

Morning Direction From Scripture 9-13-17

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Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
    and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:8-12

How have your trials changed you for the better?

Evening Meditation 9-12-17

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Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
9 who has kept our soul among the living
    and has not let our feet slip.
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
12 you let men ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. Psalm 66:8-12

Make a “thank you list” of all the times God has kept your feet from slipping. What are the top 2?