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Changing Perspective

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Sometimes it’s not our circumstances that make us helpless. Rather it is our perception of our circumstances that bind and paralyze us.

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“If a problem can’t be solved within the frame it was conceived, the solution lies in reframing the problem.”
― Brian McGreevy, Hemlock Grove

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― Unknown Author 724

This post was created for “A Word A Week Challenge: Frames”

to see other frame photos and blogs go to

http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-frame/

Book Crawl

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I am so glad that as they have grown my children have gained an appreciation for books.

This year as a Christmas gift I gave my girls a book crawl and this weekend was the weekend for it.

Friday night I picked up James, my daughter Melanie’s fiancé in CT and brought him back to MA.

We met at my ex-wife’s house for dinner and to make plans for the wedding. Once my oldest daughter got home from work we headed to my house for a long winter’s nap before our Saturday drive.

On Saturday morning we left Winchendon at 8:30 A.M. and headed South.

Our first stop was Tatnuck Booksellers in Westbourough. I found a comfortable chair and opened my Kindle to read while the kids poked around.

They found nothing at bookstore number 1 but at bookstore number 2 in Worcester we hit pay dirt.

James at Annie's Bookstore

James at Annie’s Bookstore

Melanie in YA section at Annie's

Melanie in YA section at Annie’s

Amanda is a quick shopper. Melanie and James are consummate browsers. After two hours Amanda had a bag full of books and Melanie and James were still weighing their options. So I took Amanda on a walk back into childhood.

Me and Amanda reading Dr. Seuss.

Me and Amanda reading Dr. Seuss.

By the time we finished we were all famished. I was truly ready for a cup of coffee

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Then it was on to Niantic CT for a crawl through the Book Barn.

Amanda at the Book Barn

Amanda at the Book Barn

James and Melanie

James and Melanie

Since James and Melanie both had to be back at their respective churches for ministry on Sunday morning we wrapped it up at the Book Barn and then I dropped James back off in Oakdale CT (he is a children’s minister in Norwich CT) and then we shot up to Haverhill MA for Melanie’s house (she is a children’s minster in Saugus MA). Amanda and I got in just before 11 and settled in for a good night’s rest before our ministry calls at Cornerstone (Amanda does children’s ministry at Cornerstone and I had to lead worship)

It was a great 14 hour day. One old wrinkly minister and three young eager ministers now each have ten more books to read!

Drowning In White

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This week’s “Fun Foto Challenge” From Cee is : The Color White 

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/02/24/cees-fun-foto-challenge-the-color-white/

Check out Cee’s post to see what her other subscriber’s have said about whiteness!

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100_3610“So all night long the storm roared on:
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny spherule traced with lines
Of Nature’s geometric signs,
In starry flake, and pellicle,
All day the hoary meteor fell;
And, when the second morning shone,
We looked upon a world unknown,
On nothing we could call our own.
Around the glistening wonder bent
The blue walls of the firmament,
No cloud above, no earth below,—
A universe of sky and snow!”
― John Greenleaf Whittier, Complete poetical works

I have heard we have another foot of white coming on Monday.  A universe of sky and snow indeed!

Skywatch Friday: A Light In the Eastern Sky!

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Light in the eastern sky, Jesus returning!
Light in the western sky, Jesus is near!
Soon shall the nations, His advent discerning,
Hail Him with gladness, or see Him with fear.

Refrain

Lord, by Thy hands that were nail pierced and torn:
Lord by the crown that they wove of the thorns:
Lord, by Thy passion in Gethsemane:
Christ of all tenderness, plead Thou for me!

Bright be our lamps as we watch for the dawning,
Girded our loins, that our strength may not fail;
So as He shines through the mists of the morning,
We may be ready to cry Him, “All hail!”

Refrain

Not as at Nazareth—lowly they found Him;
He as the Judge cometh back from the sky;
Borne on the whirlwind, with angels around Him,
Veiling their face from His glory so nigh.

Refrain

Judge of the earth, who in mercy unfailing
Offered Thyself as atonement for sin,
In that great day, by Thy love all prevailing,
Grant us the rest of Thy heaven to win!- Daniel B. Towner

This post was created for:   http://skyley.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-rulez.html

Life Opens On the Dawn!

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“When I go down to the grave I can say, like many others, ‘I have finished my day’s work!’ But I cannot say, ‘I have finished my life.’ My day’s work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley; it is a thoroughfare! It closes on the twilight, it opens on the dawn! “
~Victor Hugo

I had another quote set for Ese’s  Shoot & Quote Challenge this week which is:

http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/ese-s-weekly-shootquote-challenge-alive/

but when I found this quote by Hugo over at

http://boyslumber.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/quote-victor-hugo-feb-26/

I knew I had to change it up!

We Were Made For Work

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The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Ge. 2:15 NIV

Statue of Peter the Great in Zaandam, North Holland

Statue of Peter the Great in Zaandam, North Holland

 

From the greatest of us to the smallest we were made to work. It is not a curse it is our wiring.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Confucius

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Cheese vendors in Alkmaar

The goal is not to get away from work or to stop working but to find the work we were born to do!

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Pro. 22:6

The Proverb deals more with helping a child find their personal giftedness than it does with right moral living. Have you found the gift within yourself you were meant to share with the world?

A pastoral moment in Coeur D'Alene

A pastoral moment in Coeur D’Alene

It may not look like work to some people but to others it could be just the lifeline they need to keep going.

What work were you created for?

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, Col. 2:23

Wood Carver 3rd annual C.cada art show

Doug Stevens, Wood Carver 3rd annual C.cada art show

 

This post was created in response to Ails’a challenge at     http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/02/21/travel-theme-work/

Check out what others have said about work!

 

Skywatch Friday: A Storm Is Brewing!

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This post was created in response to Skywatch Friday at:

http://skyley.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-rulez.html

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“There’s always another storm. It’s the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.” 
― Maria V. Snyder, Fire Study

The Legacy Of Trees

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“The size and height of the tree determines how heavily the ground will shake when it falls. The cassava tree falls and not even the pests in the forest are aware. The baobab tree falls and the whole forest looks empty! Such is human life!” Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“The size and height of the tree determines how heavily the ground will shake when it falls. The cassava tree falls and not even the pests in the forest are aware. The baobab tree falls and the whole forest looks empty! Such is human life!” Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

 

May we so live that those behind us must strive hard to fill the void we leave!

This quote is part of Ese’s shoot & quote challenge http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/ese-s-weekly-shootquote-challenge-empty/