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Nov9
Category Archives: Time
Oct9
Random (hopefully inspired) Thought
I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)
Ruth 4. “So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, ‘Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel! And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.’ Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and became a nurse to him. Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, ‘There is a son born to Naomi.’ And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David” (Verses 13-17). When Naomi came back home after losing her husband and sons, she told those around her, not to call her Naomi, which means pleasant, instead they were to call her Mara, which means bitter. Why? She believed that God had dealt bitterly with her. However, now she is holding her grandchild and the great grandfather of king David. Life does not always run the course we think it should. When the lemons come, we don’t always see the lemonade. God had a plan, He was creating the path for His Son, the one who would save us from our sins, redeem us and bring us into right relationship with God. God did NOT deal with Naomi bitterly, that was just her perspective because she couldn’t see His plan, she was too focused on her situation. There are days it feels like God is dealing bitterly with us, we see only the lemon, but don’t see the lemonade. He has a plan, a purpose, a reason… Stay focused on HIM.
Aug7
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO LOL…
This is so my family. I feel sorry for my neighbors.
Mar19
DAY 78 (2014)
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
(Picture by Lisa R.)
As you know on Mondays at my job I send out an email, it is a weekly reminder to that life does not always do what we want, but that does not make it any less amazing. This Monday’s message was somewhat somber, due to one of our own going through a period of mourning. Loss is such a painful thing, and it is made worse when the loss is unexpected. Today I have been thinking how we tend to spend our time living as though life is guaranteed. Therefore we spend our moments chasing meaningless things, things that disappear. When we should be cultivating things that will remain. I am going to share my Monday email. I hope reminds us to live life not taking a moment of it for granted.
What a difference 2 weeks makes. Everything feels different, but the same. It is nice to experience something “new”, but equally as nice to come back to the “familiar”. I have had a lot of free time in the last two weeks, to think about this journey, this life. Here’s what I learned: Don’t take any of it for granted. Nothings guaranteed, not today and most definitely not tomorrow. Oddly, while we all know this truth, sadly many of us live our daily life taking it for granted. Believing (falsely so) that things will be as the always have been. Somber message for a Monday morning, isn’t it? Here’s why: Right now while we still have this moment, we must LIVE in it. Appreciate it. Not just the good things, but the bad as well. To the people in our world (the one we like and the ones we don’t), be kind, considerate remembering tomorrow they may not be there. Be grateful for our job, life, family, and friends and realize how blessed we are to have each. As always remember your perspective determines your day, your week. Make it amazing. Happy Monday!
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses” (1 Timothy 6:12).
So what’s my of attack? Cultivate what remains.
Jan28
DAY 28 (2014)
Have you ever done something accurately inaccurate? Now there’s an oxymoron for ya 😉 . Let me expound, for Christmas last year my brother’s girl friend gave him, a really nice Kenneth Cole watch. It’s beee-uti-ful. However, it has one tiny flaw, it beeps every hour (and I mean EVERY) at 8 minutes past the hour, it is accurately inaccurate. In our house every time it beeps someone yells, “It’s eight minutes past something”, we’re easily amused. For some reason when the watched beeped today, I had this thought, “I have lived so much of my life like my brother’s watch…doing the right thing, but at the wrong time”. The beep on the watch was meant to signify the start of a new hour. However, anyone who does not know about the watch’s fault will inadvertently (after hearing the beep) assume a wrong position on the time. This new journey has been teaching me the importance of doing what I am called to do when I am called to do it. If I wait and push something off till later, I may accomplished the task, but can still miss the goal. The purpose of the watch: Beep on the hour. It’s eight minutes late, The task (beep), accomplished. The goal (on the hour), missed. The hearer, misinformed. If you know the right choice, do it. Don’t wait till later to do what needs to be done now. Don’t be accurately inaccurate. Doing the right thing in the wrong way or the right thing at the wrong time.
“For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge” (Romans 10:2).
So what’s my plan of attack? Accuracy (no eight minutes past the hour for me…)
Dec16
DAY 350
Don’t be afraid of looking back it reminds us of where we came from, and directs where we are going.
(Picture by Lisa R.)
So I just realized that I was ten days ahead of myself in my posts. Ha! Yesterday I posted day 359 which would mean that after today there would have only been 5 days left till the end of the year. Clearly that’s not true! (And I thought I was good at math 😉 ). This loss of days has me thinking about time. Time, we are always wanting more of it, so it’s ironic to me that I lost ten days and did not realize it till today. This made me think about all the other things in life that I may not be paying attention. What else have I lost simply by being distracted? For me it all went awry at day 227, instead of day 228 I made it day 238 and thus continued the whining down of my days. What’s my point? A simple look back would have showed me my error. Sometimes in life the answer is just that simple, look back see where you made the mistake, then make every effort to correct it. We can’t always fix the past, but we can learn from it so we don’t make the same mistakes in the future. As of today my days are once again on track. Don’t be afraid to look back you may just find your missing days.
“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, My great army, which I sent among you” (Joel 2:25).
So what am I thankful for today? Finding my missing days 🙂 .
Nov22
DAY 326
When we focus on the forest all we see are tress. When we focus on the flower, we see the butterflies.
(Daejeon S. Korea, Picture Daniel S.)
This post is being written from my cell phone (I apologize in advance, my phone loves the auto correct). The reason I am posting from my cell is because I am getting my hair done. Wait. Correction. I am SUPPOSED to be getting my hair done. I am here, ready and willing, but my hairdresser is NOT. Sitting here for the past 30 minutes has given me time to ponder about, well, time. How I use it. How I waste it. How I treat it when it affects someone else. Today my time is being affected and to be honest I am a little irritated. But I really don’t have the right to be, because on many occasions I have taken other people’s time for granted. I think this week God has used other people to help me check my behavior and attitude. I have been placed in more than one situation that was not to my liking. Just about the time I am fixin’ to complain; that gentle reminder pricks my heart and says, “Remember when you…” We are so quick judge when the shoe is on someone else’s foot. But we expect grace and understanding when we’re the culprit. The same grace we are hoping to receive, we must be willing to give out. Today my hairdresser needed to go get her kids. So grace is the order of the day. She has done the same for me many times (and I have no kids).
“But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble'” (James 4:6).
So what am I thankful for today? Learning to be gracious.
Oct20
DAY 293
Wake up, walk forward toward your future toward your goals…
Ever heard something that just, just…spoke straight to you? Today I had that experience. At church we had the pleasure of hearing the Reverend Billy Graham (not in person, via video). The sermon is part of a package that we as a church will be given at Christmas time, the goal, to pray about who we are meant to give it to. It is part of our holiday outreach. The message was about time. We can’t manufacture it, we can’t store it. We have no control over it whatsoever. Time moves at its own pace, and is not hindered or derailed by us in any way. As I sat listening to the message by Dr. Graham, this thought popped into my mind. “What am I doing with my time?” I am seizing the moments, or am I squandering them? It dawned on me that I have this belief (falsely so), that I have time to do what I am not doing now, later. What I am not taking into consideration is that I am not promised tomorrow, or even the rest of today. I have wasted a lot of time that I wish I hadn’t. So I am going to listen to the wise words of Billy, “No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past. [If God wills] you can still have right now.” Redeem the time, don’t waste it.
“Making the most of the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16).
So what am I thankful for today? Redeeming my time, not wasting it.