14 February 2011

"Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations." Deuteronomy 7:7-9

"Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth." I Corinthians 13:4-8

A little Tennyson..

Flower in the crannied wall,

I pluck you out of the crannies,

I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,

Little flower -but if I could understand

What you are, root and all, and all in all,

I should know what God and man is.

I saw this little plant growing in the corner of the beam under the back stairs. And I immediately thought of this poem. Now, I don't profess to know all about this poem, but it just struck me- how often do you see a little plant, growing in such an odd place? It was blooming yesterday. . . blooming under the stairs, in a little tiny corner. This is something I've been thinking about- being happy, content, productive and beautiful, no matter where you are. I may write more about it later...but for now, that flower makes me think.

A little wisdom from Winnie the Pooh

There is so much in some of these books. I've said this before and I'll keep on saying it....all wisdom doesn't have to come from some PhDer or ancient philosopher. It can come from the quiet observation of simple children's books authors. Like A. A. Milne and the immortal Pooh Bear.

Here are some of my favorite quotes. They seem simple at first, but if you Really look at them (that would be a Pooh ism) you can see some profound wisdom.

"A little Consideration, little Thought for Others makes all the difference."

"Don't underestimate the value of doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear."

"You can't help respecting people who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling TUESDAY simply doesn't count"

"You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes."

After being made a faithful knight of Christopher Robin, Pooh has these thoughts...." Christopher Robin won't tell me any more", and he wondered if being a Faithful Knight meant that you just went on being faithful without being told things."

from The House At Pooh Corner and Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

A brief thought...

This evening during our ladies class one of our elders wives was saying the closing prayer and in it she said something that really caught my attention.

Paraphrased it was: "God takes imperfect people and uses them to do His will. God takes imperfect people and provides the chance for them to grasp on to the way of seeking perfection in Him."

Think of the example of Alexander the Great. He was the last and ultimate conquerer and destroyer of Tyre and Sidon. Alexander falls under the first- God takes imperfect people to carry out his will.

Then there is the example of Rahab, she was an imperfect woman who chose to change and believe in God. There is a beautiful end to the story of Rahab; she chose to follow God, she married an Israelite and was part of the linage of our saviour, Jesus Christ.

We are all imperfect people. (Romans 3:23- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.) Are we choosing to grasp the opportunity of seeking perfection in Christ? How strongly are we committed to that? What are we willing to do?

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it." Matt. 13:45-46

Hello it's me, may I come over....

You know how time does that funny thing of running away on you? Well, since it's been almost a month since I last posted I think I'll just sit down and write one!

Priorities are so important- It's why we do what we do. When we're busy and working on so many things, it's easy to be caught up and fail to do the important things. Like studying God's word. Praying. Spending quality time with family. Never be to busy for God.

A couple weeks ago we had a huge garage sale. It was really quite fun! I enjoyed seeing all the people go through and look at stuff, and talk among themselves....People are so interesting...why do we do the things we do? What are we telling the world every day by the way we talk, act, dress and places we go? It's incredible to me to think of how many people see us in public just going shopping, or to the grocery store, or even a garage sale!! It's thoughts to think, aright!

I know this is short and random.....I'm hoping to post more later! I hope you have a great weekend! Be safe and have fun! :)