Great line off a vendor's signature at work

"the one who cannot add to His grace"
Totally amazing.  Good job Stacy the installer!

Set a once an hour chirp on my phone and it turned from a work strategy into a little prayer reminder:)

Looked for something inspired by Babylon. Didn't find it worth posting

God bless our called workers!

eve

http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class1.html

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27817293/job
This is a really neat project surrounding the book of Job which is very dear to my heart lately.

I've been happy to try and collect some inspiring links which you'll see you your right.  They are the types of websites that I always find interest in when I visit...

SHOOOOOOT!

I'm so sorry Lord.  I really seriously forgot about you ALL day yesterday and almost all of the day today.
Argh!!
Even if I hadn't posted within my 24 hr window of a "day", to this point I hadn't not thought about it at least...even if I didn't get to throwing something on the screen.
Groan -
It makes me frustrated and sad.  Mostly because I was feeling empowered this week and feeling like I was managing to keep it all together.  And then I realize that I had been neglecting the one thing needful and now I really can't claim anything to anyone.
Grunt.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.

Bedtime prayers are a fun thing to have in common with other young families...

Wonder what job's wife thought?

Too passive

I often think that acting like a good Christian is good enough... There was a great article in a Synod newsletter that addressed my misconception.

It is important to distinguish between outreach and evangelism. Each has its own purpose. Outreach provides the audience; evangelism provides the message. With these activities properly defined and used, your outreach and evangelism efforts
http://www.evangelicallutheransynod.org/our-work/publications/sentinel/2012/feb12.pdfwill engage others with Jesus.

Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.

Sept 2008

So in September of 2008 when reading The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I asked myself what should go at the top of my pyramid.  THE LORD!  I'm happy to report that I'm inching closer and closer to that.  Found a copy of that 7 habits book at the thrifts store today but am happy to report that I bought four wonderful, spiritual books which were exactly on my to-do list.

I wonder how many of our earthly memories we'll retain when we enter heaven?

Like Solomon!

If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles... Matthew 5:41

Self-control

Self-control is like a muscle, right?  It's valid to exercise it?  But DAMN I want to go pick up my new glasses!  It's surprisingly hard and easy at the same time to deny myself something.  You know?
Self-control is not a value, it's a habit.
A boy in a Yeshiva in Israel was in danger of being tossed out. The Rosh Yeshiva had given him "one more chance," and based on his past record, it would not take long before this boy would do something serious enough to indeed warrant his dismissal. He approached his mashgiach (sort of like a guidance counsellor).
"I really want to be in Yeshiva. I like it here. But I have absolutely no self-control. I know I won't be able to keep the rules; it's as if there's someone inside of me that constantly pushes me to do things I know I shouldn't do. My days here are limited."
The mashgiach responded by telling him to take something small and insignificant to work on, not necessarily related to the Yeshiva rules. "Work on stopping to crack your knuckles. It's small, it has nothing to do with Yeshiva, but you'll see that even this small act of stopping yourself from doing something you want to do will give your neshama the feeling of what it's like to exercise self-control. Before you know it, you'll experience a different sort of self-empowerment, not the type that says 'I can have whatever I want whenever I want it,' but the empowerment that comes from saying, 'I am in control, and I won't let myself constantly fall prey to self-defeating acts that feel good momentarily but that end up destroying me in the long run.'"

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood...
Ephesians chapter six

Sorry yesterdays post was so late. The comment I posted from church I mean to circle back on... in the meantime: if I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 1 Corinthians 14:23

Satan magnifies every difference between us

https://www.glwd.org/about/overview.jsp

His needs

I have posted this before but its so awesome I feel I need to post it again because I've personally come back to it for a refresher:

Argh marriages are hard!

Mentors

I have a lot to say about this but no time ~

Mental health issues are so tough- Lord be with those people. Help them even more in ways we on earth can't.

Romans 12:36

Talk it out

If you are like me, a lot of Godly thoughts have been just those; Thoughts stuck in my head for me and only me BUT if you get the opportunity, try talking about how you feel in relation to religion some time.  And talking is different than writing.  When I was chatting with a friend and the subject veered to thoughts about God those things I said I can't hit delete on and take back...not in a bad way but in a self-discovery sort of way!  Just this morning I was thinking one thing during the service and found myself saying exactly the opposite when I was explaining myself vocally!!  Amazing.......

Going to church tomorrow (I think)!

Thank you parents ~
Thank you for exposing us to the word of God and letting the Holy Spirit work in our hearts.

Regards, Nell

We Gentiles aren't a replacement for God's chosen people

I'm not sure that Rehov relates to my title statement at all but it's just a combo of what's in my mind today:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehov

Hands busy so mind can focus on scripture-