Despite poison I still took a walk – my ivy is feeling more settled. Just one nasty spot on my left leg. Looks like JAWS took a nice bite! After work I got a special made-for-bath Command hook for my shower caddy in the bathroom. It was on a suction cup and every 6 or 8 days the suction would let loose and everything would go flying across the tub. Sounded like the rapture! Hold on …. Yup -still good and solid!
Kath and I visited Mom, and she looked happy and smiled a lot. It’s always good to see that she’s adjusting and content. We made crowns for Kath and I to wear to celebrate yesterday’s birthday, and will put them in the box to send to her next week.
Happy 90th Birthday MOM!!!
Snoopy shared a scripture with us today, and if you read the entire verse, it says it’s not a new thought. We are to Love one Another! II John 1:5. There are so many people in my life who share themselves with me, and that I have the opportunity to love on so many different levels. I pray that is a blessing in your lives as well!
This morning I listened to a ‘new’ minister. I’ve met Stephen LaSor several times (Maplewood Presbyterian) and am choosing to fill the seventh day by listening to his messages. I took four pages of notes, but I will give you a summarized version. He has been talking about Jesus’s choice to start teaching with parables, as He was seeing that the people weren’t open to some of his teachings. He suggests that the reason was that the answers to the mysteries aren’t given to us so He offered explanations plainly. The more we give our minds to Jesus the more we will know and understand. Those who don’t want to pursue these truths won’t understand the mysteries.
The example he used was the parable of a man who plants wheat in his field then goes away. When he comes back his workers ask if they should pull the weeds but the owner says no. Let the weeds grow with the plants or the wheat will be disturbed. He will separate the weeds from the Wheat at harvest. He compared it to our lives, to the end of the age. Evil is sown in with the good, and Satan is sowing fast and furiously because the final days are upon us. The Kingdom of God is here, right NOW – but is not irresistible. We are not forced into it – we must accept it to be part of it. Jesus is preparing the thrashing floor right now, but in the meantime we have a choice – accept and live for God or live for ourselves. It’s not what we expect – we think the Kingdom should be with power and might that we can’t resist. That kingdom will come someday, but for now those with a willing heart and humility will accept the invitation. The evil and the just are growing together side by side, and the Great Harvester will come! As the end comes closer it will draw evil and filth to the surface; but the battle has already been won – And another of my favorite verses: In this world you will have trouble, but be of good cheer. I have OVERCOME the WORLD. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! God’s still in charge and is still working in a way we don’t see or don’t expect. He is not ready to pull the ‘weeds’ – they grow beside the Wheat. Be patient – His harvest is by invitation and the righteous will be gathered to Him.
Well I said I would make it short. So much for short.
On this day in 1853 New York’s Central Park was created and would be designed by Frederick Olmstead (Landscape architect). Olmstead also designed the gardens at Biltmore and many other ostentatious homes of the wealthy and fabulous! In 1969 Neil Armstrong actually made the footprint on the moon. Yesterday they just landed (opps!). Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899, Cat Stevens in 1948, and the wonderfully talented and very funny Robin Williams in 1951 (I loved Mork and Mindy!!)
Today is National Junk Food Day and National Be Someone Day. I think I’m someone every day. Today I was an employee, a daughter, a sister, a mother, a writer, a houseworker, a weed-puller, and a meal cooker!
Have a great week! God bless…
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