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Posted on 07/01/2019 12:03:00 AM PDT by JustAmy
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I have dust everywhere
Seems like dusting is the last thing I ever want to do.
Dust bunnies do not fear me.
Cheers
Happy Columbus Day!
Had to turn off local news ( as usual) tonight because they were interviewing a kid about why he liked the fake indigenous day better. Crummy pubic schools in WI. Promote every liberal cause.
I think mine have become dust monsters! LOL!
Dusting is my worst housekeeping skill. Really don’t mind the other stuff.
Maybe it’s the moving of things in the way of dusting that makes it difficult to commit to. That’s probably it.
If it weren’t for Columbus, I would be eating raw whale blubber and get left on an ice floe to die when I got too old to hunt.
Grazie, Christoforo, grazie.
Bible in a Year:
You help us by your prayers. 2 Corinthians 1:11
Samuel Mills and four of his friends often gathered together to pray for God to send more people to share the good news of Jesus. One day in 1806, after returning from their prayer meeting, they got caught in a thunderstorm and took refuge in a haystack. Their weekly prayer gathering then became known as the Haystack Prayer Meeting, which resulted in a global mission movement. Today the Haystack Prayer Monument stands at Williams College in the US as a reminder of what God can do through prayer.
Our heavenly Father is delighted when His children approach Him with a common request. It’s like a family gathering where they’re united in purpose, sharing a common burden.
The apostle Paul acknowledges how God helped him through the prayers of others during a time of severe suffering: “He will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers” (2 Corinthians 1:10–11). God has chosen to use our prayers—especially our prayers together—to accomplish His work in the world. No wonder the verse continues: “Then many will give thanks . . . [for the] answer to the prayers of many.”
Let’s pray together so we can also rejoice together in God’s goodness. Our loving Father is waiting for us to come to Him so He can work through us in ways that reach far beyond anything we could ever imagine.
What request can you and others pray for? How has your faith been strengthened when you pray with others?
Father, help us to pray together even as we work together.
Yes! Everytime I do that I realize once more that I have too much stuff. LOL!
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Thanks for your Tuesday posts.
I’m ill, worst part is I am missing a 3 day trip with my mother and sister.
Perfect timing. Grrr.
I’m so sorry you are ill...I’ll be praying for you!
I’m struggling with a big cold right now, just in time for my birthday. Grrrrrr
Oh brother. We are in the same situation. This trip was part of my birthday too. Even though it was last Saturday.
Might have picked up this bug while seeing movie on Saturday.
Judy, which was fabulous.
Been looking up Judy singing on YouTube videos today.
Also biography info.
Get well soon!
Thank you! You too! :-)
Bible in a Year:
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life. 1 Thessalonians 4:11
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” We all heard that question as children and sometimes even as adults. The question is born in curiosity, and the answer is often heard as an indication of ambition. My answers morphed over the years, starting with a cowboy, then a truck driver, followed by a soldier, and I entered college set on becoming a doctor. However, I can’t recall one time that someone suggested or I consciously considered pursuing “a quiet life.”
Yet that’s exactly what Paul told the Thessalonians. First, he urged them to love one another and all of God’s family even more (1 Thessalonians 4:10). Then he gave them a general admonition that would cover whatever specific plow they put their hand to. “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life” (v. 11). Now what did Paul mean by that exactly? He clarified: “You should mind your own business and work with your hands” so outsiders respect you and you’re not a burden on anyone (vv. 11–12). We don’t want to discourage children from pursuing their giftedness or passions but maybe we could encourage them that whatever they choose to do, they do with a quiet spirit.
Considering the world we live in, the words ambitious and quiet couldn’t seem further apart. But the Scriptures are always relevant, so perhaps we should consider what it might look like to begin living quieter.
How does Paul’s phrase—“mind your own business”—sit with you? Who comes to mind of someone who lives a quiet life that you might emulate?
Jesus, living a quiet life sounds so inviting, but I know it won’t come easily. I ask for the grace to mind my own business, not so I can close myself off from the world, but that I won’t add to the noise.
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Beautiful. Hope we have fall soon, don’t you? :)
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It looks like summer here! I am enjoying cooler days and we have had rain!
My niece is here. Sorry to be so late. We always stay up til the wee hours. Love having her here.
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