My phone holds a very precious clip sent to me, a woman goes to her pastor complaining about the congregation, she tells him she will no longer be attending church and he asks her why? She explains that people spend their time on their cell phones, gossiping, and they just not living right, they are hypocrites! He gets very quiet and finally he asks her if she would do something for him before she makes her final decision. He recognized that her mind was NOT yet made, she was in two minds, in conflict! he recognized this! Willingly she asks what can she do? He asks he o take a glass of water and walk, holding the glass, twice around the hall of the church without spilling a drop. Her face lights up and she nods, this she can do! She comes back and confidently proclaimed, job done! He asked her three questions:
1) Did she see anyone on their phones?
2) Did she see anybody gossiping?
3) Was anybody living wrong?
She frowned and shook her head, she responded, no, I was too busy carrying the glass to notice!
He told her, when you come to church, you should be so focused on God, so that You don't fall! (pretty awesome hey?)
For weeks: the song Mary's Prayer, played in my mind. From out of nowhere this song arrived and would not leave, it played over and over and at the time, I was not happy! So I sat down and You Tubed the song with the lyrics and hit him like a ton of bricks. You are your husbands prayer and you acting like you are his nightmare, why? Examine your heart and ask yourself what are you doing, when you are this man's prayer?
We lazy, self willed and petulant and it's time we understand that if we don't grow up and take responsibility for our actions, we are going to have everything we take for granted taken from us and we are enabling our own destruction. Change is painful, it's not easy doing self introspection, looking at what and why we are and the consequences of our actions are not ours, but they are and we will reap what we are sowing! So what are we sowing? This is our time. Theirs has come and gone. I walked in the shadow of my mother for the longest time, until I realized, she had her life, she was forty once and did as she pleased, my grandmother was placed in an old age facility, so my mother could do as she pleased. She made her decisions, but I am accountable for mine, yes, my mother lives with us and no, she won't be placed in care. She is my mother, but she will learn to accept that I have my own voice. I am my own person and so every day we have a power struggle, but that's okay, until she comprehends that she raised a mature, independent thinker, this is her battle, not mine.
We have to examine how we are responding to our loved ones. We cannot claim to love Jesus and hurt others. This isn't going to work. Truth is in our actions. Open your heart to love, life and endless possibility and take time to be you. Give of yourself, not because there is something in it for you, but because you want too. Give a shit, give more than money, give a thought, a prayer and time. Give and give generously and be the miracle, you are required and I need you to smile at me on the street, your smile gives me hope, gives me courage and determination. We can choose how we react to any given situation, we are responding with such alarming indifference, we have to shake ourselves awake and stop the nastiness. We are the prayer on God's lips, we are the reason, when birds die and fish die, we are dying too! Can't you understand this? I don't watch those fear mongering YouTubers any more, no one knows when this world will end! No one has a clue about what is going on, this is uncharted waters because this isn't part of their plan, and we must seize the moment. Carpe Diem. Be nice because it will piss someone off and that in itself is happiness. Infect the world with positive vibrations and watch the beauty of life unfold. Thank you Universe for this day! Seize the Day!
1) Did she see anyone on their phones?
2) Did she see anybody gossiping?
3) Was anybody living wrong?
She frowned and shook her head, she responded, no, I was too busy carrying the glass to notice!
He told her, when you come to church, you should be so focused on God, so that You don't fall! (pretty awesome hey?)
For weeks: the song Mary's Prayer, played in my mind. From out of nowhere this song arrived and would not leave, it played over and over and at the time, I was not happy! So I sat down and You Tubed the song with the lyrics and hit him like a ton of bricks. You are your husbands prayer and you acting like you are his nightmare, why? Examine your heart and ask yourself what are you doing, when you are this man's prayer?
We lazy, self willed and petulant and it's time we understand that if we don't grow up and take responsibility for our actions, we are going to have everything we take for granted taken from us and we are enabling our own destruction. Change is painful, it's not easy doing self introspection, looking at what and why we are and the consequences of our actions are not ours, but they are and we will reap what we are sowing! So what are we sowing? This is our time. Theirs has come and gone. I walked in the shadow of my mother for the longest time, until I realized, she had her life, she was forty once and did as she pleased, my grandmother was placed in an old age facility, so my mother could do as she pleased. She made her decisions, but I am accountable for mine, yes, my mother lives with us and no, she won't be placed in care. She is my mother, but she will learn to accept that I have my own voice. I am my own person and so every day we have a power struggle, but that's okay, until she comprehends that she raised a mature, independent thinker, this is her battle, not mine.
We have to examine how we are responding to our loved ones. We cannot claim to love Jesus and hurt others. This isn't going to work. Truth is in our actions. Open your heart to love, life and endless possibility and take time to be you. Give of yourself, not because there is something in it for you, but because you want too. Give a shit, give more than money, give a thought, a prayer and time. Give and give generously and be the miracle, you are required and I need you to smile at me on the street, your smile gives me hope, gives me courage and determination. We can choose how we react to any given situation, we are responding with such alarming indifference, we have to shake ourselves awake and stop the nastiness. We are the prayer on God's lips, we are the reason, when birds die and fish die, we are dying too! Can't you understand this? I don't watch those fear mongering YouTubers any more, no one knows when this world will end! No one has a clue about what is going on, this is uncharted waters because this isn't part of their plan, and we must seize the moment. Carpe Diem. Be nice because it will piss someone off and that in itself is happiness. Infect the world with positive vibrations and watch the beauty of life unfold. Thank you Universe for this day! Seize the Day!
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