To Live and Love

Living is more than just existing. Those that live can look at life and say whatever happens is OK. And those that just exist are weary and say "I have bad luck". Nothing is worse that people that mope and are depressed. But then again we all get like that. Even Jeremiah, who penned the words "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases", said "Woe, woe" and held his head. It is not our task to not have broken hearts. What matters is as the song says, "Smile though your heart is breaking". Can we do that? Or are we "Woe is me" 24 hours a day? May God bless us with hope of a better existence that is coming.

Help!

Emergencies happen everyday, more than we think they do. We could trip over ordinary extension cords that may come in our path; we could bump into the corner of a wall; we could even mistake something in the middle of the night and trip into or over something, But fortunately there is help...other kind souls, friends, family but most important God gives us instincts that we can use or choose not to use to go along a particular path that is not for us. May God bless us all with wisdom to follow those small pricks or nudges He gives to go a certain way.

Wintertime

Over the snow? I know that I think it is really pretty but I am over not being able to get to various plants because of the roads. I am over the really really cold weather. The kind that makes your hands ache. But I am not over the quietness, the white beauty of God's palette. I'm not over the slowness that God really wants us to enjoy. May God bless you always!!!

How do we lead?

There are questions that come into play which come into any leader selection. We want someone to help us, we want someone with smarts to deal with people that they come into contact with and we want someone to treat us with kindness and fairness. The key to this is love and heart. We may be looking for the good talker but deep down we really want someone to show care for us. This is so whether it is president, chairman of the board, manager or spiritual leader. And because we are human that goes by the way-side and we want charisma and charm and flamboyance never mind caring for us. God is a God that wants fairness and that looks on someone who cares for his people no matter the level as something to smile on. He loves us. And loves all of us. Enough to want us that once we are in a group we can also lead with care and fairness. May we strive to have and be leaders the way God wants us to be.