Sunday, February 25, 2007

Day 14, Early Morning and Afternoon

Afternoon 

The sermon this morning was on being good stewards with your money. (I don't, as a rule, like to quote books on here, but there were no words that said it better than what I read in A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. "...there is a direct relationship between how I use my money and the quality of my spiritual life." Check out Luke 12:48.)

The Sunday school lesson topic, or one of the discussion topics (I can't remember the actual lesson topic) was "God is with you through the hard times". Remember the briar patch and the sermon on the radio? I do!

I love it when what I've been studying and praying about ends up in a lesson or sermon or both. It tells me we're all on the right track, God's in control and He's got a point to make. Cool!

Hard times + money management =

I hope God isn't trying to tell me to manage my money well because hard times are coming. If so I'd like to ask, "What does He think I've been going through these last two years?"

Early Morning

I'm up before the sun again.

I like it that way.

Sitting on the back porch in my pajamas

Warm coffee in my hands

It's a little chilly.

The wind chimes tinkle.

I'm thinking of people I know.

Reaching out and miss guided.

What should I do?

The wind in the tops of the trees drowns out the highway

And my thoughts,

It's too chilly.

I believe I'll do my coffee drinking

And morning thinking

In the house.

 

Back in the house

In a comfortable chair

Feet propped up in front of the heat

I imagine...

Living in a log cabin, before electricity

Snow and ice have added an extra layer of insulation

The fireplace is the only source of heat

Children would sleep in the loft where heat rises to

I sleep on a straw mattress on the main floor

Firewood is outside the door

I stoke the fire in the night

There are pockets of cold air in the corners of the one room house

I walk in and out of them as I cook meals and do chores

I'm never not covered in layers of clothing

If I bathe it is only in front of a well stoked fire

Bathing is a great pleasure because it happens so seldom.

It is both a harder and an easier life.

My day dream is broken by the image of my daughter

With her lap top and too short of shorts at the dining room table.

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1 - I by chance came by your blog and read the latest two (including this one) and smiled at what I imagine my Mom would sound like if she too had a blog. I'm not sure how this works on making an impression on someone, or if you even want people to read your blog. I saw it in the recently posted list and just clicked it for no apparent reason. I just thought I'd leave a note saying I can relate to wanting things to be a different way sometimes. People get wrapped up in society and techonology very easily and it's nice when we have the chance to settle down, even if it's only in our thoughts. Take care. And the writer says, "His mom! Ouch and unimpressionable, this whipper snapper almost got deleted." (Comment this)

Written by: Her at 2007/02/27 - 00:29:59
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