Sunday, April 3, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Author Unknown
There's always a little truth behind every 'just kidding.'
A little knowledge behind every 'I don't know.'
A little emotion behind every 'I don't care.'
A little love behind every 'I hate you!'
A little uneasiness behind every 'I'm okay.'
A little pain behind every 'forget it.'
A little fear behind every 'leave me alone.'
A little hope behind every 'goodbye.'
And a little 'something' behind every 'nothing.'
Author Unknown
But Very Much Appreciated!
A little knowledge behind every 'I don't know.'
A little emotion behind every 'I don't care.'
A little love behind every 'I hate you!'
A little uneasiness behind every 'I'm okay.'
A little pain behind every 'forget it.'
A little fear behind every 'leave me alone.'
A little hope behind every 'goodbye.'
And a little 'something' behind every 'nothing.'
Author Unknown
But Very Much Appreciated!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Heart to Heart with Holley Devotional
This devotional from 'heart to heart with Holley' stuck a cord with me today so I decided to share it with you...
The Best Kind of Rest
I sit across the table from my husband on a cold morning. Snow spatters the streets outside and coffee steams from my cup.
“I’ve been trying to rest,” I say, “And I don’t think it’s working.”
He looks up at me, “Maybe what your idea of rest isn’t really rest.”
I nod. I’ve been thinking about that too.
When I felt like I needed to start slowing down a few months ago, I took that literally. I spent more time on the couch. I crossed items off my to-do list.
And I felt worse.
You’re a dreamer,” my husband goes on, “You need to be free to chase ideas, move toward the future, try new things. That’s what renews you.”
He’s a wise one, my man.
I realized what I’d been missing more than I realized…
God-sized dreams.
I’m coming to see that when God asked me to rest it was actually more about my heart.
Learning to trust instead of strive.
Learning to enjoy rather than push so hard.
Learning to focus on the moment instead of results.
I think of the verse God put on my heart when all this began…
“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Solomon 2:10-13
Rest is an intimate invitation—
not to step away from life but to embrace the Giver of it.
The Best Kind of Rest
I sit across the table from my husband on a cold morning. Snow spatters the streets outside and coffee steams from my cup.
“I’ve been trying to rest,” I say, “And I don’t think it’s working.”
He looks up at me, “Maybe what your idea of rest isn’t really rest.”
I nod. I’ve been thinking about that too.
When I felt like I needed to start slowing down a few months ago, I took that literally. I spent more time on the couch. I crossed items off my to-do list.
And I felt worse.
You’re a dreamer,” my husband goes on, “You need to be free to chase ideas, move toward the future, try new things. That’s what renews you.”
He’s a wise one, my man.
I realized what I’d been missing more than I realized…
God-sized dreams.
I’m coming to see that when God asked me to rest it was actually more about my heart.
Learning to trust instead of strive.
Learning to enjoy rather than push so hard.
Learning to focus on the moment instead of results.
I think of the verse God put on my heart when all this began…
“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Solomon 2:10-13
Rest is an intimate invitation—
not to step away from life but to embrace the Giver of it.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Words to Live By
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
~William Penn
~William Penn
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Don't Worry...
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry.
If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Great news if you feel like you need to do it all this week...
I'm thinking of you today,
wondering about a new week,
asking, "How am I going to do it all?"
Here's the great news:
Through Christ.
I can do everything through Him who gives me strengthen me. Philippians 4:13
And here's the secret...
Just offer what you have.
I've been thinking of this, how I fear what I have falls short.
But then God whispers, reminds me, that He can redeem anything.
So as long as we do something, as long as we have the courage to move forward, then He can use whatever the outcome may be for His purposes.
(Oh, and resting, waiting, praying are most certainly doing something too.)
The greatest risk is doing nothing at all.
I heard someone say recently, "The world isn't looking for perfect people--it's looking for people who just haven't quit."
Your to-do list for the week?
Don't quit.
Just keep going.
God will do the rest.
Promise.
As a new week begins I thought I would share this daily devotional from 'Heart to Heart with Holley'.
holley@holleygerth.com
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A Much Needed Reminder
Thought for the Day: “Many of us are always the ones that seem to need to be strong for everyone else. We are the providers, the caregivers, the listeners, the mothers, the fathers, the protectors, the “go-to” people… And when the day is done who do we have to turn to to be the strong one for us? God… He is always waiting to give us His shoulder to lean on.” Have a great day today everyone! – Elmer Laydon
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