Stuck-Five Minute Friday on Sunday

This week's word only brought one rather unattractive, but very real facet of life to mind. I don't know how many deal with this issue, but if you've had difficulty in this area, know there is hope and being "stuck" is only temporary.

Stuck.........

Uncomfortable not moving.

It can even be painful.

When waste gets stuck in your intestines,

it is so unbearable and unhealthy.

There's little to no movement.

And so it sits and builds.

And you have toxins galore.

Yet, there is hope!

Not just from milk of magnesia either.

Ways to rid yourself of being stuck include:

eating a healthy diet loaded with fiber,

lots of water, and getting off your duckus to move.

These can all help that yucky material,

known as "poop" to move and allow your body to rid itself.

Now, spiritually speaking-

feast on what's healthy and wash in the water of the Word.

Accompanied by getting out there and moving in your gifts,

may just help, too.

STOP

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (NASB)

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To learn more about what your poop says about you, check out https://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/what-your-poop-says-about-your-health/

Turn-Five Minute Friday on Sunday

Another busy weekend, so here I am Sunday evening posting for this week's prompt.

Turn.......

It announces or commands a change of direction, feeling or tone.

Turn the lights on or off. Don't turn back. 

He turned towards the sound. God turned mourning into dancing.

Spring came and the landscape was turned into a rainbow of colors once again.

Turn your hearts towards home. A turn for the better or worse?

When others turn towards God there is always some kind of change. Likewise, when we 

turn away. It will transform the landscape of our lives. Life or death. We can choose.

STOP

Psalm 34:5 "They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed." (NASB)

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Other- a late Five Minute Friday

Many ways to look at this week's prompt. it is defined as "used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or know about."

For me it's the other option I couldn't see or choose because I didn't know.

other.......

Upon arriving home from teaching in the city for a year, I didn't get another teaching job right away. Student loans were needing to be repaid and times were tough. Driving a ten year old car and living at home with mom and dad for $50.00 a month while working in a drug store had become my life. I subbed and applied for different teaching positions, but a full time tenure track position wasn't easy to come by back then.

After a year of working in retail, I moved onto a not for profit organization, serving people with developmental disabilities.  I began thinking maybe I should just go into another field, so I started to research the field of OT (occupational therapy).

STOP

UGH!! I ran out of time, but I didn't want to stop there and leave people hanging, so I kept writing, hoping it will encourage someone, somewhere to keep other options open.

The more I learned, the more realized that OT would not be an easy detour. I wasn't even sure I could do it. Physics and chemistry were pre-requisites of which I squeaked by in high school. It also meant tons more student loans. Until the "other" opportunity appeared, I was stuck wondering what in the world to do and feeling hopeless.

A friend of mine stopped by to tell me about a special grant program at the nearby state university and how I could get a Masters in Teaching completely covered with a stipend to live off. All of this in one year.

I am now in my seventeenth year of teaching ENL/ESL and love it! When I was originally certified as an elementary education teacher, I didn't know much of anything about ESL. I didn't know I would love it.

Sometimes we don't know what we want or need. Sometimes the "other" option must present itself.

May we be open to new possibilities, even if it's quite different than what we imagine.

Settle-Five Minute Friday on Sunday

We have made it to Easter Sunday and the end of Spring Break. I find myself meditating on what this special day is about and what truly happened over two thousand years ago. It is a reality that brings hope and healing to everyone throughout the world who will receive the message and accept what was accomplished. This week's prompt is defined as:"resolve or reach an agreement about an argument or problem." Our word for the week is.........

Settle

A huge chasm

Deep and dark

Filled with horrendous evil

Rebellion against God

An outstanding account

Blood of bulls and lambs

Would never cover

Needing a resolution

Some way and someone

To help settle

A dark, dark, day

An agreement reached

A final sacrifice

To cover both you and me

Paid in full

Accepted for life

Resolution for joy

Problem of every sin erased

Once and for all

The account is closed

Balance paid in full

Credited to our account

Now and forevermore

STOP

Matthew 27:51-53 "And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many." (NASB)

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