With-Final Five Minute Friday for the Year!!

Everything has been a bit of a whirlwind since vacation started last week. I finally found a day to catch up and post for the final Five Minute Friday of 2018! Hard to believe another year is rapidly ending. As I think about the old and the new I am challenged to take the images that came to mind with me into 2019. No matter what comes our way in 2019, may we all be able to take a lesson from Xander and remain in peace knowing, God is with us.

With......

I don't get much done with a cat on my lap. I feel guilty moving him or pushing him to the side. He's content as can be sprawled across my legs, snuggled into the warmth of my fuzzy gray and pink robe. Without a care in the world, he rests and breathes deep. Every now and then he lets out a sigh.

As long as he is near to the one he holds so dear, he is at peace. I've had him two months and he even eats slower, now that he's settled in. Often he lays with his rear end facing me, which I've read means he trusts me and likes to protect the one he is with.

He is a love and I am so enjoying him. A new companion.

Do I rest in Jesus this way?

STOP

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." (NASB)

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Still-Five Minute Friday

We are halfway through December, a month that is impossible for many of us to remain still, especially the little ones. I wasn't sure where to go at first with this week's prompt, but may it be a blessing and a challenge for all of us, including myself.

Still

Slow and steady wins the race.

Still is to persist, remain faithful.

And in the end win.

We're all still here.

Those of us who are,

Jesus has not returned.

And the world has not come to an end.

As so many predicted it would on a certain date.

No one knows the day or the hour.

And yet when He comes,

Will He still find faith on the earth?

Will we remain in Him? 

And let Him still storms and raging seas

that rise and fall around us and from within?

He will still come.

He promised. He must.

Will I still be ready and waiting?

Will I let Him still the storms in me until then?

STOP

Matthew 16:15 "But what about you?" he asked. 'Who do you say I am?" (NASB)

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Balance- Five Minute Friday for December 7th!

Ah! The end of 2018 is rapidly approaching. Time to reflect, but also to look at what's ahead. I like the challenge of last Friday's prompt. How easy is it for any of us to.............

Balance

It's a verb, you know

Even out the scales

Have your check book match what the bank says

Walk across a skinny, long beam

My favorite is riding a horse

To keep it, I must stay focused and centered

Even the slightest degree of leaning

To the right or the left can throw me

And them off

It's a skill one develops over time

Once you have it-oh the places one can go

Faster and faster, up, down, all around

If I'm not, I don't want to think where I'd end up

Better to learn it early on and put it into practice

Then find out years later you're way off course

STOP

Matthew 7:14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it." (NASB)

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Deep- A Late Five Minute Friday

Tis the season when life has sped up even more, so here I am posting for last Friday's prompt on Tuesday evening.  It is also a season to contemplate depth even more.

Deep

How deep is God's love?

How far does it go?

Look back through the ages 

and see how much and how often He gives.

He has not grown so weary with us that 

He has thrown up His hands and walked away.

He has not breathed such wrath to wipe us out

in an instant without delay.

Every morning the sun rises and in the evening it sets.

His rains water the earth.

We are given 86,400 seconds each day 

to give and receive, receive and give.

We are loved. We are here and now

Emmanuel is with us.

STOP

Matthew 1:23 " Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son and they shall call His name 'Immanuel' which when translated means 'God with us." (NASB)

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