Measure-Five Minute Friday

Another busy weekend, so here I am posting for this week's prompt. How do you measure things and what do you measure?

Measure....

Aren't you thankful for standard units of measurement? Can you imagine what would happen if a crew tried to build a house and each member had their own idea of how to measure the concrete, the tiles or the sheet rock? 

I don't know if the house would ever get finished or be able to stand. 

"How can two walk together, unless they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3)

How can we build something to last unless there are standards that stick and everyone agrees and adheres to?

How did our world get so messed up? I am thinking everyone has their own ideas.

STOP

Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." (NASB)

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Reward-Five Minute Friday

Reward....

Earlier I was challenged in my Five Minute Journal to list the life accomplishments I'm most proud of. I came up with more than a dozen, but it got me thinking about the rewards I've reaped.

One of the most beautiful and life giving reward we can sow seeds to reap is peace!

Peace from living within one's means and not dreading creditors

Peace from forgiving those who have insulted and hurt us deeply

Peace from doing the right thing for the right reasons

Peace in having money for a rainy day

Peace in being with those when they pass on

STOP

Proverbs 3:1-2 "My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you."

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Place- Five Minute Friday on Sunday

Spring is popping out everywhere and soon vibrant colors and fragrant smells with beckon us outdoors more and more. It is a beautiful time and place to be. It is also the season of Lent as we commemorate what Christ did on the earth over 2,000 years ago. I hope you are blessed with this read.

Place...

The noun or the verb?

Gethsemane. Jesus placed His life in His Father's hands.

He was placed on the altar.

Not his will, but His Father's will be done.

Yet they were one in the same.

God dwelt among us in this place on Earth.

Everything we know as Earth and this world, 

He entered into this very same place.

Often I have lamented, "Well, He's not walking around down here with us anymore. Jesus ascended to the heavenly place."

His physical body as people knew it over 2,000 years ago,

is no longer here with us.

Is He not still dwelling in the place of our hearts?

STOP

Matthew 28:20 "...and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (NASB)

More-Five Minute Friday

What do you think of when it comes to "more". More and more, as I get older, I realize it's about what is unseen. Our world is merely a shadow of what is awaiting us in eternity.

More....

Am I getting or giving? 

When have I last said, "There's more than enough."?

When have I felt there is more than enough of the good stuff?

Recently, I was challenged by a friend and colleague to do the Marie Kondo thing. "If it doesn't spark joy, toss it.", so that is just what I started doing on my last snow day. 

Needing more joy and freedom in my life, I decided means having less stuff. Less dust collectors and things I don't use. They're just taking up space. How many t-shirts does one need? How many sneaks or earrings? I have only begun.

STOP

Matthew 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal;" (NASB)

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Search-A Late One for last week's FMF!

Ok, so I'm really late on this one. It's been awhile since I did FMF on a Monday. It was a very busy weekend and by Sunday evening I was pooped. So here I am and here it is.

Search.....

How much of our lives are spent searching for someone or something?

One rock band from the 80's, Survivor, sang out, "The search is over. You were with me all the while."

If only we could say that of everything we are obsessed with finding. When do we keep searching and when do we give up?

Years ago, I lost a golden, hoop earring. After days, if not weeks of searching, I gave up. Thinking to myself, "Well, I'm not going to wear one large hoop. Why bother trying to find a match in the store?" So, I tossed it.

As time went on though, I came across the MIA golden hoop in my kitchen's junk drawer. Too late. I already tossed the other one.

STOP

Hebrews 10:35 " Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward." (NASB)

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