Consider the lilies of the field… Matt 6:28
” What we think, we become.”
I have heard this quote all my life. Not sure who first said it. Do we believe it? Do we have scriptures to confirm or deny it? Are we capable of controlling what we think? Will we become anything we want if we can think it? What do you think?
Change your mind change your life.
Get another perspective.
See things from another point of view.
See things from another’s point of view.
When you die all wisdom and understanding will not die with you.
Other people are right too.
The more you know the less you know.
When you are the only one that is right, you live in a little world.
Listen to people who know more than you.
Ask questions.
Your way is not the only way.
There is safety in an abundance of counselors.
Ask for help.
Value all the resources available to you.
When you retire you will be replaced.
The world will not end when you end.
There are views from both sides of the mountain.
To see things better go to higher ground.
for our emotional handicaps?
Are we emotionally handicapped at times? Do we use walking canes made of ‘poor me’ wood? Do we wear cheap walking shoes that fit like “I’m going to walk all over you?” Do we hobble around on crutches made from ‘Popular Pride’ that surely will cause us to fall?
What Doctor do we visit for our healing? A friend that agrees with us so we can keep riding our emotional roller coaster for free, or so we think? Does a new car or house make us what we ought to be?
We at times read every magazine and study every ad so we can shine like the Bright Morning Star, or so we believe?
Look at the two contrasting pictures, and see which one, if I should buy one or the other, would help make me a better person? Or, help to develop my character? Draw me closer to Jesus? Give me a better family relationship?
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Help me name my new (boy) puppy!
John Carmody, The Progressive Pilgrim
“Teaching, like study, is clearly both formal and informal. The parent can lecture as much as the professor. The grandparent can be concerned with the little one’s souls as much as the priest. Even friends and peers are teachers. They push and prod our clay, leave considerable impact on our meaning, our reality. Like it or not, each day we are lectured by a variety of informal professors on the ways of the world, both for good and for bad.”
This cake is a winner!
INGREDIENTS:
1 pkg Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe yellow cake mix
1 pkg 3.9 oz instant chocolate pudding
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz sour cream
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup water
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Do you like M&M’s?
Which kind do you like best?
OK, we all understand test/exams, don’t we? First comes the guidelines for the exam and then the questions.
Our guidelines:
Don’t click to second page if you do not want to take the test of M&M’s.
Don’t read the questions and then research or check with another either in person or their answers before you answer.
Don’t read and then come back to answer. If you don’t have a few minutes to answer then come back later when you have time before you read the questions.
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“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
– Albert Einstein-
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
Ephesian 6:17
One of my sons wanted to take classes in fencing. My first thought was, WHY?
I quickly learned a little about fencing, and that being, a very little about this sport. I comprehended even less. I did understand somewhat that in the broadest possible sense, fencing is the art of armed combat involving certain weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, or thrown. A number of weapons are used including the sword. I also learned that it is an Olympic sport.
The ‘sword’ of course interest me because of my study of God’s Word. For the Word instructs God’s people to use the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesian 6 opened to me in a very picturesque way as I watched with fear my son participate in this sport.
During church Sunday, Sara asked those of us that work in the public school system to relate a highlight/success of their first week of school. Here is one that I was excited to share. It is a teaching strategy idea that she gave to me that really worked in my high school classroom!
As background, I had attended a teacher workshop prior to the beginning of school provided by our school system. It was about learning and employing teaching strategies and we were asked to implement them using our course specific content. The idea was to engage students and improve achievement. Sara likes for us to share with her what we, teachers, learn at these sessions each year and she interacts with us how we will practically utilize them. So, after sharing my content idea (something about comparing apple varieties) for teaching comparisons (similarities and differences) she offered one that she felt would excite the students even more, and it did. It was to use the class iguana, Harry Potter (see his picture…Sara named him), and have the students compare him to an alligator.
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