Have you ever been reading something and realized you had no idea what you had just read? Or have you left church on a Sunday morning and could not recall what the topic of the pastor’s sermon was? Words have a lot of power, power to hurt or to heal, power to freeze or to…
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The Unknown
I am a planner. I like to plan out things for maximum efficiency. For instance, if I know I have several errands to take care of, I will plan out what order of attack will be the most efficient based on the locations of errands in relation to home, each other, and traffic patterns (such…
The Center
I was recently reading an explanation of the solar system and how the sun, due to its greater mass, draws the planets with its greater gravitational pull. Because of this pull, the other planets line up in orbit instead of spinning off across space. Each planet has its own orbit and has smaller objects orbiting…
The Vine and the Husbandman
I have a vine that has taken root in my flowerbed that is beyond a nuisance. It grows quickly, so quickly that it covered a rosemary bush in less than a week or two. Not only does it cover other plants, but it also wraps around it. Eventually, it begins to smother said plant. I…
Flowers or Fruit?
Have you ever bought something that looked good on the surface, but when you got it home and out of the box, it lacked substance? Have you ever ordered food that looked good, but it didn’t taste as good as it looked? Have you ever bought a book based on the cover only to find…
Recalibration
I have been working on a project that requires my work to meet a set standard. Randomly and unknown to me, I am sent validation samples. The goal is to match predetermined standards by at least 70%. All I need is a good solid C to pass and continue on. Every few days I am…
Who do you listen to?
Today I have been working on a project with a supervisor who kept giving advice in an apparent effort to help. The result was actually the opposite. It caused me to drop below a standard because I was listening too much to the warnings and not enough to what my gut was telling me. I…
Motivation
We all have the best of intentions of getting up in the morning and getting things done, and then the alarm rings and we groan and roll over. Monday morning…notice I said Monday… I was not ready to get up yet. It was the day after Easter, and the weekend had been busy. I just…
De-cluttering
My devotional this morning was from Whispers of Rest by Bonnie Gray. At the end of each devotional, she gives ideas on how to practice soul care and includes scientific studies that back up her suggestions. Today the suggestion was on decluttering and how clutter causes increases in cortisol, a stress hormone, while decreases in…
I Do It Myself
If you have ever spent any time around a toddler, you will hear these words: “I do it myself.” Usually, it is something that the child cannot do themselves despite all of the determination in the world. Sometimes it is even a little comical watching them. I have to wonder if God sometimes laughs to…