The Bible is full of doubting people. Abraham and Sarah doubted that God would give them a child. (Genesis 16-18) Asaph, David’s chief musician, doubted because the wicked prospered, and doubted the value of serving God. (Psalm 73) Job doubted God’s goodness and justice. (More on Job later.) Moses doubted that God could use him…
Month: October 2023
Faith & Doubt
As I was going through some of my husband’s old papers, I found this quote, hand-printed on a 3×5 card. “If faith never encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles evil, how can faith know its own power? In my own pilgrimage, if I had to choose between a faith…
Conclusive Focus
Always remember, your focus determines your reality. George Lucas
Focal Point
FOCAL POINT: the center and concentration of attention or energy, the most important or emphasized feature If you live your life animated by the flesh—namely, your fallen, corrupt nature—then your mind is focused on the matters of the flesh. But if you live your life animated by the Spirit—namely, God’s indwelling presence—then your focus is…
Out of Focus
Sometimes all we need is some personal space and time to release, reflect, and focus on all the amazing things that we have been blessed with in life. Unknown I am blessed. Today I will focus on all that is right in my life. (unknown)
God-focused
But God, with the unfathomable richness of His love and mercy focused on us,united us with the Anointed One and infused our lifeless souls with life—even though we were buried under mountains of sin—and saved us by His grace. Ephesians 2:4-5 The Voice “the unfathomable richness of His love and mercy focused on us”. Imagine that! He focused Love…
October?
So, there I was, scrolling through images of “October,” when I came across this: Hmm. Not grammatical, but interesting. And just as I was bemoaning the fact that I have no influence on the weather … Let’s think about this. “If you focus on what you can’t control, you’re a little crazy inside, angry and…
Weather-wise
(This global warming/climate change thing has a lot of us confused. And apparently, this confusing has been going on for a while.) ********** One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2011/12 was going to be cold or mild. The chief…
“October’s Bright Blue Weather”
by Helen Hunt Jackson O suns and skies and clouds of June,And flowers of June together,Ye cannot rival for one hourOctober’s bright blue weather; When loud the bumblebee makes haste,Belated, thriftless vagrant,And goldenrod is dying fast,And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their fingers tightTo save them for the morning,And chestnuts fall from…
Weather Forecasting
If there’s a 50/50 chance that a forecast will go wrong, nine times out of ten it will. (unknown) “Forecasting is the art of saying what will happen, and then explaining why it didn’t!”Anonymous The weatherman is not only blamed for his failure to foretell, he is blamed for the weather itself. Chuck Jones Personally, I don’t…