General Chat

Good morning :-) I did it again didn't I? I went AWOL. I need to be more vigilant and not get carried away with other things before I have visited here. I was actually clearing out behind the appliances in the kitchen - I bought a gizmo thing that lifts items so that you can push a slider thing underneath to make it easy. It worked well and I am happy with the result. :-D

This week I have been thinking about short and sweet and looked at Proverbs and Psalms for inspiration.

Yesterday's thought was on happiness....

Proverbs 16:20 He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

Psalm 144:15 Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!

Today's thought is about patience

Proverbs 15:18 Hot tempers cause arguments, but patience brings peace.

Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord’s help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.

Few words but plenty of meaning :-D


Love to all. Cx :-)

Thank you for the Angel Radio idea - I will pass to my husband - we are both of an age to enjoy this music and I lived through a little of those years.

Have we lost Cynthia again - think she found too much Shaun the Sheep while she was decluttering and decided to sit and watch them.

Take care and keep safe

I like the decluttering theme, though seeing how much trouble I have decluttering my house I am not sure how well I will get on decluttering my inner life, but it has given me something to think about.

Thank you for your latest posts Emma and Kandj. I am not sure I should be thanking you Kandj as I now have Little Things Mean A Lot going round and round my brain. Well, at least it has replaced Shine, Jesus, Shine which has been in my head since yesterday’s Songs of Praise.

There’s’ much to be thankful for today - we are well, the weather is beautiful, I have had a lot of pleasure watching goldfinches on the bird feeders, and the husband of OH’s sister is home from hospital having recovered from a heart attack thanks to excellent care from our beleaguered NHS. I hope your day is as blessed as mine.

Kandj try to find Angel Radio, you can get it online - lots of 50s records, they only go up to 1969 so you'll know most of what they play.

http://angelradio.co.uk/

Hello all

Emma, little thing do indeed mean a lot. I'm singing the Ruby Murray Little Things Mean A Lot song, it was popular in late 1950s, I'll have it in my head now.

Monday and the start of another new week, some thoughts to share today.

MONDAY BLESSING

A good life is when you......
ASSUME nothing,
DO more,
NEED less,
SMILE often,
DREAM big,
LAUGH a lot and realize how
BLESSED you are for what you have.

Happy Monday blessings to one and all.

Thank God for Little Things.

Thank you, God, for little things
that often come our way
The things we take for granted
but don’t mention when we pray
The unexpected courtesy,
the thoughtful kindly deed
A hand reached out to help us
in the time of sudden need
Oh, make us, more aware dear God,
of little daily graces
That come to us with sweet surprise
from never dreamed of places.

Blessed be the Lord
who daily loadeth us with benefits.

Psalm 68;19

Edit..HSR

Thank you Pat. I didn't dee any mention of it in the news paper or on TV
I first found out about it on the internet.
How can NASA say it's a brand new comet ? It's been travelling for tens
of millions of years.
Good job it wasn't closer to Earth's gravitational pull.
It was allegedly a Comet that wiped out the Dinosaurs .

Emanuel Velikovsky wrote a book called Worlds in Collision

Good morning :-)

Where was I yesterday? I thought I had posted..... :-S :-S

If I have lost the plot I need to go and find it :-D :-D


This is what I should have posted yesterday (sigh)

De-cluttered!

Of course, once we have de-cluttered our spiritual lives, it may be a challenge to keep it that way! This is not a one-off event, we need to de-clutter on a frequent basis to keep our spiritual lives healthy.
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As we encounter opportunities to add yet more to our busy schedules, we need to think of how it will affect our spiritual lives and the spiritual life of our family. Will we be able to come closer to Christ or will we end up with even more worries than we can handle and lose sight of Him in all the distractions?

Lord, give us the strength to know what to add to our lives and what to refuse. Help us not to get so busy and tangled up in things that we lose sight of you and your amazing goodness to us. Amen.


Off to seek the plot!

Cx :-)

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1282860/Comet-SWAN-location-where-is-Comet-SWAN-now-can-you-see-comet


Just for you David, seems it's difficult from UK unless you want to be up predawn

The green comet Swan that was supposed to be visible to the naked eye
and pass close to earth wasn't in the news. Was it "fake news" ?
I recall seeing comet Halle Bop over 20 years ago.

kandj ...............

I know, and so do ALL essential workers whether in health services,at the grocery store, driving buses, etc etc.

I have said a very grateful thank you on the 2 occasions I've been served in the last 8 (almost 9) weeks, even more grateful than the thank you I've always said. I sometimes despair at the number of people over here who seem to never say thank you to anyone, even continuing to talk on their ever-present phone.

I wasn't criticizing, just offering a different way that we do it over here.

The singing of Oh Canada can be hilarious to watch online, it is quite difficult especially for young kiddies ....... though by no means as hard as the US one

Places of worship still under lock & key. :-(

Hello all

Sylvia, we all try to do our bit to support the NHS.

During these days of Covid 19, the whole world has been thrown into confusion, fear and uncertainty. Leaders, medics and scientists are all struggling to find answers to try to manage the devastating effects that the Coronavirus is having upon us all.

"When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm."
Psalm 75 v 3. (NLT).

Stay safe everyone.

Just an addition to kandj's comment about clapping for the NHS ..........

Canadians get out to clap and play musical instruments (and bang on metal objects) every night at 7:00 pm,. OH found a man playing a bagpipe in our neighbourhood a couple of weeks ago. The church bells all ring.

There is also a growing habit of people getting out at noon on Sunday to sing Oh Canada, or joining an on-line a cappella "chorus" of the national anthem.

Good morning :-)


The Holy Trinity is a basic fact of the Christian faith David but it's a difficult concept.

There's a concordance here somewhere too but I have to admit to doing all my research on the internet nowadays. The trouble is though, you have to pick a site which is trustworthy - too many oddballs out there unfortunately I tend to look at the Church of England things but have found a lot of good material on RC sites too.

Must press on.....

.It’s great how tidy things are after decluttering. It may take some time and hard work but it’s worth it. It helps us to feel less stressed and more organised for what is important in life. Likewise, decluttering our spiritual lives has some awesome benefits as well!

When we get rid of our spiritual ‘junk’ we can see the purpose God has planned for us with greater clarity. It helps us to manage our time so that we can concentrate more on Him. When we have cleaned out the bad habits, unforgiveness, impatience, anxiety, and worry, etc., we are more available to His grace and strengthened by His peace.

Lord, help us to keep our eyes focused on you as we gradually clear our hearts and minds of unnecessary things and gain your peace. Amen.


Cx :-)

Hello all

Thursday again and I hope to be at my gate to join neighbours clapping for the NHS and key workers who all need our prayerful support right now.

Heavenly Father

We pray for all NHS workers, guide and support them as they work tirelessly to end this pandemic.
We pray for those who are searching for a cure, give them help and insight and understanding at this time.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen

Years ago I had the Crudens Bible concordance.

I confess I've always thought the Trinity a man made way of explaining, rather than fact.

Wish my faith was as strong as yours Cynthia <3

Tabitha cannot debate on theology but it would interest me
to look in at any discussions that come up.

I love a really good in depth discussion on theology - There was a parish priest I use to deul with many years ago. We had some really good "discussions" never heated just aired our opinions. He was my sister in laws parish priest, I wasn't Roman & never have been. He was very convincing sometimes. He went off to retreat & I never saw him again.

About 15 years later he reappeared as a cookery teacher at the local senior school. He would never discuss theology again. Last I heard he was very happily married.

I miss those good discussions & food for thought. It was a bit like the Darwin court case some times. Must get up in the attic and see if I still have my set of concordances. Haven't seen then in over 30 years, actually since i have been with my husband, he is not into religion of any description.

any discussions let me know.

Take care all - Keep safe - dont go running off to those beaches and beauty spots too soon. .

Good morning :-)

Thanks for that Tabitha x

You are touching on the subject of the Holy Trinity David - three in one - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Not three Gods but one. A topic that has evoked much discussion over many years. Never an easy thing to explain.


Right off we go.....De-cluttering our spiritual lives....

This morning we’ll pull out the drawer labelled ‘things we do’'.

Rummaging around in there, we may find some things we need to let go of, something we feel just isn’t right. If we are doing something which is taking us away from Jesus, we need to let it go.

This can be all sorts of things – the type of books we read, the films we watch, the activities we attend. We may have some bad habits which need to go or even some of the biblical 7 deadly sins – lust, gluttony, greed, laziness, anger, envy, pride.

Maybe we are just too busy to find room for God in our lives. We need to sort these things out and hand them over to Jesus for His forgiveness.

Lord, help us to find the strength and courage to let go of the things which are holding us back from knowing you more. Amen.


Cx :-)