# 65 Sight

We must all at some time take a hard look at ourselves. Take a look at what we are doing and where we are going in life. I once read that gr(ow)th hurts, that's why it has OW in the middle! I have been doing quite a bit of reading over the past year to try and "grow" my knowledge. It does take time and commitment. It is sometimes painful to get outside of our comfort zone..and quit watching so much TV!


It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

C. S. Lewis

Isaiah 5 20-22

20 

Woe to those who call evil good

    and good evil,

who put darkness for light

    and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

    and sweet for bitter!

21 

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,

    and shrewd in their own sight!

# 65 Learning

I was privileged to be able to help with a workshop this past weekend on photography. Several of us volunteers presented three different classes to a mix of scouts, 4Hers and other interested kids. We are living in a time when technology, (especially in photography) is exploding! We no longer need to even think about 1 hour photos or buying film or shall I say it ...a DARKROOM!

 It was inspiring to see these kids so interested in the limited knowledge we was able to give them.

Learning should be a lifelong mission for all of us. Our opportunities to get information from so many places has never been better. I encourage you to expand your knowledge on a favorite subject of yours this week!

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Bruce Lee

Proverbs 9:9

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
    teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.

# 64 Reflect

I recently had a chance to visit with family and was reminded that even many weeks and months may separate us, our family still has a love for one another that continues. We all have our own quirky ways but somehow it seems to work.at least for a few days! I was always told that relatives and leftovers should be thrown out after 3 days. I always try and make my visits..short!

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Mother Teresa

Psalm 25

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, or my transgressions;

    according to thy steadfast love remember me,

    for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord!

# 63 Freedon

4th of July weekend is a time to celebrate our freedom. Even with all the present turmoil we still live in the greatest nation on earth. I was pleased to celebrate a one year birthday party for my granddaughter and her cousin this weekend too. I guess God knew what he was doing when he gave us babies when we were young. There was a house full of kids 7 or 8, maybe 9 ( I lost count) all under 5 years old and they kept us ALL busy! It is always a blessing to me to be able to see all my own children in the same day. It reminds me that time marches on and we should grab on to every precious minute and enjoy it.
This picture was from the fireworks display in our neighborhood

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Ronald Reagan

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

# 62 Net Worth

A famous basketball player said once "I ain't no role model" Truer words were never spoken! But in real life we do not get to say don't look at me. We are always sending messages to those around us and to those we love. We send these messages by what we say, (or don't say) and by what we do, (or don't do). We are all role models, like it or not. Others look to you to see what what you will accept or reject.

Be mindful that it is a combination of both. The old saying "do as I say not as I do" will not work.

Look for ways this week to improve YOUR net worth.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Benjamin Franklin

Proverbs 10-20

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.

# 61 Changes

We all have the power to choose many things. Sometimes I wonder about the choices I have made the good the bad and the real ugly. My youth was a collection of bad choices, until made a really good one, I got married! In fact that could be the best decision and change, I have ever made. This week has been filled with some hard choices about change, I always try and follow the golden rule and treat people the way I want to be treated. Things change, people change, sometimes it for the best.
 Do you have something you need to change?

"Well if nothing changes; nothing changes".

Joe, a recovering alcoholic

1 Corinthians 15

51 Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

# 60 Homeless

This week I have been given hard news to remind me that this world is not our home.
Life can be difficult at times when you think of some thing or some one in a certain way and find out you did not really know the truth. When we do get to our eventual home we will leave behind the disappointments of this life. I listened this week to a homeless man in Houston giving his advice to others.

Put Your Faith in God

Put Your Trust in Your Dogs

Put Your Hope in Man

I think he had it right. If you put your faith and trust in people ..you will be disappointed at some point.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sirach 2

7 You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy;
    and turn not aside, lest you fall.
8 You who fear the Lord, trust in him,
    and your reward will not fail;