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Date: Monday November – 8th
Movers Motivations & Touches to the Soul (YouTube.Com)
Meditation
Opportunities coming
from Biblegateway.com The Daily Verse
Joshua
24:15 (AMP) Amplified Bible
15 If it is unacceptable in your
sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you
live; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua
24:15 in all English translations
Joshua
24:15 (MSG) The Message
15 “If you decide that it’s a bad
thing to worship God, then choose a god you’d rather
serve—and do it today. Choose one of the gods your ancestors worshiped from the
country beyond The River, or one of the gods of the Amorites, on whose land
you’re now living. As for me and my family, we’ll worship God.”
Joshua
24:15 in all English translations
Thought Movers, Motivations Touching to the Soul coming from YouTube.com
When at first you do not fully
understand what you are reading or hearing, keep digging until it makes sense. It does not matter if it comes from someone
you trust with your life or from a stranger.
Or even if it is bible verses and some of the interpretations that are
really hard to grasp or just to (today thinking) speaking in riddle, even if it
was written thousands of years back or two minutes ago.
I myself use bibile.com and biblegateway.com as my go to references
and for ease of sharing and writing the later is quickly available to flip
through the many versions or styles to grasp what is being said.
However, I am by no authority that
even I fully understand what was meant, which allows me to keep diving deeper
and learn more and more every day.
How I do that is circling up with
those much more educated and in deeply focused on the love and life of Jesus
Christ. Those that know what the world is like and are taking steps to not get
tripped up and stuck in all that brings negativity, drama, hate.
All those that know who they are
and realize we will always be a work in progress and do their best to grow and
help others along the way to grow as well.
Funny I was running out one more
thing that needed to go in the trash before the trucks coming by to pick up and
all of a sudden, I see this company truck in the most recently vacated
neighboring house.
Normally I do not get overly
social with the homes that are up for rent, although I do try to remain friendly
and helpful. And aware of what is going
in and out of dwellings on the street I live where kids are growing up and in
fact a school within 500 feet.
Today though knowing this area is
under way for rezoning by the county and seeing this company truck. I had to ask these to guys what they were
doing.
Very nice gentlemen by the way. Even
if I was feeling like that nosey neighbor asking 20 questions. Which is fine when the house is less than 100
feet to mine.
At first, I thought they were
looking to buy.
That would be nice to have someone in there
that does not change every year.
But they are not, they are actually
looking to rent for about a year and a half while they are on contract doing
their work thing.
I shared neighborhood thoughts. Which
is all good. No one ever bothers anyone;
the school doesn’t even bring any problem with kids being so close and its
really a pretty quiet serene hood.
We are probably the noisiest when
my dogs get barking at strangers or mamma is on the war path for kids sass or
just not doing what she told the young one to do.
Which is another reason I decided
to see what was happening over there.
Because I may not hang out with my neighbors, but I also want to know if
an emergency came up whose door we could knock on or vice versa.
In the time I have been here, we
have had a couple of gay guys who were super nice but they found their own
place to buy. Then recently a couple living together who was there a
couple years and I am not sure why they moved but it just became vacant. The first 3 years in my house it was empty
with just care takers coming in every so often until that one day the bank came
in and dumped everything inside into the driveway. And later we found out the caretakers just
took any thing of value including the monthly mortgage and left it in foreclosure. The older fella got sick and passed on after
time and that was all that was left of what he had. That was an interesting day as I was driving up
coming in from work to see everything dumped meaninglessly and even worse like a
bunch of cock roach’s people from everywhere and anywhere that we have never
seen before all over the yard and drive going through all the belongings.
I think that was the first day I
really put life and all the stuff we collect into perspective. I mean I had been trying to become adapt to
simplicity and not collect things just because I like them and want them. I have seen families fight over what’s left
behind and even helped cleaning up other estates and doing inventory for it go
to the dump, auction or wherever. But
that day really opened the eyes of my heart to understand so much more.
Now don’t get me wrong. My house is cluttered with stuff that is not
needed. That is what happens when a
family lives in one dwelling. But I
myself try to not be a collector any longer and have over the years sold off or
given away to those who would really enjoy things.
It saves on dusting especially
with a houseful of people and animals.
Anyway, anyone who follows me
knows this mind maze zigs and zags and you just never know what might pour out
once the thoughts start coming. Bottom
line: in a sense it felt pretty good even if like a nosey lady going out to see
what the neighbors are doing. Staying
informed can be a good thing.
Especially when you are not in contact with the owners renting the
property and only doing so to make a buck.
Everyone has to survive but keeping aware of potential drama, garbage or
perspective trouble moving in next door or even squatters showing up because it
is empty. Is good for the neighborhood
all around.
We all know that many in the world
choose to deal with life and making their way with their own plans. Allot of things now get tied back to wheeling
and dealing or just those who cannot manage themselves because of the demons
they feed so they rely on what they can do or take from others along their path
of survival.
It's not big secret not even a
year after I bought this place even its location a couple blocks over there was
a home invasion, or a couple blocks the other direction an elderly mom is
sitting on the sidewalk with the cops putting her son in cuffs because he was
turning her house into a meth house.
I would like to say even if the
neighborhood is pretty good; its not great.
But I don’t think anywhere unless you live in the middle of a bunch of
land we will be.
As long as we live among others we
will always see, hear, or be consumed into whatever their choices are. Our best hope is to stay aware, stay
focused on all that is good, and purposeful and filled with all that Jesus went
to the cross and gave up so we could have.
That thing called abundant life.
Not everyone considers the same
ethics, morals, and values for an abundant life. I mean its more than common commitments and
knowledge when you are with someone you don’t cheat, or common hygiene and
lifestyle maintaining blessings of gifts you are allowed to have. And everything we ever have to use, to live,
to be is a gift.
God owes us nothing, Jesus did not
have to obey his Father and go to the cross giving his life for humanity to
exist. But he did!
I would like to think that even
thought it took more than half my life and without good direction and all the
accumulated scars in life I turned out okay.
Purposing to make sure my kids knew
the value and moral choices they could make as they grew and absolutely that
every choice, they made no matter if they were reacting or the trigger they
owned. Including our past does not
define us. We all get to choose with
every new day given. So just because we
have had crap experiences yesterday.
That does not mean we cannot heal and have great one’s or even be great
one’s for someone else tomorrow.
When we realize that not everything
works out and that is okay; or that even the best of us can be made a fool of
or taken advantage of for others personal gains. Or even just because they just do not know
any better and they just keep using up anyone in their path. We can if we choose to get over whatever
the loss or hardship was that left us feeling bruised, battered, chipped away
at.
For anything worth growing towards
or past we have to endure a little something, something!
Sometimes its just things we never
want to talk about again, even if it never leaves us.
Putting it all good, bad, or
indifferent back in the hands of the maker with direct conversation and
relationship each day you open your eyes may seem strange or crazy. But to know I don’t have to carry all that
stuff around. Is amazingly freeing. To know that I can work towards all that
is temporal and get it. But I want that
forever. If I cannot have the good in everything,
I try then don’t try it.
Not an easy task to achieve but
worth the peace of mind and rest I get at night when I stop trying to work it
all out or hold onto it all myself.
Part of those simple steps may
just be knowing who is wandering around your safe zone. In the physical aspect or in your head.
Never let anyone rent space in
your head for negative anything!
Even though I do; and it keeps me
all over the place losing my way sometimes.
I always know who my anchor is that lifts me up above any waves and
storms pounding down.
Daily Journal/Thoughts/
Prayers (Thinking out loud)
I’m gonna do my best to raise up and give praise to you Jesus no matter
what the storm washing through will be.
Be with those who are going
through it and don’t have you as close as they should and some who do not
really know you at all.
May we never forget all that was so fulfilling and irreplaceable during
all the seasons of pain with so much unknown purpose.
For the mother who lost her child, the father who lost his beloved.
Hear the silent prayers of our souls; Jesus, you know all these layers
of pain as you took them long before we were!
We were but more importantly we are!
When you allow us up another day no matter what our surroundings light
or dark. We are blessed in you, with
you, by you to just breathe and choose to be whatever we take off running
towards or in.
Thank you for allowing me this vision and the ability to find and feel
purpose. Thank you for the little
things and even those seconds of extreme memorable guard reals to know you will
always be.
May every soul on this planet come to know your love Jesus. May I feel your heartbeat in my own. Breathe life into me over and over. Never letting me go as I wrap my arms around
your legs never wanting you to forget and let me go.
So far from perfect yet all our, all my broken colors make your
beautiful canvas when we love first and purpose later. Show, protect, guide all
you want me and all I am connected to understand and live out in any days we
are given.
May the laughter of one’s soul be deep with passion, truth, and morality.
Shining that light brighter than any storm ravaged spirit could ever be. No, I
am not looking for that kumbaya moment Jesus. Just pure Agape love without
disruption for even one moment of all we are circled up with.
Truth for more than the never-ending stories we tell or hear.
May we all become desperate for your touch and heaven Jesus!
For no matter what is, what will be, or currently may spin us changing
the dial of our emotions any given second.
May your love take us deeper into who you are? Who you created us to be!
We all believe in something, may it all lead to you and for those of us
that you have chosen to feel you now.
Please shelter us in all that is
bold, glorious, and filled with abundant peace; so much so that everyone wants
what we have in you and not just what the world thinks they see.
It is more than just the voices, the instruments the talents.
It is the harmony that plays out with or without anyone watching and the
depth of passion that not only lies within but that at the foot of your cross
while we wash your feet.
If only, who knows perhaps we will melt. Maybe you will sit and laugh,
cry and just be with us. Perfect harmony
of our souls and hearts beating.
Thank you for allowing me to always dream, be it my eyes wide shut or
open.
Be it my souls’ moments of exhale or just bleeding. Thank you then,
thank you now, thank you for whatever is up ahead when we believe.
I have learned the good are all human and not really good all the
time. The bad may have been born in sin
but were not sinful until they started choosing and acting on the choices they
make. Some just find their weird
happiness or fulfilling whatever in hurting and stirring the pot. Some are just pure golden and feed the bright
spirit and others are dark and painful.
A quote from something TMac
posted recently, and I am not sure if he thought of it or one of the many things
he acquired. But “if you are doing
something you don’t want people to find out about. Don’t do it”
Someone is always watching and sometimes they make up stuff that is not
even there to begin with; so when you give them fuel to fan the flames of the
inferno that will burn you up or down. Own
your choices! Choose wisely.
We are not meant to own all the outcomes, or the steps to getting to an
outcome. God created humanity to lean
back and depend on Him. To do so you
have to believe, you have to meet Jesus where you are and know everything has a
time and place and none of us know what ours will be coming to an end. Live your best life and keep getting back
up and tell the demons thank you for the exercise and knowledge.
No matter what we all do stuff, say stuff all wear masks of some sort.
All I could say, is to just be your authentic self always, that will in
most cases help you set goals, boundaries and absolutely help you move forward
when you and choices made turn out leaving you a little cracked.
Which may explain how I can go
from asking some potential neighbors what they are doing on looking around the
house next door to rambling about life experience and why keeping it simple
matters and owning our own choices, yet most importantly knowing who we are in
Jesus and fighting forward being our own authentic self. Clinging to his grace, mercy, strength, and
courage every day that will allow us to get back up; brush off and keep trying
until our days take us north or south.
I guess It just depends on who and what you believe in. Not just being a good person but having that
relationship with self and and / or God and his son Jesus.
