Tag: good

Work Therapy

Jennifred Jones

The therapy of work. How does it work?

I don’t fully understand it. What I have experienced is when a problem gets me down – I am stumped – something is bothering me I cannot solve, if I get to work with some manual labor, it either eases the problem or solves it.

Back in the day the labor was done at the ironing board. Really cleaning of any sort will do the same thing. Then it became gardening, just digging my fingers in the dirt. Piano lessons were another. I could bang it out on the piano whatever was bothering me, and when the piece would get too hard, I would go out to the garden and start digging. When I came back in, my fingers were all limbered up and I could play through the piece too difficult before.

So I’ve come to the conclusion…rather than sit and stew, it’s better to get up and do!

Many hard projects have been accomplished this way. As the body works, the mind thinks.

Maybe that’s where the saying, “Work through your problems” comes from.

Who Sees Who?

Jennifred Jones

God sees. God sees everything!

He knows where everything is.

Sometimes I have lost or misplaced something, so I’ve asked God to show me where it is. Then a thought or mental picture will come to mind, and I’ll find it. Not always immediately, but it will happen.

He knows where every lost person is. He sees every stolen item or person. He knows where everything hidden in secret is hidden.

I am comforted knowing God sees everything. It’s also good for me to know this when tempted… to remember He is always watching.

He sees everything happening in the dark as well as in the light. He made the light and the dark.

Evil people may plot and plan in the dark and secret places, but even there God is watching. He sees it all. He knows who did what. Since he is fair and just, he will repay every man accordingly. He is no respecter of persons, but he does respect good versus evil.

I don’t need to worry about what I cannot control in others. If I keep myself in line, God will help me.

Do you think about these things too?

Who Can I Be Good to Today?

Jennifred Jones

The war is on! Is it really people against people? Or is it good vs evil?

We, all of us peoples all over the world today and everyday make choices, have choices to make. We personally can and are responsible for the choices we make…whether to further good or to side with evil. We have to be discriminating how we watch, listen and respond. Will what I ingest through my eyes, ears and doings be a good choice for me, my family and my fellow man?

We can simplify our lives greatly if we live by the principle of being and doing good.

There is so much alarmism in the news, trying to gain a foothold in our minds. Then all we think about is trouble and how to get even, retaliate, hate and worry. The downward spiral leads to loss of hope, despair and often hiding.

And while we’re in ‘neutral’ – fearing, hating, worrying, hiding – nothing good is being accomplished. It takes effort – strength -physical and mental – to do something good when evil is happening. If all we do is watch others tear things down with words and actions, who will be the builders–many times not only building, but rebuilding, cleaning up after others’ messes. That is just the way life operates.

Someone is always watching us. Are we giving them an excuse to continue in bad ways, or will they see a reason to change and help others by doing good?

Your ‘good’ might only need to be a smile, a helping hand, a word of encouragement, a cup of coffee, a ride to work, opening the door, sweeping the sidewalk, but it will multiply.

Who can I show good to today?