Tag: life

The Industrial Age

Jennifred Jones

Sometimes the industrial age is put down or thought of as antiquated and binding.

I believe every age throughout history was needed and had its place – no sense despising it, thinking it worthless…we’re on to bigger and better now!

BUT! Without the industrial age there’d be many, many things (luxuries) (bad word nowadays) we’d be without…All these things we never really needed. We can all do without almost everything, so why waste time thinking up something new and helpful and convenient to make life easier? (haha)

Here are some examples of those worthless unneeded things that we like and love resulting from the hard, hard, hard work of many, many men and boys, with their women alongside them produced during the industrial revolution:

  • Mining – grueling work to bring up iron ore, and coal, and minerals and water and oil
  • Steel mills – to convert the iron ore into steel beams to build bridges and buildings
  • Construction machinery – to build whatever we wanted to build
  • Trains – to transport all these goods from one place to another
  • Bridges – to span creeks, streams, treacherous waters so we could get to the other side
  • Skyscrapers – beautiful city buildings for business and home
  • Cars – to drive to town or grandmas or see the USA
  • Airplanes – we can go anywhere!
  • Textile mills – we don’t have to use the spinning wheel anymore or fabric loom
  • Factories – many kinds to produce many things we take for granted
  • Refineries – to produce oil and wax etc….something we cannot do in our backyard
  • Sewing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, garbage disposals, indoor plumbing, sinks, toilets, clawfoot tubs, lamps, fans, even the measly little light bulb!

Did we or did we not need the industrial revolution? Was it a good thing? Did it help us people nowadays?

All these things were thoughts and ideas of good men with the goal of making life less grueling so they could have more time with their families and rest and relax a bit…and many of us are resting and relaxing a bit – because of these men’s hard work.

I am thankful for the industrial revolution, the men who worked it and the results from their labors. My life is better because of it.

Hope

Jennifred Jones

A fixed mindset has no hope.  It has lost its hope.

“There can be no change; Things will always be this way; There’s nothing I can do about it; It’s too late; Things are too bad; It’s gone on too long to see anything different; They’ll never change…”

It has no hope of a different future, a different tomorrow, a different you!

Hope is the propeller on the airplane of life that pulls us forward. We can guide it wherever we want to go when the engine is running.

Hope is freedom; an optimistic view of a new and brighter future; of change; a better tomorrow; a different way of doing things; freedom from the ruts in life… in your life!

Hope is one thing God has given mankind that no matter how bad things become, no matter what has been done, God can fix it. He can cause new growth. He is in the restoration business. There is aways hope. If you only have an ounce of strength or courage, He will give you more. If you feel there’s only a tiny bit of life left in you, He will fan it into flame.

Ask Him to blow on you.

The Curtain

Jennifred Jones

There’s an unseen curtain in life…like a stage with its platform and curtain.

Are we an observer or a participant? Do we watch helplessly and complain about the play we are watching…lousy actors, poor script, props and backdrop aren’t good enough. Or can we move to the other side of the curtain and become a participant? Can we offer our services, suggestions, manpower, whatever is needed to help make the play better?

Take time to learn and study what concerns and interests you. Learn all you can to make thoughtful comments and decisions about where you can best help. You are here for a reason – to offer input and help.

This big world cannot ‘turn’ by itself. God put us here with purpose – to tend the earth – utilize its resources, create, make worthwhile projects of value to the earth and to others. There’s a lot of acreage on our planet. We need to be aware and responsible for the ‘acreage’ we live on; to tend and care for it; to beautify it and build it up…keeping it organized. It is our responsibility.

Decide today to become a participant in building up your part of the world. Learn, read, study, observe, think about the past and how it relates to our future. Take yourself and family on trips around the world and see how other people live. Listen to them talk. Watch them cook. Eat their food. Immerse yourself in this beautiful play called life.

Don’t stay stuck in uncomfortable theatre chairs when the action is happening on the other side of the curtain!