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In Any Land

Jennifred Jones

In any land you have a mix of people. You have a mix of thoughts.

  • The positive thinkers the negative thinkers.
  • The good doers the bad doers.
  • Those who have direction and those who’ve lost their direction.
  • Those who have hope and those with no hope.

All these contrasts and differences; how can they work, live – even be together? We who are strong are to bear the infirmities of the weak, yet each man must bear his own load. How does this all work?

That’s why there are standards/guiding principles to help us live even when we don’t feel the best or want to do the best. I’m thinking of two right now:

  1. In as much as possible with you, be at peace with all men. You do what you can, and let the rest be, and continue on with your life.
  2. The Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. Again, do your best and leave the rest.

If in our little areas (our ‘campsites’) we abide by these guidelines, we will find ways to work together and meet the needs of others.

Let’s work together.

Life-2

Jennifred Jones

Live today! Live your life today. Take a good honest look at your surroundings, and find the life in them.

It might be one sprig of grass turning green, one small bud on a tree branch, a brand new shiny baby calf, or the ruby red horizon starting a brand new day.

Everywhere you look there is life going on…even your eyes looking at this text are evidence of life. We have been made for life to live, to enjoy life and express life to others.

Yesterday, the thought came to me, do we point others towards the beautiful, towards life? I want to be a pointer out of beauty, not pointing out the ugly, the distasteful, the unhappy things in life.

There is enough in the negative realm spoken; we need to counteract it with the truth of all the good that is really happening.

If my only commonality with you is talking/agreeing with how bad things are, that is part of a negative/destructive mindset not uplifting and building you up.

Today, let’s look and find good and beautiful life-filled things to notice, to talk about, to build ourselves up with and then point them out to others so they will be built up also.

The sun will be coming up in about an hour…we have time to get ready!

Let’s go!

Touching Spring!

Jennifred Jones

Today I touched spring!

It’s a lovely 70 degree sunny day, one of the first for our area amidst the bleak brown grassy roadsides and stick-bare trees.

I had to go outside and walk. Opening windows and looking outside wasn’t enough. Going from work to car and from car to home didn’t count either.

Behind my office building, up tight to the brick wall this morning, was a clump of valiant violets…3 were in bloom!!! On my walk after work the honeysuckle bushes were starting to bud at the tips of the branches.

Spring! ‘I’ve got to touch spring’ I said aloud to myself and touched the tender green leaflets! It was like a connection with newness, fresh starts, bright beginnings, all the things we love about spring.

Further on my walk was a big puddle in a grassy ditch. It was clear as ever and filled with a host of small round bright green leaves glowing through the water as the sun shone down.

Tomorrow, I will pick the violets and place on my desk…a reminder that we can always begin again. All we need to do is reach out and touch it…perhaps in our mind’s eye at first, but knowing we are beginning again.

The hope of spring!

Never give up!

God made life and new growth.

God said to us, “LIVE!”

Let’s all begin a fresh new day tomorrow!