Tag: people

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.

Tend the Land

Jennifred Jones

God put us in the land and told us to tend it.

We have a lot of tending to do I noticed walking through a parking lot the other day.

We will always be cleaning up after other people, but we need first to begin cleaning up after ourselves. If we can keep our allotment of land orderly (front porch, driveway, sidewalk, garage, barn, shed, bathroom, etc.); it will foster in the eyes of others the care of your ‘land’, and just might motivate them to tend their land better.

‘It’s not my trash, it flew out of the trash truck and landed in my yard!’ ‘I didn’t break the glass bottle on the street in front of my house, somebody else did!’

We’re sending signals to others around us how we do things in our land. Let’s send good signals that we are clean, neat, tidy, orderly, caring and respectful people. We will have to send these signals repeatedly, daily, over and over. That’s just the way it is. But it is worth it! You will feel better because you were helpful and did something good. Indirectly, others will feel better because things are orderly.

We individually can’t tidy up the whole world, but we can tend our small ‘plot of land’.

What do I need to tend to today on my land?

Get Healed of Your Hurts

Jennifred Jones

Hurt people hurt other people. It’s that simple…doing unto others as you’ve had done unto you.

  • Malice seeks to hurt people.
  • Malice wants you to hurt yourself.
  • Malice wants us to hate and then justify why.
  • Malice is all about destruction and hurting others.

There is a book I read some years back, Hurt People Hurt People. It explains it very well.

If we allow ourselves to move past the hurt then:

  • Helped people can help people
  • Healed people can heal other people
  • Healthy people can cause healthy relationships

We all bring what we have to the table. What are we bringing to the table?

Maybe we can wipe the table clean. Forgive what needs to be forgiven and move forward to a better relationship with ourselves and others.

We can be healed. We can be free.