The hermit knows how to take a break to re-energize…

08 Jan 2024 Leave a comment

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the-hermit

She can handle anything life throws at her, but she still needs to step back and gain some perspective from time to time.

It’s time for contemplation and reflection.

There may be some irritation or dissatisfaction along the way, but in the end, clarity and light will be achieved. It is time to fuel the fires of your lantern and shine your inner light for all to see.

You need a time of isolation and deep contemplation apart from the present pressures of your job or daily life. This retreat may take the form of a physical retreat or an inward quest.

Search for that meaning inside yourself.

Don’t Be Afraid To Go It Alone

If we want to live a happy and balanced life, we have to work to understand the inner workings of our own hearts and minds.

There could be some underlying, or even repressed, emotions that need your attention.

There is a light within you that can guide you along your path – Take some time to strip away the thoughts and feelings that are obscuring your clarity. Meditation will help you today.

Letting Jesus in…

07 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

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JN992 Kingdom of God Like Mustart Seed

 

The farm wife turns off the TV evangelist
by Shari Wagner

The Jesus I grew up with
likes to be outside.
If he’s not fishing, he’s picking figs
or showing us his mustard crop.
He prefers dusty roads, the common sparrow,
and lilies of the field.
When he knocks on your door
holding a lantern, you know it’s time
to buckle on overshoes
and go with him to feed the sheep.
But this preacher, who looks straight
into the camera and claims he knows
Jesus, says what he wants
is for me to believe in him
so he can come inside.
That sounds shifty to me.
Like a wolf with his paws dipped in flour.
Jesus who heals the blind
said we will know a tree by its fruit.
 
“The farm wife turns off the TV evangelist” by Shari Wagner from The Farm Wife’s Almanac. © Dream Seeker Books, 2019

 

What was Jesus’ plan for Buddy Holly?

It’s the birthday of singer and songwriter Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, in 1936. By the age of 13, Holly was playing what he called “Western Bop” at local clubs. He was 19 when an agent discovered him and signed him to a contract with Decca records. The following year, Holly returned to Lubbock and, with three friends, formed The Crickets, who then released “That’ll Be the Day,” which sold more than a million copies. Buddy Holly’s career was short: He died in February of 1959 in a plane crash in northern Iowa. Soon after, an English band that admired The Crickets decided to call themselves The Beatles.