365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...LAST DAY OF OCTOBER!!!

Wow! Its the very last day of October!!! Did I even have a chance to enjoy it? I don't think I did. It flew by too fast...way too fast. I only have 61 DAYS left of my 365 Word Journey. I am still shaking my head about that. In the next 30 DAYS I want to start wrapping up all I have learned and make sure it is grounded in my heart and more importantly, that I am implementing those lessons as part of my everyday life. I also have a few goals I need to set for myself. Time out for procrastination...I need to focus. A year goes by so fast it isn't even funny. I expect the last 31 DAYS to be a wild ride filled with excitement and a bit of melancholy. I think I may feel a bit sad that my journey is finishing after all it is about the journey and not the destination. So as the DAYS wind down and the end of this journey is just round the corner I will be gathering up all the small bits of wisdom I gathered along the way. That wisdom will be my greatest treasure. Here's to an amazing November.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...LAST DAYS OF OCTOBER!

Did you know there are BIBLICAL VIRTUES? God gave us BIBLICAL VIRTUES to help us be a light to the non believers. We are to be the light of the world a hope that will influence others to Christ. Actions speak louder that words. The 10 BIBLICAL VIRTUES are...

1. COMPASSION "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with COMPASSION..." ~Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
2. INTEGRITY "The INTEGRITY of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity." ~Proverbs 11:3 (NIV)
3. HUMILITY "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in HUMILITY value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." ~Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)
4. PATIENCE "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." ~Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
5. GENTLENESS "Let your GENTLENESS be evident to all." ~Philippians 4:5 (NIV)
6. Love for "the LEAST" "The King will reply,"...Whatever you did for one of the LEAST of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." ~Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
7. JUSTICE "...What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" ~Micah 6:8 (NIV)
8. MERCY "be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." ~Luke 6:36 (NIV)
9. KINDNESS "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." ~Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
10. GENEROSITY "A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed." ~Proverbs 11:25 (NIV)

All wonderful BIBLICAL VIRTUES we should implement into our lives. Be blessed!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...LAST DAYS OF OCTOBER!

Yesterday I learned an interesting Fun Fact on meyouhealth.com about the 13 VIRTUES that Ben Franklin lived by. He wrote his 13 VIRTUES when he was 20 years old. I was curious so I looked them up. I have one post day to catch up before the end of November. So here are the 13 VIRTUES of Benjamin Franklin...

1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
4. RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
5. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. MODERATION. Avoid extreams; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation.
11. TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
12. CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dulness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.
13. HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

If there are typos, they were in the original post. Perhaps the original language of that time.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...OCTOBER IS WINDING DOWN!

Its hard to believe this is the final week of October. There are only 63 days left of my 365 Word Journey. That is something very hard for me to fathom. Without God my journey would have been impossible. Time goes so fast these days. I have always said Jesus may not return for another 500 years...but it will feel like 50. Now even more so as we speed toward the beginning of life as God intended. We are instructed to ANTICIPATE His coming as well as PREPARE. Every time I watch the news report I ANTICIPATE His coming more and more. I am doing my best to PREPARE but growing up in Him. There is no time left to be a baby Christian. Just like babies are born and seem to do more than what used to be normal so must we learn to be Christian adults. Its time to ditch the pacifiers. Learn to pray for others instead of always being the one who needs prayer. That is the most wonderful thing, to be able to pray directly to God. As ill as I was last night...I prayed and God healed me by early morning and I was even able to rest. I woke up at 3 pm feeling so much better. I praise my Lord and Savior for His healing power!

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...OCTOBER IS WINDING DOWN!

My challenge for today on Me You Health was to play the miracle game and imagine that everything I WISH for my life came true. 

This probably sounds like a dream come true for most people. I can honestly say I don't think it would be. If everything I WISH for would suddenly be mine I would get hung up on what I wanted...much the same way I used to get when I tried to watch Netflix. I spent so much time trying to decide what to watch that I was too completely exhausted to even watch anything. Having everything you WISH for could turn into disaster...having to watch everything that you think about...even passing thoughts. If I had to WISH for something...I would WISH that Jesus would come tonight or tomorrow. After that I would not need to WISH for anything else. It is a selfish WISH though because there are so many people who don't know our Lord and Savior and countless others who have not accepted Him. Maybe first I could WISH that everyone would come to accept and love Christ Jesus and then that He would return. I believe more in faith than in asking for a WISH or two. I am not sure exactly what this has to do with setting goals...if it did I would WISH someone would come and do my laundry...smiles.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...OCTOBER IS WINDING DOWN!

Today my challenge on Me You Health was to describe myself in three words. I did not hesitate to say...

1. CHRISTIAN (Follower of Christ)
2. CREATIVE
3. EMPATHETIC/Compassionate

As a CHRISTIAN, many choices and decisions I make are because I am a follower of Christ. Actually...most of the choices I make. I am very CREATIVE and I consider that a God given talent. Sometimes though my creativity translates as CHEAP although I prefer THRIFTY...smiles. I believe in re-purposing everything that I can. I am also a self proclaimed Big BABY. I don't whine (unless I am ill or cold) but I cry over almost every disaster and joyous occasion. I will just say in those 2 case scenarios, I am EMOTIONAL. I am also a HOMEBODY. I enjoy going out on occasion and doing things...but really I love being at home. I have movies, books, art projects, and every other thing I love to do. Most of my friends think this is wonderful and unique. I do have a few who, although they don't criticize my choice, are always out and about and could not imagine staying home as much as I do. I am very EMPATHETIC and COMPASSIONATE towards others. Last but not least, I am also very PEACEFUL...besides being a CHRISTIAN...nothing means more to me than being PEACEFUL. So you see I can describe myself in 12 words or less...3 is a bit more complicated. Do you think you can describe yourself in 3 words or less? Give it a try and see what words you come up with.

365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...OCTOBER IS WINDING DOWN!

Yesterday I had an adventure and a MIRACLE. While standing on one leg, the other leg decided it wanted  to be the leg up in the air as well. It gave out and I went flying backwards and landed on the floor...hard. The MIRACLE in all this is that I fell in a very narrow space between a stool made out of iron, a metal heater, a book shelf and on the other side a bed frame...my bed is up very high, and a bench with hard wooden legs. To make matters worse there is a sewing machine sitting on its side in a cloth bag where my head landed. I remember I smacked my head on the machine and that the floor was extremely hard. That's all I remember because it was a MIRACLE that I only had a slight pain on the back of my head for less than five minutes. I didn't hit anything else to my knowledge and my back which I landed on with a loud thud, has no pain at all. I was more worried about Bailey than myself. I was standing up talking to him when for all he knew, I vanished lol. I praise God for not getting hurt. In my mind I imagine a giant hand coming out like an over-sized catchers mitt catching me so that I landed softly without pain. God is so good! What an adventure.