Keep Watch

I heard a Quote a while ago and It has stuck with me : We teach what we need most!

POWERFUL I think... How often do we rant and rail about things. Preach and teach things. Nag and Complain about things....and these things we do, need, or can't see that we are. Check SELF is Important because what we teach, preach, or speak we are accountable for and are responsible for....



The reason we are preaching or teaching something often has its roots in AWARENESS. We can see it!!! It is in our view. It is bugging our senses. It is on the radar. IT may be a mirror, a clue, a clip of what we do. We must keep watch.



I came to the realization that when I rant and rail, nag or complain, or give advise or suggestion I am preaching and/or teaching ...WHY??

Because I am an example and so are you. To my children and anyone who watches what I do ...friend or foe.



If you find yourself trying to PROVE something to someone....KEEP WATCH on what you are saying...it very well may be that if you take a look at yourself you will find that what you are teaching is what you need most!



F and L'er

Starla

Its all in the Perspective

PERSPECTIVE

It is a way of regarding situations or facts. It is also the appearance from a certain angle or view. I would say it is safe to say that perspective is HOW we see through our LENSES in life. (Our Viewpoint)

In relationships the perspective can be particularly muddy. Each of us has our own set of  " Glasses" that have been colored by our experiences, learning, and family life. This difference in --seeing-- makes it difficult to relate at times especially if we insist on our own viewpoint as being RIGHT!

I was reading (in one of the many books that I am in right now) and it brought up this scenario of 5 people on the top of a mountain top. Each holding a camera and taking pictures. Can any one of them say for a certainty that they are capturing the view truthfully. Imagine what would happen...

One longing to be free from the pain of her past has always thought of flying away and so she captures the sky in great detail, the sun on the horizon, the clouds, and eagle flying by. To her it is breath taking and amazing....and yet it is only her perspective of TRUTH.

To another it has been a climb to rise to the top of the business world and the climb up the mountain felt like a representation of his life and so he captures the mountains and how they jut into the sky in towering magnificence....and yet it is only his perspective of TRUTH.

To another life is a battle where the person running this race of life is battered and bruised and so they capture the mountain goats as they beat their horns together for dominance...and yet it is only their perspective of TRUTH.

and so on...

See we all use our experiences to bring FOCUS to what we see. We become alert to certain things that relate to our situations and that are reminders of our experiences. So certain tones of voice alert our ears to be afraid when no one is intending harm. So they way some one reacts to us may queue us in that we are about to be rejected and before we know it we are the rejecter.

The KEY is to remember that not everyone THINKS like me ...and ask questions instead of assuming!!

I very well could be possible that we would remove a TON of misunderstandings, mishaps, and hurt if we did.

After all -- ITS ALL IN THE PERSPECTIVE!!

Have a wonderful night

F and L'er

Starla

Quote

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
--Amy Carmichael

Monday Motto: BE PART

 

I have been seeing the word ART a lot!

The latest is in a song called The ART of Virtue by Adrienne Young. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intlQ01X5Lc

We are the creation of God...we are all His ART work.

Eph 2:10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Sometimes I think we all look at things in our own narrow view point that we can not see how to get from here to there. What if when we wanted to break a habit or create within ourselves a new way to do things we thought of it as ART, a masterpiece in the working. Instead of seeing ourselves as flawed or cracked. Instead of being to hard on ourselves, what if we learned to let the brush of our creative mind paint on the canvas of our lives....and if we have an imperfection just work with it!!

PERFECTION what a word....it causes a sense of urgency to get it all right NOW!!

We see perfection as defined : freedom from fault or defect

Eze 28:15

You were perfect in thy ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in thee.

We were ...we are created PERFECT...He made us just the way He wanted us to be...and what was that iniquity that was found...ADAM and Eve didn't listen to what the Lord had to say. They did what they wanted to do!!

 

1Ki 8:61

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

 

When we do what the Lord says to do our Hearts are PERFECT!! But Before Christ we couldn't do it on our own so God sent HIM...

 

Hbr 7:19

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

 

I think the issue we have is the question of "what is perfect?" It is subjected to the opinions and views of people in the world instead of what God calls perfect. Sometimes we put peoples reactions as the standard of if something was right. I can tell you that- that doesn't work at all. Peoples reactions and way of thinking are often formed out of their EGO. So don't base what is perfect by that standard. The ego will tell you this is flawed and that is wrong like looking in a cracked mirror. But when Jesus is your reflection in the mirror it just SHINES the Light!!

 

So go do

 

The Art of Kindness...

 

The Art of Love...

 

The Art of Peace...

 

The Art of Joy...Just fall all over the place trying!! :0)

 

Be PART of Christ Body...being one with HIM gives us the strength to Be P(erfect) ART.

All of us together are a mosaic art piece!! Each piece holding a different angle of God's Image.

 

F and L'er

Starla

Behind the Scenes

Just wanted to share a song I love for the Motto Monday this week.  May it bless you.

Felt lead to put this one up because for the past week I have seen individuals attacking others on facebook in a religious way.  So sad when you see others choose to serve the Lord with Lip service... instead of having a relationship with Him and influencing others.  It is a beautiful thing when a person allows others to see the difference God makes in our lives = ) 

God I pray you help us through any challenges that rise up against us this week.  In Jesus Name I Pray.  Amen and Amen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKZM7Kc0IPE