Thank you Lord

We'll have a house full, table full, a plate full, but will we be thankful?

Merry and Bright

Thinking back to Christmas, it was a special time, year after year.  The question is are those memories really as grand as we remember them?  People look back to years of the Great Depression as children and daydream of family unity. While the parents may have been greatly depressed; mentally and financially.

The entire family in my mind though were special people, making the Christmas spirit come alive.  Aunts and uncles, cousins, sister, mom and dad, from Thanksgiving, Christmas to the New Year made time stand still.  We knew there was no such thing as Santa.  The entire family did believe and celebrated Christ being the true reason for the season.  Yet Santa was credited for much of the presents.

The music and songs still bring a tear and a stream of memories of the tree and decorations and the food of course. Add the "classic"movies...It was all a "Christmas package."



LUKE 2

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Compassionate Leadership; Jesus Style

There are methods to getting things done through others. We can force, trick even beg others to accomplish a task or even the main mission.  You know the outcome might be the same but the satisfaction, joy and being in the zone, loving the momentum is often not experienced.

Whether it's family, business, school or church, we can lead by example and create a model and culture of unity, joy, momentum and accomplishment.

We are motivated many ways. "Because I told you so" might be at times proper but the continuous
desire and passion of seeing the task through again and again and loving the journey because you/they want to, is when the leader models a generous, compassionate, "for the kingdom" attitude.

We must study Gods' Word (proverbs), for direction and His will in all of our day to day leadership directions. We will discover the discernment the comes from the Holy Spirit and the power of his living Word.  We will experience the flow and appropriateness of a Christlike compassionate, model of leading for the good of others as well as the mission at hand.

Look into the book of Mark, Psalm, Proverbs, Acts, Ephesians, Colossians, as your manual for relationship with both God and those He has placed in your care. Let's do what God desires us to do but first, let's be what He desires us to be!

The souls and lives of men and women, boys and girls may depend upon it!

Defender (Lyric Video)

Disconnected

Nobody presses like or loves it enough to share.

No one retweets my tweets not even on a dare.

It really brings me down although already pretty low

they post lol when my feelings are in tow.

An invisible man tapping on the computer screen.

Live post or edited with stylish video, I've been unseen.

I guess I'll not force myself on your valuable time

Wanting to write something you could read later's not a crime.

I guess I'm giving the devil rage.

they'll turn a deaf ear and I'll turn another page.

Sunday school class

I began teaching an early morning Sunday school class. A new six week study Titled; Bible Basics.  Most of these adults are believers and been around church for quite awhile. Knowing that, it still never hurts to start in the beginning.  That's where we started; GOD.

Not to be as long here as I was that morning, we simply described the attributes of God.

1. Eternal Creator-Acts 17:24,25
2. Unique-Isaiah 45: 5,6
3. Personal-Psalm 139:1-3
4. Perfect/Holy-Psalm 99:3,5,9.
5. All knowing/Wise- Hebrews 4:13
6. Loving-Psalm 103:8
7. Forgiving-Psalm 103:12

These attributes and scripture intertwine showing the continuity of God and His Word.  There are many characteristics. Realize it is more than head knowledge. It is heart knowledge even more!

I made an attempt to make it interesting but with also an effort of Sunday school Class.😎

Little Women

We pulled out the VHS of  "Little Women" Sunday and watched one more time.  What a family , Mom and sisters, and then of course they were complete when dad came home from the war. 

I would not have wanted to live during that age but because they lacked the modern conveniences they did not lack imagination.  Women of that day were serving under submission and taboo. Because of a few like Josephine and The author of the story; the plight of  women and people in general were improved and advanced because of their "gumption."  One out of the family was willing to break loose (sneakingly encouraged by her mothers affirmations). While the other would have been satisfied with the status quo.

So what's our problem.  We need more Josephine s..no we need you to...   okay, I need to step up and change a few paradigms as long as they are not contrary to God.   Lives will remain under siege by  the comments of "You'll never amount to anything", or "in this economy it's impossible".  You hear that talk in church, I can only imagine in the little house down the block.

Josephine's  face showed anger or sadness even disbelief when someone talked of "second class" women.  That kind of talk inspired her to be and do whatever she could, as in author a book. What angers you....okay what angers me enough to get ourselves off the couch and into the think tank and behind a desk, shovel or  podium, spreading the good word of what God said or what someone can do even though others say it can't be done.

If they say I'm an inadequate leader then I'm reading books on leadership etc.  If I'm asked to speak on a subject, I must study to know it well.  I'm not physically working to well but I can do some things and inspire someone, even point people to God.

You can learn from the stories of and from  many a man, but you can also learn a thing or two, from "Little Women."