So Let's Begin

It is best to be up before daybreak

for such habits contribute to

health, wealth, and wisdom

Aristotle

There are the night owls among us

And there are those who are up before the birds

There is something about finding the world

before the world has a chance to find you.

To hear the soft breath of dawn

and the promise of the rising sun

It is a time to gather thoughts

Before the winds of life blow them away 

Meister Eckhart said

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” 

So let's begin

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The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Morning#sthash.9P8AJhDZ.dpuf

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35

Answers are over-rated

Computers are useless

they can only give answers

Pablo Picasso

Remember that great old movie Desk Set

with Tracy and Hepburn?

She runs the reference library at a network

with a team of very human women

and he wants to replace them all

with a hunk of metal and diodes

His invention has all the answers

but when it blows a gasket

 her team....has the hairpin

Because sometimes 

having all the answers

is not enough

to make life work

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“Come now, let us reason together", says the LORD

Isaiah 1:18

Grace

You cannot get grace from gadgets

J B Priestley

It is the season of the infomercial

All those things that will make our life better

Make jobs go faster

Not to mention immediately dispose of the effects of a year of cheeseburgers and fries...

Fair enough....

But let's also make it a season 

when we make a real cup of cocoa

and share it with a friend

When we write a note to someone far away

When we bring the light back to a child's eyes

Then it is a season filled with grace

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 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthian 1:3

The Greater Good

Don't be afraid to give up the good and go for the great!

Kenny Rogers

A season of renewal!

A season of Joy!

A season of  Hope!

A time of peace when the heart can be as still as the fallen snow

A time of wonder

A time to feel the greatness of it all.

and time to remember where the greatness truly abides

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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

How Sweet It Is

Thinking dark thoughts was unappealing

Thinking dark chocolate thoughts was vastly better

Diana Mott Davidson

Thoughts

Keep them sweet

Keep them smooth

Or keep them under wraps

I mean there is no sense in making a mess of everything, right?

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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--

think about such things.

Philippians 4:8 

Seeds of Hope

An open home

an open heart

Here grows a bountiful harvest

Judy Hand

To plant the seeds of acceptance

To share the earth and  grow together

To produce the fruits of freedom

 that is worth being thankful for

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We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

Romans 12:5

Then there is this "thing"

art by Brian Rea

"There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain comedy and tragedy

humor and hurt." Erma Bombeck

I have some friends I get together with rarely enough

that all the news is new

There are hugs and greetings and "glad to see yas"

And there are laughs

Lots of laughs

And- every once in awhile -there slips in beneath the laughs

"a thing"

Something hard that is going on

and we close ranks just to listen

After- when we go back to laughing

we realize 

We are a little freer and yet a little closer than we were before.

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A sweet friendship refreshes the souls

Proverbs 27:9