Russian I’m not
And Slavic
Not a chance
And yet they ask me
again
perchance
my story changes
Then, stare askance
Parisian I’m not
And Swedish
Fat chance
But then they query
In hopes perchance
I amend my heritage
Thus remain correct
African yes
We do come in white
So pop back your peepers
And get a load of this sight
Grey eyes
White skin
Brown hair
And fair tone
Alas it’s all true
dark eyes
Dark skin
Don’t corner this globe
On African probe
Dear Baba Rumcake,
I sweat like a pig if I’m working for 1-2 hours vaccuming, mopping,cleaning, etc. Is it just as good as like 30 min. of cardio? (i.e., for weight loss and fitness)
Confused and Excited
Dear Confused,
Don’t be excited! The long and short of it is, if you sweat from this low impact work, you are out of shape. No amount of dusting and vacuuming will help you lose the chunk.
You need to get real exercise instead of finding excuses to remain fat and unhealthy. If this is a joke, great! If this is for real, you need some serious help.
Time to get on a treadmill or go for a long walk uphill. Life is good. Go live it and stop making excuses.
Baba Rumcake
Is suffering a mental response to the conditions presented? Do we need to suffer? Life is suffering! But, do we need to suffer, or can we control our response?
Forgiveness, thankfulness, wonder, appreciation, just some of the life lessons taught to me in my choice of books today.
To scale the mountains of life, to climb to the top and look down with appreciation on the amazing life we lead, I chose Hinds’ Feet On High Places as lessons learned in life. An amazing journey of growth that opened my eyes to the possibilities of joy with God.
An allegory by Hannah Hurnard seemed tailored for me at many stops in my life, but written for everyone. The twisted mangled body of the heroine represents the human spirit. Then, the Shepherd who shows her The Way.
The story takes our heroine Much Afraid from situation to disaster as in life, to bring her on the other side victorious and spiritually strong. A book to love. Can never keep it on my shelf. I should know, having bought it more than thirty times and given it away just as many. A tale showing triumph of the spirit when facing hurt, pain and anguish.
The book takes its title from Habakkuk 3:19, “The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.”
Much Afraid was accompanied by Sorrow and Pain on her successful journey to end up with Joy and Glory.
May you find your joy and your glory in your every day walk. Keep your spirit flexible to bend with the winds of hardship and your heart open for the people sent your way to ease day to day suffering.
Thanks again for stopping by on this weekend’s Blog-A-Licious tour. With my take on “The Book That Inspires Me Most”, please head on over to my fellow writer dk LeVick’s blog for his view of this challenging question.
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For you are our glory and our joy.
1 Thessalonians 2:20
When the Lord exhorts you to do a thing, do not waffle, do not shirk, and do not go about asking others if it is the right thing to do. Step out in faith and do it.
Nothing is more egregious to our walk than this need for constant confirmation that it is the will of God. Step out in faith. Make mistakes. Learn from your own mistakes. It is not the end of the world. If a child learning to walk stops with every step to find out if it is alright to step, he will never walk.
When you walk, fear nothing but the awe of God should fill you that His glory has covered you from head to toe. Step out in faith, with eyes wide open knowing full well that what you are about to do is crazy and impossible in the eyes of the world, then do it. Nothing worth doing was ever easy or normal. Faith is believing what we have not seen, not believing that it is safe so we do it.
Even if you are afraid, do it. Even if it will humiliate you, do it. What is the worst you can do, fail? So what? Do it again and again. Make this the day you take your life into your own hands and step out in faith wherever the Lord is leading. And His mercy and love will cover you mistakes and all, successes and failures. Nothing is worse than ending this life thinking of all the adventure in the Lord missed out on for fear of errors.
Today is the first day of your decision to make it a glorious, exciting life, living in the Lord.