CHOOSE: TO PASS THE "LOVE" TEST

Most all of us know the answers to the "love' test......but it takes enact of the will to live them.

Spiritual telepathy from Katherine Abraham----the perfect LOVE card to be a title for the "test."

Deuteronomy 13:3 says that "God gives us tests." 

The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

LOVE TEST--Pray and proceed.

1. Do you know Jesus? The answer can be found in John 3:16 & 1 John 5:1.
2. How is your walk? Does it reflect your love of the LORD?The answer can be found in Galatians 5:16 & & Ephesians 5:8.
3. Do you worship Him and Him only?The answer can be found in Deuteronomy 5:7, Psalm 16:2 & Psalm 27:4.
4. Do you have fellowship with other believers? The answer can be found in Psalm 55:14, Acts 4:42, 1 John 1:7 & Hebrews 10:25.
5. Is all your joy in Him? The answer can be found in Nehemiah 8:10 & Psalm 16:11 & John 15:11.
6. Is the LORD your refuge? The answer can be found in Psalm 46:1, Psalm 62:8 & Psalm 91:2.
7. Is the LORD your hope? The answer can be found in  & Romans 15:13 .

Why 7 questions you ask. See what God's word says the number 7 represents.

I choose to pass the test and hope that's your choice as well.

CHOOSE: AN (ART) FORM OF WORSHIP

Nothing like falling in love with a piece of sculpture and having the one you love,  buy it for you. Add to that, the delivery by the sculptor herself (Heidi Walter) and you have the perfect anniversary gift.

"LEAN"---HEIDI WALTER,  Mixed Media Conceptual Sculptor
I wanted to create a contrast that illustrates people's posture in life, or on issues. People usually find what they are looking for. You can lean way in , or away. Some are eager to look and others, refuse. What are you looking for? 

YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. (JEREMIAH 29:13)

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Every time I walk by it, I am drawn to it in a new way. Scripture floods my mind. 

On this our 48th anniversary, I see those magnifying glasses and am grateful to share Psalm 34:3 with hubby.

MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME AND LET US EXALT HIS NAME FOREVER!

Sliding Rock-Brevard, NC Lucy, age 5, follows Mommy into icy plunge!

CHOOSE: SLOWING

Choosing slowing is easier for me to type than for me to do. Obviously. Busyness and slowing have been topics in several Dotsy Details blog entries.

I will slow down; set limits on my commitments and work; And make certain that those whom I love remain first in my life. 

That sounded like such a good idea when I read it. So, I brewed a cuppa intentionali-TEA and wrote "slow down" post-it notes to place throughout the house.
Then "my  plan" fell apart.
I "lost" the book before I could get citation info for the blog. I know that's a big literary publishing no-no....so a lawsuit could be in my future. I certainly don't have time for that.

I should have put a slow down post-it in my car since his afternoon I hurried through a light that went from yellow to red. I don't have court time or money for that either--if those lights still operate.
DING! Calendar reminders popped up that reminded me of pre-scheduled events. Then, 2 of the post it notes lost adhesive and "bit the dust."

So....did I give up? No. Once again I just needed to change my focus.

Seek Him first.
...make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim and then these things shall all be given you in addition. (Weymouth New Testament)

I choose to allow Him to choose my best schedules or pare appointments as needed,and am joyfully expectant to see how He will work this out in my life.

CHOOSE: WORTHWHILE VISUALS

Choosing what we "see" is just that----a choice. From TV and movies, to books and FB or Twitter posts. Godly wisdom and discipline are paramount in these choices.

...Set no worthless thing before your eyes; (Psalm 101:3)

Hopefully the bride and groom will long remember this visual of the last "decorated" pew in their walk down the aisle and out the door to a life as Mr. and Mrs.

May such a memory keep their married life focused on the One who is "the Rose of Sharon."

CHOOSE: FOREMOST FOR THE FIRST FRIDAY

First Friday Focus

Matthew 22:38 sums up the first and foremost of all the commandments :

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37) 

Dr. Luke combines the greatest commandment in the law as well with "and love your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 10:27)

These words are first and foremost for keeping on your heart---on this first Friday and forever!! 

CHOOSE: TRUTH IN TREETOPS

 Coming soon--because we're back to iffy WiFi 

CHOOSE: MUSEUM MUSINGS

High Museum in Atlanta--heading 

CHOOSE: QUIET

July 31--no wifi yesterday at all---sketchy even now---will post soon, I hope!

CHOOSE: 5 FOR 5th FRIDAY

Random jottings that jumped off the page and hit me right between the eyes.

1. We worship our work; work at our play and play at our worship.
2. Forgiveness is a commitment to live with the consequences of another person's sin. (Neil Anderson)
3. Everyone on earth is either a missionary or a mission field.
4. Satan doesn't make you do anything, he just fluffs the pillows.
5. A little thing is a little thing...but faithfulness in a little thing is a BIG thing. (Hudson Taylor)

Choosing to think on these 5 jottings from the margins of my "old" Bible as I sit under tent canopy at Deep Creek while the rain pours down & I wait for the New Yorkers to arrive with Lucy. The younger ones are tubing  the creek in the rain saying it makes the creek run faster.