2nd CHANCE SUNRISE!

Somedays we all need a "do-over"!!
How grateful I am that Father God gave us His son Jesus so we could do just that.

Repent in Jesus name. Ask forgiveness and you're ready for a do-over!

Think sunrise in spirit because of rising up of God's Son.

God's Son Rises!

Pithy with purpose!

WOW = WORDS OF WISDOM!

All true wisdom comes from God.

Trust in Him = Help!

A thrust of trust for Thursday!

ROAD REMINDERS!

ROAD REMINDERS......seen coming and going as we drive to our ridge of the mountain!

TRUST JESUS COMING!

TRUST JESUS GOING!

"Pithy with a Punch" at its best!

Trust Jesus---enough said!

WISE WORDS!

WEEKEND WISDOM!

Wise Words.

5 words or FEWER. Here they are....count them.

Look for the BIG meaning! (Citations don't count)

• Be strong and courageous. (Joshua 1:9)
• Seek the Lord's strength; (1 Chronicles 16:11)
• Joy of Lord is strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) 
• God is my heart's strength. (Psalm 73:26)
• Quietness and trust is strength. (Isaiah 30:15)

What's the focus for each set of "5 or FEWER"?

Strength of course!

PITHY WITH AN RCK PUNCH!

Son-ln-law, RCK. has a way of saying the most with the fewest words!

First he practices keeping his ears open and his mouth shut. That's scriptural. In His quiet times before the Lord, I imagine he is still to listen first. He ruminates. 

Think----Meditate. Concentrate."Chew the cud." 

He also practices that with people.

The result is saying the most with the fewest words. 

Concise. Succinct. Terse---but without the sting.

Pithy with a punch as I so often say!

Even in his work conferences he knows how to be brief because he has prepped and prayed. He uses kind, bright words to explain and encourage. 

He doesn't just babble and blather on and on.

He physically leaves but his words stick. 

Pithy with a punch of truth are left for others to consider.

 28,490 days old according to hhis NY family!

Oh what a day!

EMBRACE GRACE!

EMBRACE

GRACE

IN THIS 

PLACE

TODAY!

SATURDAY SHORT!

Do you want to be Without  Fear?
Don't let fear floor you!

Without  Fear = eyes off circumstances!

"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face that the things of this world will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."

Floor the fear, today! Step on it!! Squash it!!!

Don't let it floor you!!

MONDAY MUSINGS!

As I prepare for today's trip to new cardiologist, I need to cultivate new "heart habits"..........more spiritual than physical. Gratitude for a spouse who has become my "uber" to numerous medical centers in far away places. Acceptance of no longer driving.  

A heart habit of praise and worship! Lead me Lord in this new season of heartache......pain, fear and disappointments.

May I lean into the Most High and abide in His shadow.(Psalm 91:1) 

Help me, Almighty God, to abound in this new season regardless of the circumstances! 

A new year to abide and abound!

MONDAY MEDITATION TRUNCATED!

A prep for tomorrow's book study to keep me from talking more that listening or even talking in circles!

Pain Drains                    Drained!? Fill up with Fellowship

 

Don’t Live Digital Distracted Life (5 words or less)

 

Listen more to talk less. (5 words or less)

 

Travel Light      Lay aside every encumbrance

 

Fix Eyes on Jesus    Focus More on Jesus   

 JESUS + 0 = EVERYTHING!

 

More of THEE—Less of me   THINE—not mine

 

Jesus’ life: Paragon of Righteousness (5 words of less) 

(Blackaby. Experiencing God, p.235)

 

Get Daily Nourishment from Scripture (5 words of less)

 

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve. (David Stevens (1/28/24)

 

HOPE: journey to right destination. (5 words of less) Chuck Swindoll

 

Hope springs from truth rehearsed. (M. Vroegop, T.Billings Incurable Cancer 14)

 

HOPE: not wishful thinking, BUT…CONFIDENT EXPECTATION!

 

trUst       Do you trust me, Dotsy? 

 

Thrust of trust answers meandering thoughts.

 

A heap of worry staggers you.

 (Me, or us…choose own pronoun)

 

Meek is power under control. 

(Not an “in you face” encounter to another)

 

Move from Petition to Praise-----“ACTS” as in Tony Evans NOG  (5 words or less)

 

 

Dotsy THOTS--Trusting Him On This Subject

THANKFUL THURSDAY!

THANKFUL THURSDAY !

Let the morning bring me word 

of your unfailing love, 

for I have put my trust in you. 

Show me the way I should go 

for to you I entrust my life. (Psalm 143:8)

Enough said!

PROXIMI-TEA!

My morning cuppa! Proximi-TEA! 

First, I had to throw my cuppa anxiety-TEA down the drain.

Then, I picked up God's Word to move-in closer.......and

On the small table beside my prayer chair, was a calling card from one of our church elders of Care Ministries. He has been in a whirlwind of health problems for many weeks now. Yet here was his card encouraging me---with this verse clearly at my side.

For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. (Zephaniah 3:17)

Closer proximity to Him is essential, especially in the "whirlwind" of physical 

unknowns/fears of self and others. 

A cuppa with the Lord in His word and a cuppa proximi-TEA shared with a friend can wash away the fears and dreads of the unknown. 

SATURDAY SHORT!

Concise but Complete.

JESUS

Your only way to God

AR I-30W just before Exit 3.............in the middle of a field.

5 words say it all! (John 14:16)

GOD'S GRACE

Grace notes continue......

God's grace saves.....stays......and transforms. (Buddy Liles, Allen Bible Church 1/23/22)

Grace is God's mercy with blessings. (Jen Pierce, Heart to Heart 1/26/22)

May my life reflect grace-driven living. (OB HOG prayer card #6)

Pithy with a punch to help us remember God's Grace.....and share it with others. (1 Peter 4:10)

.....Author Unknown--Source, Brother Buddy

PANDEMIC PASTIME

PANDEMIC 2020-2021 .....In a  Few Words!

Few Words---14 to be exact. Not many to encapsulate my life from March 2020-April 2021 but they do.

This is how I remember my "pandemic days" though much of my reading was audio. Then I progressed to book in hand and audio of same book coming through my Libby app. It's the way I chose to keep reading when my eyesight was recovering from my occipital lobe stroke. 

Wearisome Words

7/15/10 Too verbose on blog. Succinct is the answer. Will try for terse verse, not burdensome blogs. Won’t resort to texting shortcuts---don’t know them anyway. S. Young has the pithy grabber prose (saying the most with the fewest words) down pat in today’s Jesus Calling. Here’s my take on her notes:

• Command=do not worry.
• God gives manageable portions.
• His grace sufficient one day at a time.
• A heap of worry staggers you.
• Thrust of trust is answer to meandering, crisscrossing, anxious thoughts.
• Let those shackels fall. Enjoy Him.

::poof:: (Text 4 I'm gone.)

Wedding Dance

Date Unknown-until 1 hour ago The Wedding Dance

Remember the Western Union telegrams of old---those yellow paper messages with short snippets that were delivered (stop)---sometimes by a kid on a bike(stop)? I think they were a precursor for text messages. They were “pithy grabbers” of sorts. I even have a file of pithy grabbers b/c I love them---saying lots w/ few words---like poetry, concise but full of meaning. TP, a caringbridge blogger & CD, an author, gave me the idea---the one my Molly enters in the blog will be based on the outcome of my surgeries.

If I return to Memphis---and I am coming home today.

Coming home STOP
Put out my dancing shoes STOP
The Lord and I are dancing to a new song STOP
We’ll never stop!!

Coming home to dance at Halle & Kyle’s wedding---MAC was not the last dance for me.