Take time to Stop!

I am trying to catch up with thousands of unread emails. Back in 2005 our lives became too hectic to keep up with the support groups I was involved in. This has meant that over the last 3 years my inbox has filled up with emailsI have not had he opportunity to read but am too interested in to delete unread! Every so often I get the urge to go through and read some of these. Often I find some hidden treasure. Today I found three...enjoy them with me!

According to a Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such frivolous activity.Aesop responded by picking up a bow, loosening its string, and placing it on the ground. Then he said to the critical Athenian, "Now, answer the riddle, if you can. Tell us what the unstrung bows implies."The man looked at it for several moments but had no idea what point Aesop was trying to make. Aesop explained, "If you keep a bow always bent, it will breakeventually; but if you let it go slack, it will be more fit for use when youwant it."People are also like that. That's why we all need to take time to rest. Startby setting aside a special time to relax physically and renew yourself emotionally and spiritually. You will be at your best for the Lord if you have taken time to loosen the bow.[From "Our Daily Bread", June 6, 1994]


I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. (Psalm 86:12)One of the teachers at a stress seminar said that when she drives, she enjoysbeing stopped by red traffic lights, so she can give herself some 'Cecily time'. Another friend delights when he loses something, because of all the other discoveries he makes while looking for it!These are little irritations. In my counseling practice I occasionally come across someone who has suffered enormously and unexpectedly, but is handling life with dignity and even with joy. The sickness, or financial setback, or accident, or family upset is turned into something constructive.One person is bedridden, but has learned the rich secrets of intercessory prayer. Another is a quadriplegic, but paints with a brush in his mouth. Another has lost a nine-year-old daughter with leukemia, and thanks God for lending that beautiful child to their family for nearly a decade!Whatever this day brings - joy or sorrow, serenity or uninvited irritations - Iwill praise you, my Lord and my God. Amen.[Rowland Croucher from 'Sunrise Sunset' (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco),posted in Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 1-145]



When fleeing temptation dont leave a forwarding address!

ok we are bck from respite...have had our rest...well of sorts...moreofthat later.

Romans 8 makes good reading.
I am clinging to a smal part of that chapter....If God is for us Who can be against us???

much love