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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Skin Deep

I went to Florida to visit some of my family over the Christmas that just passed, and while we were there bought a sack of oranges. Ambersweets. Yum, they are the best! There were a few left when it was time to go home and I divided them with my dad and brought the rest back with me.
A day or two after getting back home (to my new home, Georgia), I was unpacking or something, and I found my baby daughter and she was chewing on a piece of paper. I don't know what her infatuation with paper is, but anytime she finds paper, business cards or notebooks within her reach, she chews it like its chewing gum. So, immediatley I take the paper from her and she cries and I feel bad, and I know I must do something to make her not feel bad for me taking away her "paper gum". And if there is anything this little girl loves as much as a fresh piece of paper, it's a fresh piece of fruit!
The Oranges!
I went and grabbed the last orange, because I had been saving it for her anyway. We sat down on the floor and as I began peeling the orange a thought occured to me. See, while I was peeling the skin off the orange the baby reached for a piece of peel to try to eat it and I had to tell her that "We don't eat the skin, baby..We eat the fruit."
It made me think how often do we as Christians, try to eat the skin of things, without considering what the flavor of the fruit inside? We see something, anything, that looks good enough to eat (with our natural eyes), and maybe it smells good enough to eat and it would make sense to eat, but if you taste it (the peel), it is bitter. And if you digest it, it would make your stomach hurt.
That is why we wait, we peel the skin off, and discard it to get to the fresh juicy chunk of fruit inside that is sweet and delicious, and oh, so worth the wait!
And so I guess sometimes it even takes Fruit of the Spirit to enjoy a piece of fruit in the natural. That is: Patience!

Friday, January 11, 2013





Speaking to the "Shooter's Mind", If bullies deserve to get shot, what does a murderer deserve as punishment?
95% of bullies were bullied themselves, usually starting in the home.
Does shooting and killing really justify your anger?
Does it really make you feel better?
Do youreally feel like you solved your problems?

Thus it was said of Old Time: When someone is rude to you, be nice to them. Kill them with Kindness. They will eventually see the meaninglessness of thier hurtful ways.

We need to teach our youth to use thier minds and thier hearts, not guns.
And we need to teach our youth to not be afraid of talking to trusted adults.
We need to Listen and Hear with our Hearts what is really going on in the world right now.

Things can change (for the better). WE have to change them. Rules don't change things. Thoughts and Actions change things.
Much Love~