More Quotes

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.
- George Aiken

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- Anatole France

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Just in the Nick of Time

This morning I got the walk in just under the wire. It has been raining frogs and chickens here lately. Now we need the rain...rain is good for us and good for our fruit trees and plants...rain is good. But honestly, walking in the rain kind of blows to me...I don't really like it. But I didn't have to this morning...as I said, I made it under the wire.

It's strange really. Why am I so glad to avoid the rain? I have all the best rain gear. I have great shoes for walking in the rain. It's not really a rational concern and yet...there it is.

Well the whole attitude I have towards the rain got me to thinking...He always says He causes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. First of all, He causes it to rain. I have to assume that if He causes it to rain, then rain must be good. Why would I want to avoid something He has made good. Now it may be annoying and it may be...well...wet, but being wet is not so bad. Sometimes I choose to be wet. So it could be He wants me to experience rain so that I will learn something new about Him...or about me.

Reluctance/Avoidance

Hmmmmmmm. Pretty strange day already. I have come to face the fact that I have been extremely reluctant to walk in the morning, just as I have been reluctant to write this little bloggie. As a result of my reluctance, I have gone into a total avoidance mode. I guess it's just avoiding what may or may not be said...to me...by Him.
This morning I tried everything in my power to NOT put my shoes on. I painfully went to find my headphones and iPhone. I was not going to walk out that door. I refused to actually listen this morning. I did not want to hear His voice.
And I didn't.


I really don't know why.
I don't have really anything to hide.
Nothing that I'm terribly ashamed of.
I just did not want to hear from Him.

If I'm honest, I've been this way for a week or so.
Haven't walked or written.
Haven't sought Him out.


Not sure why really.

And yet...I walked.

And I wrote.

He's hard to shake you know.
Sometimes the best answer is to just do what you know is right...even if you don't feel it.
Not sure why...really.