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Name: Gayle
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Interests: Reading, coffee with my friends, time with my hubby.
Expertise: I am REALLY good at putting off till tomorrow what really should be done today!
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Thursday, August 24, 2006

I've moved.

I felt the need for a change so I've moved. You can find me at http:/gayle-erin.blogspot.com. I may be back here....time will tell.


Tuesday, April 11, 2006

" We can't watch TV for three hours, read our Bible for three minutes and expect to grow".......ouch.


Monday, August 15, 2005

I CHOOSE LOVE......

No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness.

I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

I CHOOSE JOY....

I will invite God to be the God of circumstance.I will refuse the temptation to be cynical...the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God.I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.

I CHOOSE PEACE.....

I will live forgiven. I will forgive so that I may live.

I CHOOSE PATIENCE...

I will overlook the inconveniences of the world.Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I'll invite him to do so. Rather than complain that the wait is too long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clinching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage.

An exerpt from Max Lucado's book "When God Whispers Your Name" There is more to it but perhaps another day.


Tuesday, July 05, 2005

This was in our church bulletin this week and I thought it held some good advice.

When the folks next to you, act like those in the zoo

a grumblin', growlin' and spittin, it's a pretty good plan,

to be calm as you can, and so something useful like knittin',

 

When a gossipin' Susan with a poisoned barbed tongue

comes into the room where you're sittin'

And starts to defame your neighbor's good name,

count your stitches out loud and keep on knittin'.

 

Where there's been a slight misunderstanding at church

and others hint broadly at quittin'

Why the very best thing you can do is to sing

and stay at your post and keep knittin'.

 

When satan moves in with his cohorts of sin

say "You'll never find me submittin'

you irk me I find, so get thee behind

and please don't disturb me, I'm knittin' "

 

In the middle of problems  the big ones and small

it's always proper and fittin'

to trust and pray till the Lord shows the way,

and go right ahead with your knittin' !

 

Guess I'd better learn how to knit!


Saturday, June 25, 2005


A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in  front
of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty
mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.  He then asked the
students if the jar was full. They agreed  that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the
golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They
agreed that it was.
 
 The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar
was full.  The students responded with an unanimous "yes."
 
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and
poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space
between the sand. The students laughed. "Now," said the professor as the
laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your
life.
 
The golf balls are the important things--God, your family, your children,
your health, your friends and your favorite passions--and if everything else
was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
 
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and
your car.
 
The sand is everything else--the small stuff."
 
"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room
for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all
your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the
things that are important to you. "Pay attention to the things that are
critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get
medical checkups.   Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There
will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of
the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand."
 
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the  coffee
represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show
you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always  room for a
couple of cups of coffee with a friend."



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