My Reflections

Pursue the dream God gave you

Take UP Your Cross

Prompt:
If you could give your younger self a piece of advice, what would it be?

Answer:
I would tell myself that it is ok to follow my dreams. So what if other people disagree or think that your desired career choice won’t lead to success? Money isn’t what you were pursuing anyway. You want to help people and use your talents to make a positive impact on other people’s lives. Go ahead and go to college for an English major and minor in music. Go ahead write, sing, and teach others music. So what if you are not successful and don't make a lot of money? You would be doing what makes you happy. You would be fulfilling your purpose. You would be serving God and not be confused about your place and purpose in the world. If it was God's will he would make a way even if your family disapproved and didn't agree to help you.

This guys, is my major regret in life. I hope this helps someone else not make the same mistake that I did. Now I am 44 and full of regret.

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PROMPT July 17th

Tonight, you're a seer. Tell me (us) (predict, if you will) what's going to happen in the next 3-5 years.

I am sorry, but this is something I don't mess with due to religious beliefs. It might be fun to make believe, but I don't even want to mess with it in that way. I just personally don't desire to participate in this kind of activity for my own conscience’s sake.

Anyway, in my life right now, things are not very predictable. I hope to still be living in five years though. I don't plan to die anytime soon, but even that is not in my control.

Everything belongs to and is under the control of the one true God, creator of heaven and earth and everything in them.
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Feasting On The Word of God   (E) This is for a Bible study group. #2245217 by Marvelous Friend

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Are you in the need for prayer? Let us know here and we will pray for you.

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Open Door To Grace Prayer Hot Line  (E) Do you want prayer? Ask for it here! All requests are confidential. #1372909 by Marvelous Friend

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Poetry Topic of the Month Contest~Closed  (13+) Win Exclusive MBs. It ends at midnight at the end of each month. Suggest the topic. #2216416 by Sharmelle's Expressions

Wild about wildlife!

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This is the link to the group I do these Scripture writings with on Facebook if anyone else is interested in doing so also.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dailyscripturewritingplan/?ref=share

Scripture writing - Psalms 107:10-12

Scripture:
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

Observations:
Verse 10- Those who are not saved, are bound by affliction and their destiny is darkness and death.
Verse 11- Those who are not saved, rebel against God's Word and are in contempt against him.
Verse 12- God will bring them down and their will be none to help.

Application:
You do not want to be an enemy of God.

Prayer:
Dear God,
Forgive me where I have failed you. Create a right heart within me. Let others be led to repentance and salvation by the things I say and do.
In Jesus's name,
Amen

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Gratitude List

1. Communication
2. Rain
3. Rest
4. Hot showers
5. Games
6. News
7. Social media
8. Internet
9. The Bible
10. Prayer

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After the recent incident in Florida with the condo collapse, how confident do you feel with housing construction? Do you agree there's a lot of gray area that unsuspecting homeowners don't know? Should contractors be held accountable for their construction or should it fall onto the owner at the time?

I think it depends on the circumstances. If the owner fails to maintain the property after so much time, it should fall on the owners head if they knew about the deficiency and did nothing to fix it. When they found out about the issue, that is when it is time to go after the contractors. On the other hand, contractors and construction workers need to be responsible for building things right too. Like I said, it depends on the circumstances. It is important to find out who was the one actually being neglectful?

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Prompt: I was cruising the Galaxy with the Ewoks and found this planet: Blueyez (371)
Read this item:

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Story in Stone  (E) Haiku with photo of petroglyphs in the Snake River area #2248036 by ßlueyeʐ 💮

Write about this item in your Blog entry today.

Sometimes I think it would be interesting to go back in time and talk to those people about their story. Those stone stories are sometimes quite interesting. In some ways, isn’t drawing pictures a universal language? Sunshine in English looks just like sunshine in Japanese when someone draws it.

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Discuss one of these quotes in your entry today:

"July is high burglary season because so many people leave town." ―Jean Chatzky Do you agree or disagree?

Is this how we got Christmas in July? 🤔 lol just kidding.

"If ant hills are high in July, the coming winter will be hard." ―American Folklore Do you agree or disagree?

I honestly have never heard of this one before. I personally think it is just Folklore, but I could be wrong.

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Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum  (E) This is the forum where blog prompts will be posted for the Blogging Circle of Friends. #1901904 by Lyn's a Witchy Woman