Frances Havergal, the songwriter, lived and moved in the Word of God. His Word was her constant companion.
On the last day of her life, she asked a friend to read to her the forty second chapter of Isaiah. When the friend read the sixth verse, “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,”
Miss Havergal stopped her. She whispered, “Called-held-kept. I can go home on that!” And she did go home on that. She found His promises unfailing.
Scripture:
Isaiah 42:6
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
2/27–Don’t let fear and pain stop you from reaching your fullest potential. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Story:
2/27–How To Get To The Next Level
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Here are three things that just about anyone can do if they are looking to develop a new skill, improve on an existent talent, or compete and perform at a higher level.
Seek Out Challenges. The kind of growth and development you want exists only in that area just beyond your comfort zone. It is not so far out there that you’ll never succeed but close enough to the edge of what you know is possible to ignite your creativity in interest. You must take a chance and possibly fail so you can learn something , pick yourself up and try again.
Practice with intention. It doesn’t matter how long you practice something if you’re not 100% present and focused on what you are doing . This means limiting distractions, phone, music, food, guests—that shift your attention away from the task at hand.
Manage your time according to research world class violinists practice in chunks of time that lasts from 60 to 90 minutes. The same is true for many elite athletes. After 90 minutes of deliberate practice where one
is focused entirely on their own craft or sport, the mind will eventually begin to wander and the body will succumb to fatigue. Depending on what you are engaged in, a rest from six minutes to half an hour would be enough to recharge most people.
Scripture:
Ephesians 5:14-16
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Humor:
2/27–I was shopping in the pet section of my local supermarket when I overheard a woman singing the praises of a particular water bowl to her husband. “Look, it even has a water filter!” she concluded, holding the doggie dish out for her husband’s inspection. He had a slightly different take on things: “Dear, he drinks out of the toilet.”
Here are three things that just about anyone can do if they are looking to develop a new skill, improve on an existent talent, or compete and perform at a higher level.
Seek Out Challenges. The kind of growth and development you want exists only in that area just beyond your comfort zone. It is not so far out there that you’ll never succeed but close enough to the edge of what you know is possible to ignite your creativity in interest. You must take a chance and possibly fail so you can learn something , pick yourself up and try again.
Practice with intention. It doesn’t matter how long you practice something if you’re not 100% present and focused on what you are doing . This means limiting distractions, phone, music, food, guests—that shift your attention away from the task at hand.
Manage your time according to research world class violinists practice in chunks of time that lasts from 60 to 90 minutes. The same is true for many elite athletes. After 90 minutes of deliberate practice where one
is focused entirely on their own craft or sport, the mind will eventually begin to wander and the body will succumb to fatigue. Depending on what you are engaged in, a rest from six minutes to half an hour would be enough to recharge most people.
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Many years ago in Germany, so the story goes, there lived a shoemaker who had a habit of speaking harshly of all his neighbors who didn’t think quite as he did about religion.
The pastor of the parish in which he lived heard of this and felt he must give him a lesson. So he went to the shoemaker one morning and said, “Will you please take my measurements for a pair of boots?”
With pleasure, sir,” answered the shoemaker. “Please take off your boot.” The clergyman did so, and the shoemaker measured his foot from toe to heel and over the instep, and wrote it all down in his notebook.
As he was writing up his measurements, the pastor said, “My son also needs a pair of boots.” “I’ll be glad to make them, too. When can I take his measurements?”
“Oh, that’s not necessary,” said the pastor. “The lad is only twelve, but you can make my boots and his from the same last.” The shoemaker looked at him with a puzzled smile and said, “That would never do. They would never fit such a young boy.” “I tell you,” insisted the pastor, “to make my son’s on the same last.” “No, sir, I can’t do it,” protested the shoemaker. He began to wonder if the pastor was losing his wits. “
Well, then, shoemaker,” said the clergyman, “you accept the fact that every pair of boots must be made on their own last, if they are to fit. Yet you think that God wants to form all Christians exactly according to your own last, of the same measure and growth in spiritual matters as yourself. That won’t do either, you know.” The shoemaker got the point and said, “Thank you for your sermon.
I’ll try to remember it and judge my neighbors less harshly in the future.”
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Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
2/25–Trust yourself. Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all of your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement!
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2/25–
Scripture:
Proverbs 18:24
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Humor:
2/25–
Dr. Geezer
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic.
He put a sign up outside that said: “Dr.Geezer’s clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000.”
Doctor “Young,” who was positive that this old geezer didn’t know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer’s clinic.
Dr. Young: “Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me ??”
Dr. Geezer: “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young’s mouth.”
Dr. Young: Aaagh !! — “This is Gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your taste back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
Dr. Young: “I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything.”
Dr. Geezer: “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.”
Dr. Young: “Oh, no you don’t, — that is Gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your memory back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr. Young: “My eyesight has become weak – I can hardly see anything!!!!
Dr. Geezer: “Well, I don’t have any medicine for that so, here’s your $1000 back.” (giving him a $10 bill)
Dr. Young: “But this is only $10!
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500.”
Moral of story — Just because you’re “Young” doesn’t mean that you can outsmart an “old Geezer!”
Remember: Don’t make old people mad. We don’t like being old in the first place, so it doesn’t take much to piss us off.l
Dr. Geezer
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic.
He put a sign up outside that said: “Dr.Geezer’s clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000.”
Doctor “Young,” who was positive that this old geezer didn’t know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer’s clinic.
Dr. Young: “Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me ??”
Dr. Geezer: “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young’s mouth.”
Dr. Young: Aaagh !! — “This is Gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your taste back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
Dr. Young: “I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything.”
Dr. Geezer: “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.”
Dr. Young: “Oh, no you don’t, — that is Gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You’ve got your memory back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr. Young: “My eyesight has become weak – I can hardly see anything!!!!
Dr. Geezer: “Well, I don’t have any medicine for that so, here’s your $1000 back.” (giving him a $10 bill)
Dr. Young: “But this is only $10!
Dr. Geezer: “Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500.”
Moral of story — Just because you’re “Young” doesn’t mean that you can outsmart an “old geezer”
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