After the luxury of a 3 day weekend, it dawned on me tonight (and not for the first time in the last few months) that here I am, at the other end of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, in the realm of self actualization, with more time on my hands than in former days of my life, and now at a time when I am genuinely not interested in anything but Christ, his commands and the work He chooses to do through me to share Himself with others. No longer am I interested in things, or stuff, or money-making, never have been into sports, or entertainment. I just do not care for hours of mindless TV or movies (as I believe much of it desensitizes us), so a life at leisure is and has become well, boring. (more…)
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This Sunday morning, September… actually it is Monday morning September 7th in the year of our Lord, 2009, is one of memories flooding back from childhood days. The shows my brother Paul and I watched as kids, Rosie and someone, Barnacle bill, the lighthouse, Joe 90, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the mysterons, and I’m sure many more. My parents looking in from behind the door into my bedroom as they got ready for work, the smell of toast and tea, none of these thoughts are of possessions, or things, but of times gone by, of parents, of family, our closest loved ones. Anyhow this morning as many, Sue and I shower together and joke about the label on the Nivea shower container we say “flooga-doosh” but it really is “pflegedusche”, after a little looking online (where else would you look nowadays!) I find an answer and translation, “Care shower”, then I search “meaning of life” in the same Yahoo Answers tool and come across this quote by George Matthew Adams… (more…)
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