This week my mind hovered in a state of disorientation. I had all kinds of thoughts leaping all over the place! I needed some time to step back, reflect, and refocus ( Read more... )

If nothing else, being sick has given me the chance to take a time-out to stop and reflect on my life and how I'm spending it. Since it will come to an end eventually (though not an ultimate end), I need to regularly pause and reflect on what I am choosing to do with the time that God has given me. As the preacher says, "Better to go to the house ( Read more... )

As I've shared before, I'm quick to identify myself by my work and output. "Hi, I'm Megan. I work at the Library. I like to write braille and transcribe old records." But are my job and hobbies the core of who I am? Do these identify me? If not them, then what? How should I identify myself? Around what am I to focus my life and identity and ( Read more... )

I'm writing out some notes in reflection on today's Guidance class, lesson 5. ( steps toward a decision )

Matthew 12:42
The Queen of the South...came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon...

Notes on my own spiritual journey back to the good, old book. ( journey onward )

"Then, the gentleman resided on his estate, and led his neighbors both in peace and war, setting before them for imitation his own light, feeble though it were. Now, he has abandoned the manly simplicity of this life for the luxury of cities, and his virtues and influence wilt beneath the baneful shade of idleness. The parish priest alone remains ( Read more... )

A few years ago my grandfather told me, "No job should ever cost you your health. It's not worth it." ( Read more... )

Key Verse: Luke 19:10
for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Childhood: Idealistic visionsAs children, we all face the great wide world of life. It is full of terror as well as potential. Rather than accept the challenge, I turned a blind eye to it. I denied the reality before me and retreated into a mental realm of ( Read more... )

Title: Live life remembering God ( Read more... )

Title: Live life remembering God
Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14
Key Verse 9

Be happy, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you to judgment.Ecclesiastes shows us a healthy balance of solemness ( Read more... )