Proverbs 17 verse 1 says, 'Better a dry crust with peace and quiet, than a house full of feasting, with strife.' i'm hoping there is a feasting with no strife option, but in the meantime i think i will reach for the dry crust. to Answer without Arguing feels like it belongs hand in hand with Speak without Accusing. and perhaps if person 1 speaks without accusing, then person 2 will be more inclined to [...]
Proverbs 21 verse 25 and 26 read, 'The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.' Okay, so my hand is up again, but this time i think it's a good thing. Giving generously is a way in which we can show Love well. In fact when I read the words "without sparing" the [...]
James 1 verse 19-20 says, 'My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.' Oh no, why is my hand up again? Anyone else got their hand up in the air for this one? Really not starting so strong there, mister Fish. Another way to definitively show love to someone [...]
in Americaland the hockey stick is a symbol of a women's sport whereas in Africa it is the epitome of a fast-paced man's [and womens] astro field battle of skill, perseverance and chance-taking... I would call this a half-silhouette as the light comes brightly from the side giving a sense of the depth lurking behind this pose while concealing enough to keep you guessing as to what is really being thought about. [hint: [...]
Proverbs 18 vs 13 says, 'To answer before listening — that is folly and shame.' Whoops, my hand is up. Is anyone else's hand up? This is not a great start. One way in which you can definitively show Love to someone is by listening without interrupting them. And i do confess that i do this way too much. Well the opposite of this, the interrupting part. Maybe i get half points for listening AND [...]
i saw this as a typical Facebook post, like, share piece and so can not claim that it is original, but also do not know what the original source is, so please be gentle plagurism police... and while i am not a huge fan of "the 7 keys to financial success" or "118 ways to a better waistline", this list feels like a good thing to give consideration to not as THE ONLY 10 WAYS [...]
so the other day i am on one of the bizarrest [so bizarre in fact, english grammar policers, that it took 'most bizarre' to another level] phone conversations at work that i have ever been on, which basically ends with this old couple [him speaking, her in the background] letting me know emphatically that the appropriate number of times for one to have read the bible through from beginning to end is somewhere >30 ["I [...]
the other day, for fun, i googled the phrase "fun silly pictures of strange weird" and came up with this strange assortment of pics... it felt like time for a revisit to the strange wonderfulness and weirdosity that exists in the google image page of that residence and so here are some more that are fun or silly or really quite strangeweird [it's a word!]: For those to whom the complexity of the attaching [...]
so yesterday i posted a very simple blog as a response to the wordpress challenge of the week which was a splash of colour [or 'color' if you're americanese] i found a picture of a splash of blue and posted that as the solitary post of the blog and then i gave it the title 'red' and then posted it at various times of the day with the following intros: do you believe everything you [...]