Hello to you. I hope this finds you well you well and if something, whatever it may be, is disrupting your peace I hope help is on the way. I was going to write something totally different today but decided not to contribute to negativity. So many people are going through so much right now. With the modern news systems bad news is vomited on to us at every turn! Let love, peace and light find you today. You are unconditionally loved! Don’t you forget that!
Spin of the world prayer wheel today:
Violence never again! War never again! Terrorism never again! In God’s name, may all religions bring upon earth justice and peace, forgiveness, life and love!
Hello to you. It’s early evening as I am writing to you from bed – feeling tired. Today I went to Thursdays prayer meeting and got groceries. I almost didn’t go as I was feeling really out of it in my balance. We had a good turnout:
White flowers from yesterday evenings walkA white variation of HibiscusMy doodles today
Spin of the world prayer wheel for today;
Dance as though no one is watching you, Love as though you have never been hurt before, Sing as though no one can hear you, Live as though heaven is on earth.
What’s a song lyric that has stuck with you forever?
Hello to you. My prayers go out to the people of Spokane Washington and all the other parts of the world that are burning. I am convinced that what they have been spraying all over in the sky has made the trees and grass more flammable. Just a theory!
The song lyric that has stuck with me much of my life is from a song called Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Every time I hear it I am immediately transported to my childhood home. I am in the basement wearing my wrist radio listening to this song:
Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
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Spin of the World Prayer Wheel :
You are the peace of all things calm You are the place to hide from harm You are the light that shines in dark You are the heart’s eternal spark You are the door that’s open wide You are the guest who waits inside You are the stranger at the door You are the calling of the poor You are my Lord and with me still You are my love, keep me from ill You are the light, the truth, the way You are my Saviour this very day.
you are god – celtic oral tradition – 1st millennium
Hello to you. It’s Sunday again and it’s been a good one. I didn’t sleep but a couple hours last night but still made it to church. Today’s service was lead by Pastor Munger. Jesus connects himself to God through the Old Testament. He tells us who he is so we can trust him. We were in John 8:22-20:
Hello to you. I hope this finds you well. Tonight I got to watch via NYCTHRASHERs Tik Tok page a South Korean boy band named BTS. I was one of some 50,000 people watching the performance which is a lot for Tik Tok! The MetLife Stadium in New Jersey had about 82,500 people in attendance. – sold out show. I had never really heard of the band before them being mentioned on Tik Tok. Here is what the internet has to say about them:
BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) is a famous seven-member South Korean boy band formed in 2010 that debuted on June 12, 2013 under BIGHIT MUSIC. The group consists of members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Members
RM: Group leader and main rapper.
Jin: Oldest member and vocalist.
Suga: Rapper and major music producer.
J-Hope: Main dancer, rapper, and vocalist.
Jimin: Vocalist and dancer.
V: Vocalist with a deep baritone voice.
Jung Kook: Youngest member (maknae), main vocalist, and dancer. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Music and Global ImpactName Meaning: The name stands for the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan, meaning “Bulletproof Boy Scouts,” and later gained the English branding “Beyond the Scene”.Themes: Their songs explore mental health, youth struggles, school-age hardships, and self-love.Fandom: Their massive global fan base is officially known as ARMY. [1, 2, 3, 4]
One of the songs they performed tonight that I liked:
Hello to you. Today has been a good day. The morning began with church. I had never really read John 17 before. It was a great prayer from Jesus for his followers then and his followers now. I got to sit next to my friend Jeannie. She brought me something special – colored pencils! She likes my drawings and wanted to encourage me. I did a little drawing – I’m so out of practice!
Wonderful gift Me trying to put into a drawing my feelings for my friend
Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why?
Hello to you. How are you? With everything that is going on around the globe – fires, heat waves, floods, disease outbreaks, and earthquakes we need to be praying for eachother now more than ever!
Today’s prompt evoked almost an immediate response. I kinda miss hardwired phones. When you wanted to contact someone it was a more conscious thing. You had to remember their phone number or have it in a phone book – written down somewhere. If you didn’t want to be found you just didn’t answer your phone. Now we have smart phones that have made me dumber! The only two numbers I know by heart are mine and my ex husbands! The other thing about hard wired phones is we didn’t have to worry about battery life. Do you miss how we used to communicate?
Spin of the World Prayer Wheel:
You are the peace of all things calm You are the place to hide from harm You are the light that shines in dark You are the heart’s eternal spark You are the door that’s open wide You are the guest who waits inside You are the stranger at the door You are the calling of the poor You are my Lord and with me still You are my love, keep me from ill You are the light, the truth, the way You are my Saviour this very day.
you are god – celtic oral tradition – 1st millennium
Hello to you. I hope this finds you well and if not, you are in my prayers!
Today’s prompt is thought provoking. When I think of chaos I think of things being completely out of control. Not a good thing. Things can be a bit shook up and we can learn and grow from the resulting outcome but not because of complete chaos. That’s just my opinion.
Here is the internets answer to my question if chaos is a good thing:
Chaos isn’t inherently good or bad; it is a vital catalyst. While unchecked chaos is destructive, controlled or balanced chaos—often called “self-organized criticality” in science—is highly beneficial. It drives creativity, evolution, and personal growth by breaking us out of stagnant patterns and forcing necessary adaptations:
Biology and Science: In living systems, like the human brain, seemingly chaotic electrical patterns indicate health, whereas over-organization can signal disease. Chaos theory also shows that hidden patterns and self-organization exist within random events. [1, 2]
Life and Personal Growth: Embracing uncertainty allows you to break free from old mindsets, sparking profound personal transformation. You can learn to manage the unexpected using practical problem-solving mapping. [1, 2, 3]
Systems and Organizations: While pure anarchy leads to collapse, a complete lack of chaos leads to oppressive rigidity. Balancing the two generates novelty, prevents stagnation, and fosters new solutions.
Prayer from the prayer wheel today:
May those without voice be heard. May those without food be fed. May those who are harmed be healed. May the earth’s health be restored. May all have peace, equality, inclusion for all.
mi’kmaq – alycia longriver davis
A band I recently found – takes me back to the 80’s:
Hello to you. Hard to believe another Sunday is here and about gone already. Link and I cuddled our way through neighborhood fireworks last night. He just stayed by my side through it all. I always feel bad for the pets, birds and squirrels! Some of the fireworks sounded like gunfire and sounded like they were in the house. We got to bed about 2 am. Things had pretty much stopped by then
Brads message today was a good reminder that prayer to God is more than just a transaction where we ask for things and expect results. Prayer is an act of submission to the will of the father. It can be so disappointing to keep praying and not see God move the way we want him to. I have been praying for healing for so long now and there had been no real answer. If I am going to overcome I have to trust God will move in his time and not mine. I may be this way forever for whatever reason I’m not privy to. God knows!
