Tempus Fugit

Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies

Category: Life

  • Relationship Journey

    Surrendering our lives to Jesus is not an oath of perfection; it’s a statement of allegiance. It’s not just one moment in our lives. It’s a reorientation and alignment of our hearts to bring our minds, emotions, and wills into daily submission to his plan and purpose for us. Life is a journey in relationship with Jesus, following him each step of the way. We experience a life of freedom and fruitfulness through a succession of individual days of following him.

    Go Do Say Give: The Freedom Of Surrender To Jesus: Day 7 • Devotional

  • Take a moment

    Take a moment

    That’s all it takes, a moment, to change your destiny for all eternity.

    John 10:10

  • He is mighty to save…

    when I need saving.

    When I enter into the arena of anxiety about a possible issue, it’s as if I’m going into battle alone against that issue. His strength and power is available to us as we need it. I have seen Him provide peace, strength, and help so many times in my life when I needed it. But His Word does not promise strength and help before we need it. I might be facing the news of a bad diagnosis and all of the health challenges that come along with it, but until I am actually facing it, I do not have His strength and help for this particular issue or crisis. This reminder has helped me relinquish fears and trust that no matter what happens, He is mighty to save…when I need saving.

    Such a good devotion, real!

  • Thanksgiving: Thankful

    I’m happy to be Yours. That closing sentence really resonated with me this morning during devotions when this prayer came up from the list.

    Thank you

    I’m grateful

    Jesus, thank You for Your life on earth—for the time You spent teaching us, loving us, and suffering on our behalf. I’m grateful You made a way for us to have an eternal relationship with You. You are my everything—I’m happy to be Yours. Amen.

  • Help me live a life that reflects who you are

    Help me live a life that reflects who you are

    “God, I know your desires and plans for my life are much better than what I could come up with on my own. Show me the best way to live, and give me a genuine desire to follow your ways. Help me live a life that reflects who you are. Amen.”

    From Pray Through the Psalms: Day 13 • Devotional

    The “help me to live a life” caught my attention. Don’t we all need help in how we live our life?

    And then there was one of my favorite verses.

  • My Mom

    Every time I come to this verse I think about my Mom.

    On one of the rare times we talked about faith, it was just the two of us and she shared about driving home from the funeral of her brother Ken in Montreal. She said this verse got her through some tough time.

    “I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? (No!)

    My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!”

    ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭121‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NLT‬‬

  • Resurrection needs death

    this is the paradoxical way Ezekiel’s story unfolds. Maybe that’s how it goes for all of us. We hold in tension the beauty of resurrection against a backdrop of death. Because resurrection is only necessary if we go through death. We must face the weight and terror of death to behold the beauty of resurrection. The two are inextricably linked.

    Valleys: Find Courageous Conviction in Life’s Lows: Day 5 • Devotional

  • Eternity

    Eternity

    Where will you spend it?

    Today’s devotion also lead to reading about Arthur Stace, Mr. Eternity. I highly recommend giving it a read.

    And as things do on the web it lead to a look at Copperplate Script which lead to a calligraphy course which I might try.

  • Grandkid questions

    Grandkid questions

    Grandad, what do the colored flags and spray paint on lawns and streets mean?

    Call before you dig

    Well, I knew yellow was for gas and after that I wasn’t sure. They all mean something is buried there and don’t dig in that spot unless you know what you’re doing.

    Here’s a key to the flags’ colors:

    RED – Electric Power Lines, Cables, Conduit and Lighting Cables

    YELLOW – Gas, Oil, Steam Petroleum or Gaseous Materials

    ORANGE – Communication, Cable TV, Alarm or Signal Lines, Cables or Conduit

    BLUE – Water, Irrigation and Slurry Lines

    GREEN – Sewers and Drain Lines

    PINK – Temporary Survey Markings

    WHITE – Proposed Excavation

    https://www.cedarburglightandwater.org/what-do-colored-flags-ground-mean#

  • Remembering

    Today’s verse of the day devotion in the YouVersion bible app prompted me to remember.

    The verse had this as the question.

    I related to the last answer in the list. While I was in hospital and things were at their lowest at least from what the doctors were seeing in the test results and telling Shirley and I, it was a very dark time and my life was on the line.

    Shirley came into the room one morning and shared this verse.

    I wrote it on the whiteboard in my hospital room where I could see it all the time. I hung onto this verse.

    I did not die, I lived and I can tell others of the Lord’s miraculous healing in my body.

    Hallelujah