Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Okay, I'll try this again. Here I was all set to begin anew this year and try to increase my blogging. I am at work 4 nights a week, more time than I'm at home it feels! :( At any rate, unaware of the plethora of glitches the new blogger had, I switched my old blog over. And now, it's disappeared. Well, it's still there I think, but I can't find it. And I can't add comments to any friends blogs, and I'm just plain frustrated. But that seems to be the name of my game anymore... So, here I am again. I just decided to set up a new blog. And if I can eventually, import my old blog here, so be it, if not...it's lost in a sea of cyber never land. So, that's my creative and oh so wonderful start! Let the blogging begin! --Karla
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Monday, January 01, 2007
Thoughts for a New Year
Prayers that your 2007 may be blessed my friends! In this day of new beginnings, I am again reminded of the need to "just be" more often. To just be still, to just be real, to just be okay with things that I can't change in any way, and to just be active in the things I can (hmmm...serenity prayer anyone?!). One thing I'd like to do more with is my blog...I think I'll start now!
I've recently been introduced to several new cyber pals...brothers and sisters who I closely relate with on faith matters and others with whom I differ, but am enjoying a fresh perspective, open dialogue that is building new understandings. I am being challenged to grow deeper in my relationships, both with my Holy Father, and with those around me, in "real space" and "cyber space." In today's sermon at CCP, we were challenged to move from MySpace to GodSpace. To allow God His rightful place at the helm of our life, daily, not just for an hour on Sunday mornings. Having grown up in a church-going family, I learned that Sunday morning was special. My folks didn't make a huge presentation out of "bringing God home from church." But through my mom's regular reading of The Upper Room at some point during the day, usually as a pre-meal mediation; through my parents' efforts to personalize prayers and not just okay the "cookie cutter" prayers that are useful as a jumping off point to introduce young ones to prayer; and through their faith lived in real time before my eyes, I learned that God was at home with me. As a young child, I considered Jeus to be my best friend at a time when I felt I had no other real friends. My parents had a painting of Jesus the Shepherd, tending His flock above their bed. I used to imagine that I was the sheep He cradled so gently in his arms. Though in some ways, that memory is painful, it is comforting. And it seems a fitting theme to begin 2007 with. My prayer this day is to be mindful of the gentle Shepherd's guiding, to be open and willing to follow where He leads, and to remember that even when I'm lost, my God knows right where I am and will rescue me if only I allow Him to! May you also find peace and blessing in this concept! --Karla
I've recently been introduced to several new cyber pals...brothers and sisters who I closely relate with on faith matters and others with whom I differ, but am enjoying a fresh perspective, open dialogue that is building new understandings. I am being challenged to grow deeper in my relationships, both with my Holy Father, and with those around me, in "real space" and "cyber space." In today's sermon at CCP, we were challenged to move from MySpace to GodSpace. To allow God His rightful place at the helm of our life, daily, not just for an hour on Sunday mornings. Having grown up in a church-going family, I learned that Sunday morning was special. My folks didn't make a huge presentation out of "bringing God home from church." But through my mom's regular reading of The Upper Room at some point during the day, usually as a pre-meal mediation; through my parents' efforts to personalize prayers and not just okay the "cookie cutter" prayers that are useful as a jumping off point to introduce young ones to prayer; and through their faith lived in real time before my eyes, I learned that God was at home with me. As a young child, I considered Jeus to be my best friend at a time when I felt I had no other real friends. My parents had a painting of Jesus the Shepherd, tending His flock above their bed. I used to imagine that I was the sheep He cradled so gently in his arms. Though in some ways, that memory is painful, it is comforting. And it seems a fitting theme to begin 2007 with. My prayer this day is to be mindful of the gentle Shepherd's guiding, to be open and willing to follow where He leads, and to remember that even when I'm lost, my God knows right where I am and will rescue me if only I allow Him to! May you also find peace and blessing in this concept! --Karla
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