~ Food for Thought! ~ ‘Less Of Me’

Not sure where this is going to go, tho I need to get it started, while HIS ‘Creative Juices’ are flowing. The last post (081022) was from the hip as I was writing, although chewing on the main ‘Topic’ for days and that came from another article I had been reading on Skepticism. It was as it was speaking directly to me.

Should you choose to go back and peruse it again, it was directly saying, (To me anyhow.) “That there is need to give the other person room.” When a person is ignored and wrote off, there is little hope in future communication, whether fellowship &/or ministry.

Two issues that I deal with, (Not close to perfect yet;-) the first one is irritation when interrupted. I lived with my Dad’s Baby sister while my Mother was in the hospital for over a year when I was eleven. Many things I was taught, while I was there.

Money was left out over time, the amount was increased at regular intervals, and I was told in my adult years later that my trust was proved. It lost it steam when I explained that even at 11, I was smart enough to know that should it come up missing that I was the only one who could have taken it.


That one above was a freebie as this is the one that pertains to my thought. She also taught me “We so often condemn others for our own worst faults.” Do you remember what I was talking about above with out going back up there to check? I just remembered a third thing. I had better finished this before my imperfections turn into a tome.

The irritability over being interrupted, is because I do it to others myself. To over come this I have tried not showing it when I am interrupted and it is getting better, as now I try not to do it myself. Of course, this leaves a monologue for the other person should they like to talk as much as I do.

Number two is I will justify my remarks &/or actions when they come under scrutiny. Even after walking with The Lord for over 3 decades, my tendency is to need to be right! There is no way to break this habit, yet to again resort to silence and let the other person have their victory. SEE! Even using that last word shows the pain that is involved.

Allow me to finish up using the third one I remembered above. Second place after being interrupted is not being ‘Paid Attention To’. ( I do not know if you caught that above or not.) Multi-taskers are not welcome! Just kiddin. It is hard, ‘not to go back’ and ask questions that have no value other than, seeing whether the person was paying attention or not.

My favorite is talking to a cultist and when it is my turn they are Busy Looking up the next reference. They will now go to when I finish my turn. As soon as I see that they have found their spot and has it marked with finger between the pages, when their eyes meet mine, I ask them, “ What is your take on that?” They shake their head and admit they missed the point and I start all over again, this time they are paying attention, because they know that there is something for them to answer.

As Always! Picking up your cross and seeing how much more there is to dying of self. Less of me my Lord that there will be more of YOU! How about you? I laid out some of my dirty laundry. Do you have any of yours that that needs at least some airing? Your Turn! In the meantime Be Blessed, 1 aka DP

Food for Thought! ~Skepticism~ ‘The Good The Bad And the Responsible’

Food for Thought! ~Skepticism~

Have you ever stopped long enough, to evaluate all … well maybe not all, as that would take to long, the negative, … well what each one of us would catalog as negative, … things that happen around us, ‘Day In & Day Out’? I bet you were wondering if I was EVER gonna get that thought out!

Allow me to hone in on “Skepticism” today and go ahead and run with it, so when I bring this thought to it’s culmination, you will already be there with whether you agree or not.

New Innovations normally come up against skepticism inasmuch as, they contravene personal and/or social credence. Established beliefs are so compelling and forceful, that wars are and will be fought over them. They become the foundational base for philosophies, psychology, political systems and even medical concepts to develop. Some own their own Memorials. Sometimes they are only imaginary tales and are not even true. We just hope and think that they are.

Nevertheless, for a moment, let us look at ‘The Good’ that is derived from some of it! Skepticism to new innovations, are usually resistance to change. Including, "it's too good to be true" attitude... or "That sounds too Spooky" or anything that resembles that... This is healthy and normally to be expected. New concepts should always be scrutinized rigorously. It will make them stronger in the over all, should they prevail.

When one possesses a major development that is founded on the most convincing of known axioms, being different to traditional understandings will always and expectantly be met with skepticism.

Here are a few quotes to make this point:

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power
of the atom." Robert Milikan, Nobel Laureate in
Physics, 1923

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
Lord Kelvin, President Royal Society

"Sensible and responsible women do not want to
vote." Grover Cleveland, 1905

"Who the heck wants to hear actors talk?" Harry M.
Warner, Warner Brothers Pictures, 1927

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899

Now ‘The Bad’!
We may as well start here with my standard Response:
"You can always tell a skeptic, BUT you cannot tell them much!" There are many more and no doubt you may come up with a few yourself. Let that suffice, as I would like to get on to the main reason that I have been giving this so much thought.

As I am being blessed, with being ‘more’ knowledgeable, it in itself makes me ‘more’ aware to be ‘more’ “Responsible”. To many times in the past, I have just passed on by an opportunity to make a difference, because my intolerance to skepticism. Almost a case of ‘The Pot Calling The Kettle Black’!

Having studied ‘Skepticism’ to this degree allows me to back up an not Write the Skeptic Off and leave another opportunity to minister to them at another time, with many of the times with the very innovation that they would not have no part of before.

Now IT IS your turn! Tell me where you believe that I am wrong … or maybe you were already there, waiting on me to get my head screwed on right. Talk to me and continue to be Blessed, 1 aka DP

~ Food for Thought! ~ Growth Is Valuable! ~

We have talked about ‘Change’ and ‘Growth’ and how do they line up with what Scripture says.
I started out with change using these two proverbial expressions:
“Everything Changes, except Change Itself!” And
When ‘It Is All Said and Done’, GOD IS THE EXCEPTION!

They both sound like oxymorons and sometimes we have to cross over into that realm to receive Understanding. HE says in Mal. 3:6a "For I [am] the LORD, I do not CHANGE;

Eph 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ--
Eph 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes GROWTH of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Where am I going with this, you might say? I am getting into the habit to just sit down and to start typing and see the wisdom come forth.

Now you tell me!
GOD Bless! 1 aka DP

~ Food for Thought! ~ Growth Is Good! ~

There is a need to start this off with: God Is Good! Ps. 73:1 From here we can go anywhere.
You might have had a need to ask me why the last post was in Red? I am glad you asked and because it caught your eye, it served its purpose1

The main reason is to convey how I hurt … (And not like BC = “I feel your Pain!) to see so many not partaking in HIS Kingdom out of ignorance and/or stubbornness. The funny thing about it is that even as I am writing about this I could be right in the middle of both of them.

Sometimes they are so subtle that they are invisible and evasive. As I write this, I am open to have a slap up the side of my head, so that I can partake of all this wisdom myself.

The reason for this post is for my growth and you could be the instrument of HIS choice should you step out of your comfortable prison and let the swing begin, by contacting me. Go ahead so I can say: “Thanks … I Needed That!”

Nevertheless, have a blessed day and reap what HE has for you today!

1 aka DP

~ Food for Thought! ~ Change Is Good! ~

It is said, Change is Good! And before we get in the middle of this, let it be said, that I said It, whether it was the first time said or not. Another one I like is: “Everything Changes, except Change Itself!” And when ‘It Is All Said and Done’, GOD IS THE EXCEPTION!

Have you heard anyone say, “They Say!” when trying to bolster his or her perspective on anything?

What I have found out in the last few days, is that if you want to ‘T’ them off, just ask them to, “Name One!” I learn this by accident the first time, as the inference was that there was a ‘Multitude’ of the ‘They’ that were saying, … whatever it might be. What you will also find out is, ‘what it is that ‘T’s them off’, should you push the issue. It is that they (Who you are talking to;) cannot name even one!

What is Important in all the above, is that “They Say” in not the only repeated, obsequious, Master over Slavery that so many people lock themselves in prisons of their own making.

Say what you want and no doubt, you will and that also, will, be repeated by those who abhor Change, Nevertheless, as I pursue these thoughts, I am becoming an expert in the bondages others keep themselves in.

Not The Rule, though far from being the exception, Believers who are partaking in the Kingdom dynamically in certain areas, will not even give ‘Thought’ to the many other areas of participation, on only one count. That being ‘Change’ and their detestation of it, because knowing it will eliminate their selves from their state of soothed contentment.

Now ‘Soothed Contentment’ is only being dispersed and enjoyed in the area of that Change. Now why is this important? I bet you thought that I would never ask!

Change is what brings us into new realms of God’s Promises’ and those being based on HIS Laws that even Atheists partake of. Many of the times it is, only on that point they base their resistance.

My greatest growth in my relationship with God and learning how much more that HE had me to participate in, was the excruciating and agonizing torment I went through, until I just accepted the Change!

Now no doubt, that some of the ‘They’ will say that, the above was infested with hyperbole, albeit others will know that I only scratched the surface of what they have gone through.

This will be my first closing, as all good preachers say.
SO WHAT? You say! I thought you would never ask.
BOY! Does a question like that, bless a preacher!

Ministering so many different times to these situations in the past has made me an expert in this area. The only accounts that have not been productive were only those situations where the participants shut off all communications dealing in these issues. I Mean Shut Off!

In closing (for real this time!;-) Should you be going through something that has gone on for a long time and are ‘REALLY’ Ready to deal with it, I invite you to contact me and I will be blessed to being a part of your ‘Painful Growth’!
Contact me!
And Be Blessed, 1 aka DP

~ Food for Thought! ~ Finish Strong! ~

I may get a lot of argument from this, though what I have come to not only believe, but endeavor to walk in is, ‘The Choice Is Yours!

Sometimes our starts are a little weak and wobbly, though we ought to choose to ‘KNOW’ that we are going to accomplish what we start out to do. Courage is a quantity that we are not aware of to any extent. Even beyond our wildest dreams.

Bethany Hamilton is a good example of what the human being is capable of doing! Having an arm removed from a shark bite and coming back to compete and winning with in 6 months!

Ray Kroc should have rolled over and died at age 52, Nevertheless McDonald’s is what it is today because of Ray’s determination!

To believe and then act on it is key to most every success! Where do you get your belief system from? As we discussed before, it comes from all those filters that we have been indoctrinated in and our sub-conscience keeps us trapped there, should we not first become aware of it and then do something to change it!

Wilma Rudolph, Ben Hogan and Paul Hamm, all could have gave up though with that positive attitude and determination thy “Finished Strong”!

NOW How will you chose to respond? It IS your choice! Go get them Champs!

Be Blessed, 1 aka DP

~Food for Thought !~ Perry The Peacock~

What about ‘ol’ Perry The Peacock and the ordeals that one with a positive attitude has to deal with, when confronting a stagnant status quo mindset? A lot of issues are evaluated here and sometimes one with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, who is creative and has imagination to see opportnities is some what accepted for a season. Even a temporary partnership, seems to have a potential of co-opporative development.

B U T ! As soon as the status quo is made uncomfortable for any reason, trouble will appear. Trying to get conformity will rob all the positive aspects from any creative individual. CHANGE is always uncomfortable!

The creative individual is sad, to disappointed that there seems to be no way to break through the staus quo into bigger and better innovations.

Anyplace in the world can be “The Land Of Opportunity” depending on one’s perspective and those who are their associates.

Let me give you Scripture to confirm this last perspective:
Luk 11:34
"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Luk 11:35
"Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.
Luk 11:36
"If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."

Also see: Mat 6:21-23

For some reason there will always be those, whose glass is only half full. Regardless of what side the get up from, it is the wrong side of the bed.

Not that I am all the way there as yet, But my glass is over half full, in fact, “I am drinking from the saucer, because my cup runneth over!”

Be Blessd, Loved of The LORD! 1 aka DP