Questions

For today's post I wanted to pose some questions for readers to answer. You must have seen this kind of thing before. I guess we might call them "get to know you" questions. There are many examples of these lists of questions out there in the blogosphere

Try as I might, I could not come up with any questions of my own  that I particularly wanted to ask so I sought help and ended up at a blog managed by a youngish woman called Molly Stillman based on a farm in North Carolina. Of herself she says, "I don't take myself seriously, but I do take burritos seriously. I'm just an imperfect woman chasing after a perfect Savior."

Molly had in fact come up with a list of fifty finding out questions but I narrowed them down to just ten. Here they are for you to think upon and possibly answer in the comments section.  My own responses are listed below the questions...

1. What's your favourite scented candle?
2. What female celebrity do you wish you were related to?
3. What’s one thing you own that you should probably get rid of, but just can’t?
4. Can you do a split? (English: the splits)
5. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
6. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
7. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
8. Do you have any weird phobias?
9. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
10. If you have a nickname, what is it?

1. A plain candlewax scented one.
2. Taylor Swift because she is so bloody rich she might give me a wad of banknotes.
3. The well-thumbed copy of "Playboy" that I hide under our mattress.
4. You must be joking. I would end up in hospital if I even tried.
5. I just wore my normal clothes as we never "did" Halloween in England back then.
6. I would rather have a Yorkshire accent - in other words, the same accent that I have now.
7. Honeysuckle Melody Rose
8. Yes. I am afraid of dentists so I am a dentophobic.
9. I would rather be attacked by a big bear that is itself being attacked by that swarm of bees. I might be able to escape. Fortunately we don't have big bears in The Peak District but we have got sheep.
10. Big Boy.

Thank you to Molly - for your inspiration.

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Days

 After the past few days, I’ve been silent not because I don’t follow what is going on in the world. I’m acutely aware of it. Almost too aware. I’ve been anxious, depressed and downright angry. These feelings have not served me. I’ve learned and am still learning that if I do not have anything nice to say, it will not be uttered. Going back to kindergarten daily. I’ve realized in almost eleven years in sharing my heart, that what I share is to heal me. If it helps heal you, Praise Him. I’ve been happier since trying to limit my intake of social media. It just engenders jealously in me. Jealousy I can’t afford. I’ve realized that if I go into writing with the aim to change minds, it doesn’t work most of the time. I’m simply the instrument God may use to further His desires. When I said I need a clean heart, I meant it. I’m just wanting to be worthy of the call God has for me. When I trust Him, He works all things for my good. I have to believe that my desires haven’t been met because I lack absolute trust and surrender. It’s where my focus is right now. Love yourself and one another 

Regine

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