R's rue

  Poor people do not fly in aeroplanes and they do not consume much electricity either. In fact, they demand far less from this over-exploited planet than rich folk do. Shouldn't we all be trying to save this planet by reducing our carbon footprints? Just because you are rich should not give you licence to take more from the planet than your fair share. When Trump was the president of the USA, he frequently flew south from Washington D.C. for leisurely weekends in Mar-a-Lago. I guess it never occurred to him that a president's job might be a seven day a week  commitment. Clearly, it also  never occurred to him  that wasting aviation fuel like that set a very bad example to ordinary citizens. He was using up far more than his fair share and demonstrating a sense of entitlement, squandering fossil fuels like nobody's business. At the top of this blogpost you have got a picture of Brian Niccol, the new CEO of Starbucks. Starbucks HQ is of course located in Seattle...

 Where your heart is Tells me  Where your Mouth meets Love of money Root of  All evil But what Comes off My tongue Will destroy With the ferocity Of a wildfire Left untamed Lord Let me love How you demand Not based On what Is deserved At the gates I need the Trinity That those Words in red Were met With acts Of service Not just Spare coins Left in The collection Plate from R's rue https://ift.tt/dx3Po2t

 I never knew how much God would move when I took my hands off the wheel. I don’t drive the car. Not that I ever did. Being still is one the best things I’ve ever done. It’s one of the most trying. To turn off the brain takes work. I started being present in the everyday. Not in the fantasy. As to quote someone quite famous “I’m doing something” in being silent to a still, small voice.  I listened to a sermon Sunday that got me wondering when I stopped following this knowledge so simple yet revolutionary.”Faith is just an idea until we take a risk and act on it”. This one statement has shifted something so fundamental in me. When did I get so scared?  When did I let the world define my value?  When did I start to doubt the I AM that is God.  God is using people to minister to me. I’m learning not to get defensive to constructive criticism. If its being given freely. It’s because success is seen where failure is my default. Let people speak into you. I’m gettin...