Fwd: thoughts

> I am on my way to apartment. She is coming down hall pushing her cart with trash. She stops me with questions. When can a Power of Attorney(has trouble saying the words.) take over? I told her not until doctor declares you incompetent. Her response indicates that has already been done. She doesn't know whether to trust her children. She has strained relationship with some of her children. I listened. Encouraged her as she does best she can and trust her family in this very frightening time in her life. I am partially informed about her situation via community gossip. She thanked me and went on to the trash room. — The thoughts that flowed as I came to my apartment is opportunities for service, ministry, happen unexpected. Be available and mainly listen and affirm the person. It is well to hold fast the confidence that God's love never forsakes us. Thanks family for love, understanding and care.
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Quotes Papa Likes

“PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CHANGE AND THOSE WHO CANNOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING.”

-George Bernard Shaw

“DO NOT HARM - DO GOOD - STAY IN LOVE WITH GOD.”

   -John Wesley

“…IT WAS A MATTER OF THE MIND, THAT WAS ALL.  IF YOU WEREN’T WHIPPED IN YOUR MIND, NOTHING COULD WHIP YOU.”

-L. Lamour

“THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH MAY BE TAKEN AWAY, AND, DUMB AND SILENT WE MAY BE LED LIKE SHEEP, TO THE SLAUGHTER.”

      -George Washington

FREEDOM—WHAT AM I DOING WITH IT????  — LIVE AS FREE PERSONS…..AND NOT USE FREEDOM AS PRETEXT TO DO EVIL….

dad/papa

Inner Setting

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> While I work to create the ideal setting for living, my real need is my inner setting. As my mind and heart is made right I am better able to create outwardly.
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Love Team

On Mar 30, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Bill Edwards

EVERY PERSON NEEDS A LOVE TEAM. LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS PEACHES AND CREAM. SOMETIMES LIFE IS REALLY SOUR GRAPES AND ROTTEN APPLES. A PERSON CAN BE REALLY HURTING AND FEEL ALONE AND DISCOURAGED  THEN THE LOVE TEAM GETS ON THE BALL AND FINDS WAYS TO BE THERE. THE LOVE TEAM MAY FIRST OF ALL BE FAMILY. IT MAY BE CLOSE FRIENDS, A SMALL SUPPORT GROUP, CLOSE CHURCH FRIENDS. THE LOVE TEAM IS NOT A FIX IT GROUP, THEY ARE A BE THERE GROUP. THE LOVE TEAM KNOWS THEY ARE NOT IN CHARGE. AT THE HEART THE LOVE TEAM IS PRESENT IN THE NAME AND SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST AND TAKES THEIR COUNSEL FROM HIS TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE. AT THE HEART MESSAGE OF JESUS IS, "NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE". IN ORDER FOR THE LOVE TEAM TO DO ITS JOB THERE ARE SIX RULES: 1) I HAVE SURRENDERED YOU TO GOD. 2) I WILL LISTEN FOR COUNSEL FROM HOLY SPIRIT. 3) I WILL WAIT FOR GUIDANCE. 4) I WILL NOT JUMP AHEAD OF YOU IN IMPATIENCE. 5) I WILL PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR WORD. THIS IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN MATTHEW, LUKE, MARK, JOHN AND PSALMS. ALSO IN THE MANY BIBLICAL STORIES. 6) I TRUST GOD WITH ALL MY MIND, HEART, STRENGTH. 

The "Love Team" is a concept I have been using with my children and grandchildren as a way of letting them know family hangs together. We are the first line of care in times of need.

Bill

only God

When pondering the violence and evil in the world it will help to spend some time listening to Psalm 58. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a theologian and pastor in Germany during Hitler's reign of terror. He was in prison because he was part of the resistance movement plotting the assassination of Hitler. His writings/sermons give insight into his experience, the Word and how the Bible came alive for him in the face of evil and death. Some of my thoughts are taken from his book, Meditating On The Word. "…in the face of the enemy of God and his church we can only pray…..Only the one who has power over Satan, God himself, can take the matter in hand….Whoever calls for the vengeance of God renounces thereby any vengeance of his own." (p. 91) 

There are some things only God can straighten out/deal with.

Fwd: THOUGHT

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."

-President John F Kennedy

I share this as a reminder that as Christ gave his life to insure our salvation from sin, others have given their lives to protect our freedoms. Carefully, gratefully we enjoy the gifts of life made possible to us by others.

Memorial Day thoughts

Drew Edwards


On 5/28/18, 6:32 AM, "Bill Edwards" <revwge@me.com> wrote:

The truth of Christ is found in your own story. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. God in you is the current reality. As you embrace the Christ Spirit you become the contemporary incarnation of the Presence, Word, Power for making the world a better place. The world needs your story of Christ present now.

Memorial Day allows us to remember others who have sacrificed all for the good and of others, most of whom they would never know. Give thanks and carefully, prayerfully live this special day.