WHAT BAG OF TOOLS DO YOU CARRY THROUGH LIFE

I've been asked today 'what's on your mind'? Today -- it's this......... the words of  R.L. Sharpe --------


 "Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass,
A book of rules;
And each must make,
Ere life has flown,
A stumbling block
Or a stepping stone."

I don't know what yours is but I'm sure it's good. And if you'll ask me about mine, it is a path strewn with stepping stones, big and small. Now it's up to God to decide where He's going to take me.

Sometimes they're small stones meant to shape up a huge boulder one sweet day. Small steps taken moment-to-moment day-by-day. And then again a few are huge boulders which I could be very proud of but then seriously foresight tells me it could be broken down to pieces too. That would depend on the great plan He may have in store for me. After all, man will plan all that he can or might but God always has the last word on it. Mom would say ...  'You just do what you can.. or work on what He allows you to work on and hang on to the faith that He cares a lot about you. He will work things out for best.'

So to some out there who are not so clear as to what God wants, just stop and see what your bag of tools are and decide what to do with them. God gives us plenty to work on. Aside from what we know of talent, skills, aptitudes, abilities....  there's also the bag of hope, courage, strength, inspiration, faith, compassion, and even so much more. It can mean a lot of things but which serve one big purpose....  to help you become the person He meant you to be. You know what, if there is anything we should be asking God for......   it's to learn to see our lives through His eyes. Work with Him --- not against Him.

What bag of tools do you carry through life?
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Have a lovely weekend of peace, joy, love, and blessings.

MAYBE IT WILL WORK OR MAYBE NOT BUT WE MAKE DO

We're never really assured of outcome whatever the thing we're faced with. Wish that there was a fool proof way of knowing ahead of time. But always it seems to be that something out there could or would possibly alter or influence result. Perhaps something forgotten, new hurdles, attitude change, people moving, or some unlikely unwanted surprise or two and many more. It happens. I usually get unhinged by such things or by something else preventing a well thought out plan from happening or finishing. It drives me crazy because there isn't a back-up plan to it. Who thinks of a backup plan anyway when you're sure it's going to work.

But then I got to thinking, maybe it will work or maybe not.. nobody knows that... not with the way things have turned out anyway. But I think we carry on with what's left there available to us. We make do.

No I don't think it's making do with mediocrity but rather it's the rise of renewed brilliance resilience courage strength hope and faith. Armed with that we inch forward using what we have, in spite of. There's nothing mediocre about that. We make do because we can. That's the human spirit at work, regardless.