Those irritating splinters~

     "I can't get anything out of this closet!" or "This is how hoarders get started, by just throwing things into a closet because they don't wanna pick them up." I could just hear it in my head...So I better clean it out before it happens.
   
      While I'm tossing items out into the bedroom to make room for organization, I picked up a wicker Easter basket and in the process of forcing it into the Easter colored storage container (which should by now be up in the attic), a sly splinter just slid right into my index finger. YOWZER! Off I go to find a tiny needle that won't hurt much while trying to scrape away the skin so's I can finagle a bulky tweezer to remove the thing. Gotcha!

      That made me think of those irritating issues in our lives that, if not removed from our innerds, will make our lives miserable, tiny tho they are. Irritations such as cutting comments from a stranger or loved one; worries; health issues; the list goes on...
   
      What has worked for me, to name a few, is someone listening to me, or random scriptures or songs that just seem to release me like a pair of tweezers...But when I don't deal with it, such 'minor' things can really upset me. By upsetting I mean, depression, crying, sulking, thinking less of myself, thinking less of others ---No matter what others may tell us, we're all the same...we all have the same temptations, there is nothing new under the sun, the Bible says. Let us deal with these splinters, before they deal with us too long. I Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Comparing our voice to a bird's

      Every bird in God's creation has a beautiful song and together, or alone, they sound so soothing-or annoying...like a crow, for instance. I love to go outside under the trees and listen to the different sounds - Or even listen to a CD of collected bird songs...they sometimes take me back to when I was a little girl at my grand-mother's house - She had a green thumb and flowers were everywhere - She would break bread crumbs on our visits for us to toss out to the birds and we would run back inside and watch from the picture window in the kitchen as they would peck away at their food- Good ole days..

      We each have a sound, a voice...lessons we've learned in our lifetime...we're all different but together we are a magnificent handiwork of our Creator- We can learn from one another - Do we hack like a crow which can be irritating, by forcing others to abide by our demands, or are we easy to listen to, maybe like a Mocking Bird...

      I would like to use this blog to share with you - I am in hopes that my writings will make a difference in your life- I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of God, asked Him into my heart in 1974 and was searching for Him long before that- I'm half a century old now (gosh that sounds ancient!), I've been through a thing or two...perhaps you can glean from my life...my own testimony is a rather full one.

      But we'll take it slow...No need to rush things...I've got the time to spare, so I will "sing my song", and hopefully it will be easily entreated, as they say... Ecc. 5:2 KJV "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Col.3:16 KJV "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."  This is a good start...has a sweet sound to me...