Paws for thought

Indescribable by Chris Tomlin

Shellie — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:04:38 +0000

Death by Joyce Grenfell

Shellie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:21:07 +0000

If I should die before the rest of you,

Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone.

Nor, when I’m gone, speak in a Sunday voice,

But be the usual selves that I have known.

Weep if you must,

Parting is hell.

But life goes on, So…….. sing as well.

Joyce Grenfell, actress and writer (1910 – 1979)

Thornton Reservoir

Shellie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:38:34 +0000

Thornton Reservoir, a photo by ShellieMM on Flickr.

WWJT?

Shellie — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:34:45 +0000

At the New Christian Media Conference ….we were shown this clip in the Twitter seminar which is worth watching….

We were also shown this picture:

After the seminar we were asked the question: What Would Jesus Tweet? WWJT? I wonder….

Is heaven in the yellow pages?

Shellie — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:20:06 +0000

Mummy went to Heaven, but I need her here today,
My tummy hurts and I fell down, I need her right away.
Operator can you tell me how to find her in this book?
Is Heaven in the yellow part, I don’t know where to look.
I think my daddy needs her too, at night I hear him cry.
I hear him call her name sometimes, but I really don’t know why.
Maybe if I call her, she will hurry home to me.
Is Heaven very far away, is it across the sea?
She’s been gone a long, long time. She really needs to come home now!
I really need to reach her but I simply don’t know how.
Help me find the number please, Is it listed under Heaven?
I can’t read these big words, I am only seven.
I’m sorry operator, I didn’t mean to make you cry.
Is your tummy hurting too, or is there something in your eye?
If I call my church maybe they will know.
Mummy said when we need help that’s where we should go.
I found the number to my church tacked up on the wall.
Thank you operator, I’ll give them a call.

by Donna Groleau.

The day God took you home

Shellie — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:29:36 +0000

I’ve been given this to read at a funeral….

You never said I’m leaving
You never said good-bye
You were gone before I knew it
And only God knew why

A million times we’ve needed you,
A million times we’ve cried.
If love alone could’ve saved you,
You never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly,
In death we love you still.
In our hearts you hold a place,
No one else will ever fill.

It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn’t go alone.
Part of us went with you,
The day God took you home.

Anon

The cost of pain

Shellie — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:00:27 +0000

Nothing can make up for the absence

of someone whom we love,

and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute;

we must simply hold out and see it through.

That sounds very hard at first,

but at the same time it is a great consolation,

for the gap, as long as it remains unfilled,

preserves the bonds between us.

It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap;

God doesn’t fill it, but on the contrary, he keeps it empty

and so helps us to keep alive our former communion

with each other,

even at the cost of pain.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Will we have a test on it?

Shellie — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:38:13 +0000

Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain,
and gathering them around him he taught them saying:

Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek.
Blessed are they that mourn.
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are they who thirst for justice.
Blessed are all the concerned.
Blessed are you when persecuted.
Blessed are you when you suffer.
Be glad and rejoice for your reward is great in heaven
try to remember what I am telling you

Then Simon Peter said,

Will this count?

and Andrew said,

Will we have a test on it?

and James said,

When do we have to know it for?

and Phillip said,

How many words?

and Bartholomew said,

Will I have to stand up in front of the others?

and John said,

The other disciples didn’t have to learn this.

and Matthew said,

How many marks do we get for it?

And Judas said,

What is it worth?

and the other disciples likewise.

Then one of the Pharisees who was present
asked to see Jesus’ lesson plan
and inquired of Jesus
his terminal objectives in the cognitive domain

and Jesus wept.

Don Linehan

Never Alone

Shellie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:10:22 +0000

Better than a hallelujah – Amy Grant

Shellie — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:16:39 +0000