Slow down!!!

Sunday, just popped out for a walk while dinners cooking, the sun is shinning and the moor is quite peaceful after the Easter bank holiday.Walking along the canal towpath as narrow boats pass and fishermen with their long carbon fibre poles watch and wait, life slows to a snails pace.Life seems so rushed at times, yet when we take a moment to take in the beauty of the blossom and re tune our ears away from the traffic noise with the thumping bass of passing youngsters in their mobile discos,stopping a while to chat with passing friends, our spirit is gently calmed and we are temporarily refocused..

Thank the Lord for the Promise of Eternity and the chance to Enjoy and Cherish what Life is really all about.

Are you moving too fast?
Ucb notes 14 Apr 2007
''...ONE WHO MOVES TOO HURRIEDLY MISSES THE WAY.' PROVERBS 19:2
John Ortberg writes: 'When I first moved to Chicago I called a friend - the wisest spiritual man I know - and asked him, "What do I need to do to be healthy spiritually?" He said, "You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life." There was a long pause, and I finally said "Okay". I wrote that one down. "Now, what else do you have to tell me, because I don't have much time and I want to get a lot of wisdom out of this conversation". He replied "There is nothing else. Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life. You can hardly do anything the way Jesus did it if you're in a hurry. Jesus was often busy, but never hurried. Hurry is an inward condition in which you're so frantic and preoccupied that you're unable to receive love from the Father, unable to be present with other people, or to give love to them"' Understand this: things will not just 'settle down'. If you wait to get around to what really matters, you'll never do what God made you to do! Your soul will wither. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Furthermore, no one else can do this for you - not your boss, your pastor, your spouse, your kids, or your best friend. You must do this for yourself. Take a moment and ponder these two scriptures: 1) 'The fear of the Lord leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble' (Proverbs 19:23 NIV). 2) 'Desire without knowledge