Day 52: 313 days left…88 books to go!

Numbers 23:27-26:51

• "I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord-"  Chapter 24, Verse 13
• "...for he was as zealous as I am for my honor among them..."  Chapter 25, Verse 11
• "...because he was zealous for the honor of his God..."  Verse 13

Acts 15:36-16:15

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Day 51: 314 days left…88 books to go!

Simple Abundance  Meditation for Bad Girls

•  "It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?"  Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables...L.M. Montgomery (author)
• A few things that sounded interesting about Sarah's take on "Bad Girls":
• "Have been known to torture those who break the hearts of pals."
• "Bad girls listen to Billie Holiday."
• "Know the importance of regular waxing,"
• "Bad girls use cigarette holders; really bad girls attend cigar dinners."
• "Bad girls like disguise: they like presenting themselves as perfect moms, ice princesses, and librarians."
• They "Bare their midriffs, never their souls."
• "Bad girls don't just want to have fun, they make sure they do.  Bad girls are committed to the philosophy of personal pleasure."
• "Most of us are only bad girls in our dreams."
• "Bad girls realize this isn't a dress rehearsal.  Real life is what you make of it."
• "You can be bad.  You can be good.  You just sure as hell better be authentic."

And that's the word from Sarah today!

Day 51: 314 days left…88 books to go!

Numbers 22-23:26

•  "I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God."  Chapter 22, Verse 18
• "'Well, I have come to you now.  But can I just say anything?  I must speak only what God puts in my mouth'...'Stay here beside your offering while I go aside.  Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.  Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you'...God met with him...'I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations'...'Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?'  The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth...'God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.  Does he speak and then not act?  Does he promise and not fulfill?  I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and  I cannot change it...The Lord their God is with them, the shout of the King is among them.'...'Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?'"  Chapter 22, Verse 28, Chapter 23, Verses 3, 4, 9, 12, 16, 19, 20, 21 & 26

Acts 15:22-35

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Simple Abundance  Playing Hooky

•  Good advice on taking a day off every now & then to indulge yourself...read a book with a box of fancy chocolates, don't answer the phone, get a spa treatment....relax & rejuvenate...I absolutely agree that this is important...but it is a luxury that not everyone is able to actually do, only dream of...