Saturday, August 5, 2017


Writing on this word "try" with five minute Friday.
I tried to write last night, but it just wasn't right. So I didn't try today. I just wrote.


Creativity or conformity?

God never asked us to try. He asked us to be. He said come to me. Learn of me. Be diligent and sober minded. Cast your cares upon me. Follow me. He didn’t ask that I be any different than who I am.

Yes, do the best you can with what you have, but don’t let it become striving. Yes, run the race, but run with patience. You won’t stop God’s work in you. You can’t get behind and you can’t go ahead.

When does a child stop being a child? When their being falls under the scrutiny of others and the challenge to grow becomes a force to conform?  What happens to creativity then? Too often it is locked behind walls of fear and mistrust along with the child they are. And another emerges into the light. One who is required to know and reason and judge as an adult before it was ever meant to happen.

Seek for the child perhaps hiding within and you will find the Kingdom of God.

“Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Mk 10:15 (KJV)

8 comments:

  1. "Yes, run the race, but run with patience. You won’t stop God’s work in you. You can’t get behind and you can’t go ahead."

    Encouraging. Thank you.

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    1. Thank you for visiting and commenting. And I love your blue rocks!

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  2. "God never asked us to try. He asked us to be. He said come to me. Learn of me. Be diligent and sober minded. Cast your cares upon me. Follow me. He didn’t ask that I be any different than who I am."
    Such beautiful words here. I am so glad I stopped by from FMF. I'm visiting from the end of the pack today at #75. Not a bad number. It has been a while since I've written. Happy to join you.

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  3. Yes! It takes more than just trying. It takes leaning on HIM! THanks for dropping by my blog! I hope your find the Sweet Dreams Lotion helpful! (FMF #53)

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    1. Amanda, Yes, leaning. Great word. I find the ingredients are a little too pricey for me right now. Tried coconut oil and Honey and pink salt in warm milk. Taste is just bearable, but I slept better. Glad I found your site though.

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  4. Mary, the wisdom here is beyond price...God doesn't want you to try, He wants you to be.

    So true, so hard for an adult to learn, and so natural for a child!

    GREAT writing.

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    1. Thank you so much Andrew. He gives wisdom to the wounded to give to the wounded. Blessings.

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