It has been a few months since you passed, but it has only been a week - maybe two - since I stopped seeing you out of the corner of my eye, since your shining face has ceased gracing my first glance around corners, since I last hallucinated your shape reclining in the morning sun. I understand that means that my brain has finally habituated to your absence, that to me, even in the deep-scatter - in fractious nebulae of my reality - you are truly gone. Silence triumphs over the echo, as it always must. But I know too that the souls of cats are special, that their destinies are mysterious, and that the paths they walk are inscrutable and ever-branching. I will look for you, Macy, my familiar, where the lensing of the light reveals what is obscured, where the Eldritch Things roam, when the Moon shakes and bellows and bares her teeth. ❤️❤️❤️.
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lovingdevotedobedient:

Corner-time or time-outs serve some wonderful purposes…..but the next time your wife has completed all of the chores, have her spend her free time simply kneeling and thinking. Not as a punishment, but instead as a way for her to simply spend her time.

Having her spend her free time like this can do so very much for reaffirming her place in the marriage, and also illustrates to her where her leisure activities fall in regards to priorities.

Ask her to think about a specific topic, or just have her kneel there. Just as long as she’s there instead of doing what she would otherwise desire to be doing.

When she spends her free time like this even though she absolutely hates it……you have a loving and devoted wife. When and if she begins to enjoy spending her free time like this because she knows it pleases you…..you have a loving and devoted wife. So, it doesn’t really matter how she feels about it….it’s just important that she does it.

You know you’ve succeeded when……she finishes up with all she has to do, and she goes and kneels in her quite place without even being told. She is sacrificing her free time to simply exist for the man she loves. THIS IS LOVE!

Devotional Training: Learning to show Devotion and Love.

I didn’t attend church today, because I’ve got a cold and didn’t want to get anyone else sick, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have worship. Around 2 o'clock took a bicycle and hit the New River Trail. I biked the first two miles like a madman, quickly tiring myself, so I turned to go back. On the way back, I put on some Christian music I haven’t listened to in forever, such as TobyMac and Disciple, and just sat down and took it easy, looking around and relaxing. It was such a beautiful day, and for the first time in months, I felt God’s presence in full force. Don’t get me wrong, I know He’s been there the whole time. I just haven’t stepped away from this world’s madness long enough to notice. Here I was, in the middle of nature, away from the Internet, away from Facebook, texting no one, no distractions, and now I could focus on God. Everything suddenly seemed so beautiful, or rather I finally noticed it’s beauty. I turned into a 7 year old girl with my phone’s camera, pulling to the side of the trail, taking pictures of everything, wanting to share this with everyone. I got back to my vehicle, and turned back around to ride those two miles again. Now, I could give you several different devotions from this, but I think I’ll just sum up two things I want you to take away from this.1. Only when I stopped riding so quickly and heavily, deciding rather to relax and take it slow was I really able to enjoy the ride. When I was going slow, I was able to take the time to enjoy the beauty God has put in this world. Only when I took time to notice this beauty, did I feel Him, showing me that He is ALWAYS there, I just have to step away from everything and make time for Him.2. When I was on that trail, I was texting no one. I was not on Facebook. I had no Internet access. All I had was a beautiful day, a bicycle, and some uplifting Christian music. That’s when I felt God. To be close to God, to really feel Him, you have to put your phone down, step away from your computer, turn off the TV, and find somewhere that you can enjoy the beauty God has put in this world. I felt closer to God alone on that trail than I have in a long time, and that’s because I had no distractions. I love God very much. Even after rebelling against Him as I did, even after doing the awful things I’ve done, even after ignoring Him as I did, He still does this for me. He is indeed merciful and loving. I’m very thankful for my zillionth 2nd chance. I encourage you guys to go out and meet God today. Put your phone away, turn off your TV and computer, and just step outside your house into God’s beauty. It will overwhelm you. “Today is the day the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it.”

where there is pain in the world,
may we be generous
with our actions
with each other
listen
learn
unlearn
help
stand for truth
dismantle systems
that continue to cause harm
let not ourselves go bitter,
instead do better
through love, understanding
faith and trust
that we’ve got each other
we leave this world with
nothing but our good deeds

as caroline myss would say, sitting on our meditation cushions is not enough. we must be willing to be a fiercely loving force in this world, acting our good deeds.

#anuprising
#youaretheprayer
#deathnotinvain
#donoharm
#lovematters
#devotion
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