Five Minute Friday: Stretch

      And it's Friday today; and you know what Friday is.... Five Minute Friday. So here's the rules we have to follow:
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

So, Today's is on Stretch.

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       Before you do anything athletic you are suppose to Stretch! I will admit I don't all the time. But it's so we are safe from pulled muscles and other muscle pains. Yes, Some stretches hurt and others don't. Others are fun and others are not. Some are because you want to, and others are because you are forced to.

       But we all know we have to stretch. We don't want to end up in the hospital. So we stretch because we know it will help us. And So then, why do we pray? So can help us? Yes. We Pray when we need help, or a simple thank you.  Some prayers we pray are easy to say, and others hurt us to say; Some prayers are joyful and others are not. Some prayers are because we want to pray, and other prayers are because we don't know where to turn.

      So Just as it is important to stretch before a game or an activity or simply a Jog, It's also IMPORTANT to pray before we start are day, during our day, and when we end our day. I will be the first to say, that I don't always pray, just as I don't always stretch and then regret it after a game. I need and want to talk to God More! 

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Thats it, Hope you enjoyed.... Sorry, I'm a slow at writing....  :P 

Beyond...

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    Above and beyond. That's what we all wish to be. We all wished to go that extra mile... One time in our life for sure.  We all wanted to be that one who healed twenty people and preached about God so perfectly and helped many people. Yes, that's nice to be recognized for it all, but what if we look beyond these and think of our above and beyond moments.

    It doesn't take a super human to do all this stuff. God gives use each and every day new powers, new visions, new plans for us to live. And sometimes that power might be beyond what we can handle, but he still gives it to us any ways. We have to look beyond our ways, to see the great things our next door neightbour has done. We have to look beyond the seperation of religion and culture to see the above and beyond things of people in different countries and of other religions.

   Imagine your self in front of a lake, a pond or a stream. And look into the water. What do you see? the fluffy clouds, the blue sky, the bright light reflecting off the water. You will also see the dark dirt of the mud below and you may see other garbage. We ll have our pond, our water. And each and everyday we are given a fresh look at. God, looks beyond the dirt, and beyond the sky , to look at you. To look at your reflection.

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linking up with:

Five minute Friday- When God says Enough

I haven't done this for a while, But for a refresher, here's the rules:

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..



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Enough. How many times do you hear that in a day? A few times, A lot, or not at all? WE can often loose track of the world and go into the wrong road.  The road of violence, and hurting others, the road God doesn't want you to take. And well God doesn't like it.


God does let us time on this path. Why? To show us that we need him for our journey and we can't do anything without him. Jesus, lives in all of us; and wants the best. So for the best of us, he will make go on the other path to see  how it feels and show us how we need him, forever. 


Then, when time comes, Jesus says enough's enough. And he puts his foot down, and brings us to the other side. His side. And then we journey upon his road and become better. We go down his road everyday. But the thing is, he doesn't make his road easy. Nope not one bit. It's hard with curves and bends and menders. But we can get through it, with the grace  of God.


You can surely feel it when God says enough! because we change and are filled with the holy spirit. God comes to us often, to make sure we are fine. We are his children, and when he needs to he says enough!




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Linking up with:

5 minute Friday: The Love of a Gift.

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      When do we receive a gift? A Birthday, Christmas, Just because, Thank you, and Mass. We receive the gift of the Lord. We Get the Lord all for our selves. Next week will be well very painful for the lord and yet as his "present" to us, he died. See how much Love is just in that statement. 'And yet as his present to us he died.

     Think of Christmas, or your birthday the perfectly wrapped present you get holding the perfect mystery. Holding something of soon what will be yours. The perfectly wrapped gift finished with a bow, ready for you. And yet we don't want to take the time to carefully undo the wrapping; We tear right through it.

    Think of a time when you received a gift. No, Not the one wrapped up under the Christmas tree or one you got for your birthday. Think of a gift that can't be wrapped, that you got, thats means more than anything in the world.

Can you think of anything?

Well the first thing that comes to mind for me is Love. Love from my family. The best gift ever, Love from the family. For they are the ones that care for me, that form us, into the ones we are today. The Gift of knowledge from others. What others say, and we learn, that is a daily gift. Like the expression "You learn something new everyday" And yet this is sooo true whether or not you realize it.


A So the ultimate gift come to us soon. For he did not die for nothing; HE DIED FOR US! FOR GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON!

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Linking up and doing the 5 Minute challenge. I think i went i min or two over, but o well. Thanks and hoped you enjoyed!

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Five Minute Friday: Loud

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So I hear the word Loud and well the first thing that comes screaming in my head are two things: 1) Jesus and 2) Children. 

Well the children Just there screaming in having fun or Screaming for being hurt. For theres the Good Scream of a child and a bad one. I have a hard time trying to understand why Jesus came into Mind? (not saying thats it's strange but i hear the word Loud and he came to mind)That was the first thing I though of. The First reason that came to mind was because She is Loud in Calling people to him, and the more people reject him the more Louder he Gets. But I'm Not really sure if this seems right or not. 

SO now this required thinking. And So Thinking about it before i started to type was that on the Cross Jesus gave out a Loud Cry before he died. "My God,My God why have you abandoned me?" And this indeed still didn't fit it together. Again back to the thinking.... John the baptist also Shouted in a loud voice to make our roads straight for the Lord. So that he can come perfectly into our hearts. Then I also come back to that We must proclaim the Gospel with Courage and proclaim it LOUD. So as we enter into this most solemn times of Holy Week Soon May we reflect on out lives. But Let us not Shout " My God why Have you abandoned me" But " My God My God Help me"

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Well thats it. My blog Post for 5 Minute Friday. This week was a challenge for me "Loud" I had to take a good half an hour to think before hand to right this 5 Minute post. 

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Five Minute Friday: Mission Brave

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So this is a time in society when to be "Cool" you mostly have to be Brave. Like Make a super awesome jump or skate bored pretty cool or whatever. But the point is being brave. Being brave is a word that seems to have no meaning any more. Well lets quikly look into the secret of Being brave.

Just off of my head i'm going to list things that are brave:

• A Seed for popping up for the first time in a large world.
• Us as christian- standing up for our faith!
• Us for giving our lives to God. 
• Standing up for others.

Well thats what i can think of. And well us being christian is very brave because if you look on the time that we started with Jesus, he was hated and unliked and stoned and even killed for proclaiming that he is the son of God. Then fast forward a couple of years and there were still brothers and priests getting persicuted and martyred for God.

SO even though we are Christians today we still go through many struggles and fights. There is no end yet to those who do not believe. For that is our mission to be brave and to go and proclaim Gods message to all our religion and others. But really there is no difference we all believe in God deep down.

"God is to big to fight into one Religion" Unknown

So What ways are you brave?

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Thats it. Linking up with Five Minute Fridays! Hope you enjoy!