Lesson's I Have Learned

December 20th, 2024, one of the last days of this year ... what have I learned, what have I accomplished?

1. Rushing is not beneficial, it actually wastes time because messes are made; while the body is moving, the mind has turned off: efficiency is a presence of mind. Haste does indeed, make waste. 

2. Money in the hands of the immature turns into poison and fodder for the devil.

3. Loyalty and alignment are partners. People are not disloyal when they disagree, rather, they are fundamentally wired differently.

4. Mixing religious beliefs blends the bad with the good, making both indistinguishable.

5. Some people love God, some people hate God; this lodges a wedge between them, driving them worlds apart.

6. The physical body without the spiritual mind of God becomes sickly.

7. Stars are out of reach for a reason.

8. Wicked parents hate and hurt their children; indulgent parents are not loving, they disable and disarm their offspring.

9. Wisdom is available; not all people want wisdom.

10. Life is God, God is life. Wandering away from God cuts and bruises the soul. Staying close and clinging to him, is the balm that soothes and heals. He is our salve. 

What have I accomplished this past year, I ask myself? I know I have been pensive ... 

I don't know what else to say on this front. Perhaps it is too soon, and what I am meant to accomplish hasn't happened yet? I will leave you with a couple of questions. Perhaps you can get out a piece of paper and your favourite pen:

❓What have you learned in the year 2024? 

❓What have you accomplished? 

There are eleven days left. You don't have to be hasty, but being pensive will be helpful. What have you left undone that you must take care of, before the close of this year? 

The snow is gently falling, blanketing the outdoors in winter white. All is well in my world while I sit in my snow globe, looking out through window panes. Whatever 2025 brings, I know where I can go for solace and consolation, since Christ is my salvation. I pray the same for you, dear reader, to know Jesus is to love him, and to love him is to live for him. That is the peace, that surpasses all understanding. 

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.