Louder Than the Voices

This week I read the book of Joshua. I am going to tell you Joshua has always been one of my favorite people from the Bible and I have really enjoyed visiting him this week. I have felt like Joshua must have felt a few times in my life. I have even used his situation in reference. I have always been one of those "Just do it" people when I feel like what we are doing is right. Needless to say, especially at work, I have been told to slow down, we need to look at this a little closer first. I am referring to the time that Moses sent 12 spies to scout out the land. This actually happened in Numbers 13 if you want to do a little refresher reading.  The 12 spies came back and reported the land was everything you could ever dream of.....BUT, 10 of the spies said the people who lived there were also big and scary and we can't fight them. Joshua and Caleb tried to convince them otherwise but was not able to. Joshua knew God was on their side, he knew God would see them through ...

*WARNING* This post has no choice but to have some political overtones today. If you are trying to avoid what is going on in our nation, you might want to back out now. I try very hard to keep my mouth shut on social media about straight out politics. My job, and my passion sometimes makes that impossible and I want to show you in Biblical terms, why I have a big issue with the things going on. Before I even go there, I want to share some verses. I have been reading Deuteronomy, and have seen this thread several times: "If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother." Deuteronomy 15:7 "There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." Deuteronomy 15:11  "Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whe...

Someone told me I was the boss of my own blog, she is right. I tried to "get in the mood" to do my blog last night and it just didn't happen. Got some craziness going on with our family today, so no blog this week. See you next week! Mindy

It has been an unusual week for me at work. I have stayed in my own office, all day, every day, for the past 5. I had told my mom on Monday, it was my plan, but we all know my plans usually don't stick. I normally have at least one call where someone is needing me to come and do something. Needless to say, the bullet journal is full of things accomplished this week and I love it. As I have stated before, I am reading through the Bible again this year, but this time from my Chronological Bible. I am also doing something different as I am pulling up the listener's Bible on my phone and having it read to me as I read the text. I have found this keeps me focused when some of the text gets redundant, but somehow, it also seems to let me soak things in. This week I have been in Numbers and actually have several areas that really need a blog post, but this week I want to talk Numbers 11. Chapter 11 starts out: 11  Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord ; for the ...