Scatter the flowers

Michelangelo-Creation of Adam "Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself." ~ C.S. Lewis   ☝ What are you made of?  Sugar, spice, everything nice? Or snips and snails and puppy dog tails?  Spit and vinegar?  How were we made?  What do we do with how we're made?   Do we say "That's just how I am" (referring to both our strengths and weaknesses)?  Do we think we are what we eat?  (If so I am "en fuego" because of flaming hot Cheetos.)   ☝ When I think of how I'm made, I think sometimes I am like cookie dough - a little structure (flour), seasoned (salt), joyful (chocolate chips), sweet (sugar)- all looks good on the outside when put together; but I know what else is inside that isn't visible:  a mixture of selfishness, anger, arrogance, insecurity, doubting, a lack of confidence.  Perceptions lead to beliefs.  Or do beliefs lead to perceptions? And are they accurate? The ChocolaTess So just what are we made of...

image source "Say do you remember, dancing in September?" ~ September, song by Earth, Wind & Fire 🍁 I don't know what it is about fall - I feel like dancing every day.  The weather gets a little crispier, it's the onset of boot season (see my trend list at the end of blog), the colors of the grass and leaves are just barely beginning to change to a golden hue, pumpkin spice starts to invade every part of our lives.    Or to quote author Sarah Addison Allen, "It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon." 🍁 I  feel sorry for .people that don't like pumpkin spice☕.  It's like they were born  with a hole in their soul, and when they don't let pumpkin spice latte fill it because  they think they don't like it, it makes them grouchy and irritable.  Then they start  complaining that they 'don't want summer to end' and 'next thing you know  Christmas stuff is gonna be in the stores'.  ...

  Google image "A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it's built for"  ~ Albert Einstein 🚢  Last blog I discussed how refreshing a new start can be, the kind the Lord gives us each day, kind of synonymous with back to school time each year.   Sometimes, regardless of how long we have been following Jesus as our Savior, we need restarts.  So I am picking up where I left off, as if we were new students.   Return to the beginning, to where we first started; for some who haven't been following Jesus long, it will be easier.  For some who've followed Him longer, it may be more challenging - pride may get in the way.   I'm  talking about holy pride - thinking we should 'know better' or we had justifiable motives for doing what we've done or not done.  Lay all of that at the feet of Jesus and tell Him to take it.  I myself had dealt with that - I think it's my personality type (whether it be my Enneagram type...