Sacrifice done in obedience, is not painful, if pain is involved, it is due to our own fear and unwillingness to let go... Sacrifice done in obedience, has its own reward... and because we know there is a reward, we give cheerfully, for we know, nothing is lost. Be a cheerful giver, with understanding and knowing you will be rewarded with greater good. Sacrifice without obedience, is like fasting, it is uncomfortable to those whose minds stay solely on their lack or loss. Remember, obedience is better than sacrifice, for in obedience there is a reward... and in sacrifice there is but fear and pain.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Rumpelstilzchen, Rumplstilzchen
Dear Sir, I heard, once upon a time, you spun straw into gold.
Now days Sir, gold is $1,360.50 per troy ounce in the USA…
I’m just wondering are you yet spinning straw into gold…
Let me know, I just bought a box load of straw brooms…
Sincerely Sista
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Betrayal...
The greatest betrayal is not the betrayal of others.
The greatest betrayal is the betrayal of self, for when we betray ourselves; we leave an opening for others to betray us.
The greatest betrayal is the betrayal of self, for when we betray ourselves; we leave an opening for others to betray us.
I was asked to Explain
Betrayal is overriding the voice within, the voice that says, don’t turn right, turn left, don’t sit down, run. When we are given heartfelt commands, urgings from the soul, and then refuse to walk there in, we betray ourselves, and therefore allow others to betray us… There is an example given in the bible, of a young prophet, betrayed by an older prophet… The younger prophet was told by GOD, to neither eat or drink, nor return the way he came. Yet, by the lies of an older prophet he was swayed, betrayed.
It is the weaknesses of our own flesh, which betrays us first, leaving the door open for others to betray us. It is the need to trust others before we trust ourselves (thus the voice of our soul) which leads us on the road to death.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Seed of the Creator
Full grown mustard tree, grown from a tiny mustard seed.
What the seed was planted to be ... but for now all we see is the seed...
As the seasons come and go (life lessons & experiences)...
As the soil nourishes its growth (knowledge & understanding)...
As the sun yields its aid (wisdom & love)...
The seed becomes the very thing it was planted to be, a Tree...
Great is the seed of the Creator in YOU...
Copyright ©2011 by SistaSistaSister/DreamsNWord.com
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Thousands Dead...
Why did more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds tumble from the Arkansas sky shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve? (click here)
That year, I had a regular workout routine, riding my bike fourteen miles a day... on the back roads of rural Arkansas... Seven miles to the next town and back... This road was limited to Combines, Tractors and other farm equipment, so not to impede the flow of the main highway... Although the main hwy shortened the distance between towns by 3.5 miles, it was not safe for bicyclers, skaters, and farm equipment, due to 18-wheelers and double wide carriers...
Anywhoooo... As I was saying this same occurrence took place in 1998...
I was riding my bike one morning, my usual Monday, Wednesday and Friday routine. As I approached the bridge, leading to the next town, I could smell a really foul odor... My first thought was a dead dog... The county was good at not picking up dead animals in a timely manner...
The closer I drew to the bridge the odor grew more pungent and I realized it could not be a dog. Fear struck me, what if it’s a person?… Now on the bridge, I climbed off my bike to peer over the edge… and what I saw shocked me… from one side of the bridge to the other, laid there in the creek, were hundreds of hundreds of dead fish as far as the eye could see, and all along the banks were dead birds…
I should have realized it was particularly quiet on my ride that morning, no birds chirping, merely still silence, with exception for the main hwy traffic in the distance… Frighten to go further… I turned around and returned home…
Before that day, I fished in that creek regularly; afterwards, I never did again…
I ask the biology teacher at the local college I was attending at the time, what would cause such a thing… His response was, “Perhaps, the local fishermen shocked the water, to bring the catfish to the top” (which is illegal).
Long Story short, I never learned the truth… but this incident in BEBEE, ARKANSAS seems very similar, and someone truly needs to get to the bottom of this… because those folks live and die eating that fish, drink that water, and breathing that air.
myths turned to truth in his-story books...
while fowl fall dead as signs are mistook...
government stays silent placing science on the hook...
tell them a lie even the elite will possibly overlook...
judgement pasted down and we all partook...
Take heed to the food U eat, The water U drink, and the air U breathe
This is not the first time this has happen... I lived in Arkansas 9.5 years...
In 1998 something similar happen, but it didn't get national attention, actually it barely received local attention... That year, I had a regular workout routine, riding my bike fourteen miles a day... on the back roads of rural Arkansas... Seven miles to the next town and back... This road was limited to Combines, Tractors and other farm equipment, so not to impede the flow of the main highway... Although the main hwy shortened the distance between towns by 3.5 miles, it was not safe for bicyclers, skaters, and farm equipment, due to 18-wheelers and double wide carriers...
Anywhoooo... As I was saying this same occurrence took place in 1998...
I was riding my bike one morning, my usual Monday, Wednesday and Friday routine. As I approached the bridge, leading to the next town, I could smell a really foul odor... My first thought was a dead dog... The county was good at not picking up dead animals in a timely manner...
The closer I drew to the bridge the odor grew more pungent and I realized it could not be a dog. Fear struck me, what if it’s a person?… Now on the bridge, I climbed off my bike to peer over the edge… and what I saw shocked me… from one side of the bridge to the other, laid there in the creek, were hundreds of hundreds of dead fish as far as the eye could see, and all along the banks were dead birds…
I should have realized it was particularly quiet on my ride that morning, no birds chirping, merely still silence, with exception for the main hwy traffic in the distance… Frighten to go further… I turned around and returned home…
Before that day, I fished in that creek regularly; afterwards, I never did again…
I ask the biology teacher at the local college I was attending at the time, what would cause such a thing… His response was, “Perhaps, the local fishermen shocked the water, to bring the catfish to the top” (which is illegal).
Long Story short, I never learned the truth… but this incident in BEBEE, ARKANSAS seems very similar, and someone truly needs to get to the bottom of this… because those folks live and die eating that fish, drink that water, and breathing that air.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
My New Year's Resolution 2011 (Sista)
My New Year’s Resolution, I will laugh 10 x more this year than last year; I will hug 9 x more, flirt 8 x more and celebrate life 7 x more this year than last year. I will tell Family & Friends “I LOVE U” 6 x more this year than last year; I will pray and meditate 5 x more, and attend 4 more social events this year than last year, hopefully with a date… (Any Takers?) This year I will spend 3 more days per week in the gym, than last year, I will travel 2 more destinations this year than last year and last but not least I will finish writing 1 book more than last year…
Happy New Year to ALL… 2011
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My Thought for the Day Copyright © 2010
Sometimes we stumble;
Sometimes faith is betrayed;
Sometimes the mistakes we make
are the stones it takes, to build a pathway to the person we will be. Remember we are ever becoming.
(January 08, 2010)
Wisdom is the prerequisite of perfecting love,
Truth is the prerequisite of revealed wisdom,
If there is no truth, there is no perfecting love.
Seek truth, wisdom and love will follow.
(January 10, 2010)
"When I fall, whether I be friend or foe, stretch forth, help me, dust me off, and send me on my way in love." Yes, Love... The action that surpasses all understanding... The force, that creates forgiveness, in the mist of derision. The virtue, that gives all fallen souls the ability to journey on... and to the sender (the forgiver who's been wronged) the ability to heal, and also grow on.
(January 11, 2010)
Every Today was once a Tomorrow,
Every Tomorrow will become Today…
What will you do Today, to influence your Tomorrow?
(January 18, 2010)
Turn down the thermostat! Stop expelling valuable energy! Winterize your heart! Insulate the warmth of your spirit, and conserve yourself (your being) for those who acknowledge your wroth.
(January 23, 2010)
My thought for today is a reflection of something my mother always said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and well meaning people, who never got around to proving the thoughts of their heart". (February 6, 2010)
The grass always looks greener on the other side, but don’t climb the fence, the dog bites, the cat scratches, and the owner is a jack ass.
(February 7, 2010)
I would hate to wander through the desert of hope, hungry, only to find the fig tree barren.
(February 10, 2010)
What is adequate for one can be inadequate for another, time reveals what is. (February 17, 2010)
We are all more than we believe, if we merely believe.
(February 26, 2010)
To be unpredictable, for some is a challenge of intellect.
To be conventional, for some is deifying creativity.
To be absolutely unique, is a freedom we all seek, at various levels. (February 27, 2010)
We view photo's, we read blogs and status', we agree or disagree, we like or dislike, we study, examine and respond, based on our perceptions of what we believe is communicated and revealed, What you see is not always what you get.
There are times we should use our prudent minds, to take another look, there could be more than what meets the eye.
(March 7, 2010)
Things don't always End Well,
Yet its well they ended.
(March 17, 2010)
Women, we are always told, we talk to much, so men created Facebook, Texting & Twitter, to teach us to be direct and to the point. Please say it in 140 - 420 characters or less…
(March 18, 2010)
S H I N E !!! Even in your darkness shine.
Those who need your light will see it. S H I N E!!!
(March 20, 2010)
Selfishness will tax any relationship, and chronic selflessness taxes the individual.
(March 27, 2010)
Many of us read to locate, take note of, or memorize, that which has been taught unto us. Some of us study to gather information of that which is written, and has been taught unto us, with no intention of questioning its validity.
Others of us locate, take note of, memorize, gather information and are able to rightly divide the written and spoken word, which has been taught unto us, and there confirming or denying its validity. Wisdom is seeking beyond what is taught or understood, to affirm truth.
(March 29, 2010)
We are taught in childhood, not to question, our parents, our elders, and those deemed to have religious authority over us... We are not to lean to our own understandings, and if we find ourselves of another opinion, we are told it is the devil. Therefore withstanding our failure, our unwillingness, our fear to question, that which is questionable, we adhere to a belief passed down but never scrutinize by those we looked to for guidance. We pledge servitude to a belief we ourselves struggle to comprehend, and in so doing, we vaguely acknowledge the God-ness, the creative force within ourselves… (Greater is he that is within U than he that is in the world. (The world meaning, outside of U.)
(March 30, 2010)
Misery loves company, and hurt people hurt people. If folks fail to take the time needed to heal, they will always repeat the cycle of pain. I have found love means different things to different folks, so we must find our definition of love, and apply it as we await the arrival of that mate, whom shares the same definition of love as ourselves.
“Can two walk together, except they agree" Amos 3:3
(March 31, 2010)
Normal isn't fun....
Sanity has no adventure... and when U go crazy,
there are no valid excuses... I'm staying crazy...
(April 24, 2010)
Not every Hello is permanent,
and not every Goodbye forever...
time is the common denominator.
(April 29, 2010)
Allergies are like sucker punches,
there aren't any warnings,
and you're never prepared....
(May 3, 2010)
There must be balance… as you will learn;
your success is no more superior than your greatest failure.
(May 4, 2010)
Reggie Arnold THOUGHT: you have to love some people from a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng distance. Help yourself before you extend too far, there may not be enough rope left..
(May 8, 2010)
God always places the answer within us...
We must be still enough to hear, and wise enough to listen....
(May 18, 2010)
soap & water don't make U clean..
it just makes U washed...
so watch U'r deeds...
(May 27, 2010)
Love at first, second or third sight is possible.
For U determine the love u will give...
U determine the barriers or limitations U will set.
We don't love because we think others will love us,
We love because we so desire to do so,
Despite whether we are loved in return.
Love at first sight simply means I choose to love this person despite their willingness or lack thereof to love me back...
I will love without seeking a return...
I Love u because I can.
(June 28, 2010)
All Life's lessons can't be learned in a day,
so slow down and pace yourself,
it's not that kind of race. ~Sista
(July 27, 2010)
It would seems at some point we should graduate
from believing to knowing...
Are U ready for your cap and gown?
(July 27, 2010)
Wine is a necessity... for relaxing conversation... :)
(July 29, 2010)
One should not work to maintain faith,
If you’re working, you are working in fear,
For faith and knowing, just is.
Copyright © Kim Daniel
(July 30, 2010)
If you’re giving to get,
You’re not giving, you’re lending.
(August 10, 2010)
Baby stepping to my forward motion....
Hope the train don't leave the station fo' I get there...
(August 18, 2010)
One of the most amazing encounters is watching my thoughts manifest before my eyes...
I am grateful
(September 3, 2010)
Rummaging through the closets of my memory, I found U.
Just like old times, we laughed and smile, and joke for awhile, then the phone rang, and guest what, it was U... (September 29, 2010)
Wisdom can sometimes look crazy, and looks can sometimes be deceiving. (October 22, 2010)