Out of the Heart

Instructions for Life

2012-02-01T07:19:00.000-08:00

And the only life living is the scandalous one:scandalous love, offensive mercy, foolish faith. Kiss babies. Always have onefriend that feels on the fringe, that you have to pray to love, that makes theneighbors scratch their heads.

Stubbornly pray for your enemies till you seeenemies are illusions and everyone is a friend and somehow grace. Believe inevery woman’s God-sized dreams. And rub her feet at the end of the day.

Be the kind of person who apologizes firstbecause that’s the only way happiness can last.

And never forget that happiness is when HisWord and your walk are in harmony. Never stop keeping company with Christ– andall the sinners, tax-collectors and cast-offs.

Be an evangelist and use your words with yourhands because your part of a Body and never stop loving God with all your heart,mind and soul, and loving others as yourself. Make that your creed.

It’s true, son: Be different and knoweverything you do matters. It’s what the Christ followers know: One man withGod can change a culture. God didn’t put people in your path mostly for yourconvenience; He put you there for theirs. Loving the poor will make you rich, Ipromise.

Only when you offer yourself as bread, brokenand given, to a hungry world, will you ever be satisfied.

The only life worth living is the one lost.

And no matter how loud and crazy and broken theworld is, child? Let joy live loud in your soul.

And believe that you are His beloved – it’sonly when you trust He loves you that you really begin to live. Really, count athousand blessings more, never stop. Why wouldn’t you want joy? Sing to no oneand everyone on the front porch in the rain and laugh so much they questionyour sanity. Pet the dog long.

From A Holy Experience

One and Only

2012-01-24T11:46:00.000-08:00

Liking this song a lot today...

Words I love

2012-01-20T06:19:00.001-08:00

Such encouraging words from Ann at Holy Experience today:

There’s a way to do work
that lasts forever.
Just do everything
with love.

Momma's Meatloaf

2012-01-19T12:27:00.000-08:00

2 lbs ground turkey
1/2 yellow onion (or use 1/4 cup dried onion flakes)
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/3 cup worcestershire sauce
1 large egg
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

3/4 cup ketchup (optional)

picture from here

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Combine the ground turkey, bread crumbs, eggs, and onion mixture in a large bowl. Mix well and shape into a rectangular loaf on an ungreased sheet pan. Spread the ketchup evenly on top. Bake for 1- 1 1/2 hours until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F. and the meatloaf is cooked through. (A pan of hot water in the oven under the meatloaf will keep the top from cracking.)

Goals: Spring 2012

2012-01-16T21:35:00.000-08:00

This year...

2012-01-11T13:40:00.000-08:00

I'm not one for far off promises and resolutions, but I like goals, sometimes too unrealistic to reach. Nonetheless, I want to write them down, if only for the sake of writing. I want this year to be a year of being. That where ever I am, I am all there. Maybe I'll reach some of these, maybe I won't. But today I'm a dreamer.

- Be.

- Write a children's book.

- Learn to play the piano.

- Become a Zumba Instructor

- Make my one line a day journal my One thousand gifts journal

- Read 50 books