Day 23-Keys Revealing

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                                                                Give Up? Check here, verses 15-19.

Day 24- Masters Don't Mix

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25 Days of Mastery Scriptures

Name this scripture;

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Every Fifteen Minutes

   I have a few key people in my life who assist me in keeping my body active and functioning well. They are sharing their gifts with me and I in return teach them piano, or their children piano. For at least six months my Pilates teacher has been asking that I visit a Physical Therapist to check an alignment issue with my left side body. I procrastinated until I finally quit making excuses and did as I was told. Farnes is now on board to see what can be done to strength muscles and heal the tissue. The RX consists of doing 16 stretches, one, for one minute, every fifteen minutes throughout the day. I don't mind telling you that this made my head whirl. How was I to accomplish that? So, the question was, "do I want to see results?" Once I gave in I began the logistics of this new routine. Enter the ever trusty I-Phone.

  Yes, every fifteen minutes a bell sounds and I am reminded to stretch, just for one minute. It is working fairly well. Of course there are times when the bell goes unheeded but I see that my body is appreciating this ever present lengthening.
  My granddaughter has been my avid helpmate. She sees her mother doing stretches as well. When she hears my phone she jumps up and finds a place to stretch.

   Her form needs refinement but her spirit is in shape for sure. She is never too busy to respond to the little bell. Hmm..I could learn from that young example.

A Room With A View

I came across a picture taken from within the garden tomb and looking out. I (Click here) pinned it onto a board entitled "A Room With A View".  It made me look for other views from other rooms. The phrase comes from a book by E.M. Forster which promotes the idea that many people live in conservative, stifling rooms and they need a view to save them. I want to look at it differently. The room makes a huge difference in how we interpret the view. For example the garden tomb looks out onto a sunny morning with the hope of resurrection. No tomb, with all that comes with it, then no view, as a consequence.

   Here are two different views. The top is from my living room as I contemplate the changing season. Even from the comfort of my room, I see change as the ultimate blessing. Below is a picture taken by my friend, Sharie, in Lourdes, France. She has been on a pilgrimage, to expand the room she lives in for a long time. Here the view opens to three, evocative of the Godhead, with hope of Justice, Mercy, and continuing Revelation in the view. My interpretation, of course, not hers.

                               What rooms do you look out of and what views do you long to see?

Giving Thanks

As the Martenelli's bubbles away, we stop to say thanks; thanks for family, near and far.

   This year Thanksgiving was fun for everyone. Favorites included, playing cards, great rolls from Uncle Marc, Madagascar 3 after dinner, vegan pumpkin pie, many cooks bringing food, and enough Martenelli's to fill our glasses every time. We are blessed and we don't deserve it.

Expressing Gratitude More Than 10% Of The Time

At Thanksgiving perhaps 100% of us are grateful.

Luke 17: 11-19

I am grateful that I get to go to school and  have amigos. I'm grateful for mi familia.

                       Josh

Mom and Dad,

  You guys are really important to my life and it's you guys who are the people who will determine how I will live the rest of my life, as I personally believe that I will turn out all right; but that's because you are guiding me.

     Henry

I am grateful for everything you do for me. To get into specifics would make this letter longer than either of us feel like reading.

     Geno

To My Parents,

  I am grateful for the love and support you show me. I am grateful that you guys deal with me all the time. I love you guys!

    Adam

To my mother,

    I am grateful for so many things, some expressions I can't put into words. I am grateful for your smile and your laughter; how you are my mother who is kind and caring beyond words; who puts up with me and loves and accepts all of me, completely.

   Emma

For Mom,

  I am grateful for the season of gratitude. I am grateful for Mom's ability to cook over and over again.

        Michael

I am grateful for a community who believes in loving your neighbor without regard to religious beliefs.

I am grateful to be able to teach and for students who listen, sometimes. I am grateful to be a member of a big family and that I am loved within it's circle.

    Sis. B

Happy Thanksgiving!