The purpose of today’s fun little game is to pause over a quote and somehow apply it to ourselves. You are free to comment boldly or simply go about your day thinking about our musing moment quietly. Whatever works for you!

Ready? Let’s get to it!

The Quote:

I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes use.

The Quote:

“Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.”
-Saint Augustine

The Question:

What is one thing that moves in your heart today?

The Quote:

Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.

The Question:

To be able to say ‘yes’ to the best, what do you need to say ‘no’ to? Anything you can say ‘no’ to this week to free yourself up?

]]> http://exemplifyonline.com/editor/monday-morning-musing-no-yes/feed/ 8 http://exemplifyonline.com/editor/monday-morning-musing-refused-by-loving-kindness/ http://exemplifyonline.com/editor/monday-morning-musing-refused-by-loving-kindness/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:10:39 +0000 Kristen http://exemplifyonline.com/editor/?p=3488 We’re Monday Morning Musing again. If you’ve missed the details of what goes on here each week feel free to check them out.

Today we’re musing a quote by one of my all. time. favorites.

The Quote:

“I have had prayers answered – most strangely so sometimes – but I think our Heavenly Father’s loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.”

-Lewis Carroll

The Question:

Can you think of a time the Lord, in His loving-kindness, refused you something? Looking back, what are your thoughts on the thing you wanted so? Have you thanked the Lord for withholding whatever it was?

The quote:

“And I think that’s what our world is desperately in need of – lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about.”

—Shane Claiborne

The question:

Can you name the faces behind the issues you are concerned about? What kind of deep, genuine relationships are you building with fellow strugglers along the way?

This is one of my all time favorite quotes. I often read it to myself when I need to encourage myself to keep going.

Quote:

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.
-Mother Theresa

Question:

What is your current “anyway”?

Mine? People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

The quote:

Each person is given something to do that shows who God is. — 1 Cor. 12:7 MSG

The question:

What’s your “thing”? What are you doing about it?

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The Quote:

Let me learn—
That the way down is the way up,
That to be low is to be high,
That the broken heart is the healed heart,
That the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
That the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
That to have nothing is to possess all,
That to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
That to give is to receive,
That the valley is the place of vision.

— Puritan Prayer

I’d love to hear what your thoughts are, on the thinking prompt or on the question I pose, in the comments. I also don’t mind if you don’t say anything at all. Sometimes silence is the best way we can muse over something. I’d love for each of us to go about our day thinking about our Monday Morning Musing. Let’s have fun!

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If we get our information from the biblical material there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life.

— Eugene Peterson

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When I read this quote (from the man behind The Message Bible) I have to ask myself, “When is the last time my precious faith caused me to dance, to leap, to live daringly?”

Now, that is something to think about.