It's a Gorgeous Day!!

This morning the words to the song in "Oklahoma" ring out in my mind....."Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day!!!" and I can add the next sentence.... "I've got a wonderful feeling everything's going my way!!!" That's a great start to a day.

Our weather is perfect (at least until afternoon when the temperature hits the high for today). Banana bread is just out of the oven making wonderful fragrances float this way and the current bank statement is balanced so I have some accomplishments already this morning.

I have spent some of my morning reading and also communicating by email with family. There is nothing I treasure more than my family. All of my children, their spouses, and the grandchildren and spouses are super-terrific. They are precious to me and such a joy to have around and be able to communicate with them. Now I know I share those thoughts with most other parents and grandparents, but I feel so blessed to have them in my life.

Another very valuable thing to me is learning. From a very young age I was inquisitive. To this day I have a book that my mother gave to me in 1945entitled, "The Question Book for Young Folks" by Sylvia Weil and Rosetta C. Goldsmith. There are pages of 25 questions and the answers are in the back. One would think I know LOTS of information at this point, but I have forgotten most of it but to me it proves that it was very important for me to know things. I suppose it could be called a Trivia book for the types of questions and answers. But it was fascinating and was always my favorite book. This desire for learning has been active down through the years. I can't imagine my life without books. Experiences and communication with others also is a great learning tool. Sharing knowledge and insights is fun.

Due to this insatiable desire for more, I have read some very interesting books. Check out my list of books which I will update from time to time. Also, I will occasionally add more one-liners and good quotes so you might check the blog for these. I do not think they show up on the email updates.

This is all for today. I will close with this thought: "Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment." Sidney PoitierActor and Author of The Measure of a Man

Blessings.........

Sunday morning musings

Every morning I receive a devotional from the writings of Oswald Chambers. They are excellent and cause me to think and many times confirm my own thoughts. Over the years I have always wondered where common sense fits into spirituality. Having socially interacted with many levels of education over the years I observed that common sense appeared to be missing in many people and great education did not always produce any or more common sense.

I have always felt it was desirable to have common sense but was not sure about how that fits in with Bible beliefs. Some preachers have given the idea that common sense was wrong. This did not set well with me because the Bible speaks volumes about the need for wisdom. "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not" Prov. 4:5; "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." Prov. 4:7; "For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it". Prov. 8:11 and many more.

This morning Oswald Chambers addressed this issue. I think this is the first time I've heard something on this subject. To quote him:

Never let common sense obtrude and push the Son of God on one side. Common sense is a gift which God gave to human nature; but common sense is not the gift of His Son. Supernatural sense is the gift of His Son; never enthrone common sense. The Son detects the Father; common sense never yet detected the Father and never will. Our ordinary wits never worship God unless they are transfigured by the indwelling Son of God.

Now to me this means it is good to have common sense but if supernatural sense says something else, then at that time it has to supercede common sense. When we read God's Word we can gain Godly wisdom and our decisions will be the good. But I believe we have to give over to the "supernatural sense" when those occasions warrant it. For example, if we are going some where, it may be common sense to go the shortest route to our destination but we sense we should go another way. We don't know why we feel that way but this is when common sense has to give over to supernatural sense. Perhaps there was danger going the other way. The soft inner voice of the Holy Spirit speaks to us and we have the choice to obey or use common sense. Then, of course, we reap the results of our choice.

So this little devotional today helped put common sense in the proper perspective for me. It definitely is needed for everyday life but we have to be open and sensitive to Supernatural sense and be willing and quick to obey.

Time to get ready for church....... Have a great Sunday!

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