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2023 – Spread the Love

If nature gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I had left a storage tub outside and it filled up with rain water. The sub-zero temperatures over the Christmas season turned the water into a solid block of ice. Well, I have always wanted to make an ice sculpture. I took a large kitchen knife and curved away the excess ice leaving behind a heart shaped ice sculpture. To finished it off, I sprayed it red…and the final piece…see above. Spread the love!

For 2023; Spread the Love. Whatever, nature throws at you, see the positive side of it and make good with it! Did you realize (2+0+2+3 = 7 – the perfect 7). May God bless the works of your hands especially those done for His greater Glory.

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Drunkenness

The letter of St. Paul to Titus [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/titus/2?1] is certainly one for our current age and generation. A simple interpretation can be – drink in moderation. Final! However, I think St. Paul mention of drunkenness may have been deeper that the simple idea of alcohol and liquor.

Drunkenness has taken on many forms. From severe addiction to social media, excessive work chasing the elusive dollar to elitism, among many other things/habits that have stolen our time with God. I am sure many can relate…God has been pushed further and further out of our daily lives because we are occupied with worldly chores.

I find myself contemplating my own drunkenness and I find St. Paul’s advice of doing things in moderation a sure remedy to this disease. It is not easy to just stop… Can you imagine…trying to leave the phone home in an effort to spend more time thinking of God…rather than browsing those messages… How about the FOMO? It is a challenge…but with God all is possible.

What’s your drunkenness? Will you do something to ‘moderate’ it. Have a moderate day, won’t you?