Look who we met in Cannon Falls!

We didn't keep him for very long... he's pretty busy!

The right gift…

Are you looking for the right gift?
Maybe for others… or maybe for yourself.

One dark night I picked up a book by Max Lucado. The pages fell open to one story. It was about an old man who was telling a younger man about the perils of looking for love. As I remember it explained that in his own youth, the old man had been searching for a beautiful woman. And he missed his true love.

Lucado’s touching philosophy stated it this way:

Seek beauty and miss love…
But seek love and find both.

What an interesting concept.
How could this affect our lives? Could we actually hinder our hopes from coming true because we were searching in the wrong way?

To test this idea, I reflected as to whether the saying could be adapted to other wishes. As I was recuperating from a bout with a virus I pondered this thought…

Seek health and miss peace...
But seek peace and find both.

I remember the efforts in my past that I have made to get healthy. Sometimes I was needlessly concerned and other times my search included medical procedures. But the “needless concern”, or worry, or struggle, did not benefit me. I was obviously missing “peace”.

Now, what about finances? This has been a concern for me ever since I asked for an allowance as a kid.
So for enlightenment on this topic, I rewrote the above concept to:

Seek money and miss opportunities
Seek opportunities and get both.

This way I can broaden my view. Trying out different opportunities could lead to money but they could also lead to blessings I had never thought of finding.

The value of looking into these concepts appears to be to help me focus on issues or ideas I might have been overlooking.

To insure that I didn’t miss even more of them I came across this comprehensive thought:

Seek first the kingdom of God…
And all these things will be given you. Matthew 6:33

Just a reminder, that what we focus on may lead to just the “right gift”.

A Christmas Party...

at a weekly newspaper

in our Small Town, U.S.A.

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Some of the staff is talented enough to sing their version of a Christmas carol...

telling about all the pressures of getting out a newspaper!

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And look who thought he was getting a gift

of "wonnerful, wonnerful Lutefisk"!

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It looks more like left-over carp!

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We all enjoyed the friendship and the dinner.

(Neither Lutefisk nor carp!)

And the cookies for dessert!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

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Leaving a light on for you...

Drive down the main street of Cannon Falls and enjoy the lights on the homes and stores.

It's the holiday season... and the lights brighten up a cold dark winter's night.

We'll leave the light on for you...

The morning star and the winter moon...

Where was it in your world?

It's snowing... again

and again

and again

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Sleeping in your clothes...

When you've got a sick horse you might as well just sleep in your clothes... or so I figure.
At least you're not so cold when you get out of bed and pull on the snowmobile suit and boots and head out to check on him in the dead of night.
(Why do they refer to it as "dead"?)

Don't know why our old horse is doing as well as he is.
Got a blanket for him that seems to keep him warm.
The medicine hasn't arrived yet... I thought it would be here four days ago.
Can't get hold of the company.
The vet is away for a few days.

Gets lonely out here.

I'll check on him in a while again.

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