October 13th Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees ...Excerpt Christ the Lord Anne Rice Thank You, Father of the Universe, that this night is not so cold, no, not as cold as it might be, and send us the rain in Your own good time because You know that we need it. Passing the synagogue, I could hear the spring before I saw ... Thirty positive actions for a sustainable Earth If you want to save for a future - doesn’t it make sense to invest in something you can see and touch - like a local investment system that brings a return on your money and improves your own locality ? Invest money where you can see ... Consumer, Brand Thyself What I don’t get is why you would gleefully surrender one of the last advertising-free frontiers—your body—to spread the gospel of the Old Navy. These articles of clothing shout no other message than this: “Please like me. ... Make your own cistern, use your pool Large cisterns are also an option. But if you can’t get one, can’t afford one, or need something quick, why not use your swimming pool? Granted, you won’t be able to use it for swimming till you clean it out well, but in the meantime, ... Thirty positive actions for a sustainable Earth 13. Make your own Christmas and birthday presents Take time out to make things that you enjoy and give them away to people you love. These have a value way over anything you can buy. If you have a creative hobby - use it to make gifts ... **I wrote this last year but was reading back over it and thought ... I am sure you know like me that there have been times when you wanted to close your ears to the truth and do your own thing. The truth is not popular and it is costly. My life is pathetic in comparison to Jeremiah. ... The Sins of All Fathers ‘Do not listen to Hezekiah,’ for thus says the king of Assyria, ‘Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern, until I come and take you ... Are You Building Your Own Cistern You're looking at one star in the middle of a dark sky... The star stands still while you fly up to it. As you get closer you see someone standing there holding an object. You can't see what it is so you move even closer. ... Stumbling Across the Past “Why would you want to do that? You are behaving exactly like those weird Egyptians who destroyed the Pharaonic temples to build Churches, then destroyed the churches to build Mosques, and now are destroying the Pyramids to build ...
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