Tips To Revive Your Religious Life In The New Year

I stole these from my friend Jane's blog.  I love these "Tips to revive your religious life in the new year," that she found from the Huffington post so much so, that I thought I'd share.  I think it gives us all something to think about, dontcha think?  

1.  Do something really nice -- that no one knows about.

2.  Spend more money on other people than I spend on my self. Love my neighbor as I love myself. And love myself as I love my neighbor.

3.  Laugh often... especially at advertisements that try to convince me that I must buy more stuff in order to be happy.

4.  Learn a new life skill - like carpentry, pottery, or canning vegetables. Teach someone else I life skill I know how to do.

5.  Love a few people well, remembering that what is important is not how much we do but how much love we put into doing it.

6.  Write a letter to someone I need to say thank you to. Write another letter to someone I need to ask to forgive me.

7.  Track down a critic or someone I disagree with and take them to lunch. Listen to them.

8.  Compliment someone I have a hard time complimenting... and mean it.

9.  Choose life. Do something regularly to interrupt the patterns of injustice - do something to end violence, bullying, war, capital punishment and other mean and ugly things.

10. Pause before every crisis and ask "will this matter in 5 years?"

11. Get outside often and marvel at things like fireflies and shooting stars. And regularly get my hands into the garden... so when I type on the computer I can see dirt under my fingernails.

12. Believe in miracles. And live in a way that might necessitate one.

What would this world be like if we all did this?  Definitely something to think about...

God Wanted Me To Tell You...

I received this in an email from a dear friend the other day, and while I am not big on forwards in my inbox, I love this one.  Hope you do too!  

"GOD WANTED ME TO TELL YOU, It shall be well  with you this coming year .

No matter how much  your enemies try this year, they will not  succeed .

You have been destined to make it and  you shall surely achieve all your
goals this year .

For all of 2011, all your agonies will be  diverted and victory and
prosperity will be incoming  in abundance . 
Today God has confirmed the end of your  sufferings, sorrows and pain because HE that sits on the  
throne has remembered you.  He has taken away the hardships and given you JOY . He will never let you  down . . ...

I knocked at heaven's door this morning,  God asked me . My child! What can
I do for you? And I  said,

'Father, please protect and bless the  person reading this message . . . '"

God bless all of you this coming year!