tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post6195000559937778305..comments2024-03-28T18:43:53.154-07:00Comments on Meditations of my Heart: The Rules Have Changed!Martha Jane Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-79522566935834337022011-08-22T09:38:43.919-07:002011-08-22T09:38:43.919-07:00Thanks, Bernie, for the compliment and thanks, Amy...Thanks, Bernie, for the compliment and thanks, Amy, for sharing such a terrific example of doing the right thing, especially in front of your kids. I am so fortunate to have such thoughtful, reflective readers like you!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />Blessings always!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-56009325390264782852011-08-21T23:45:18.723-07:002011-08-21T23:45:18.723-07:00I think it equally important to do the right thing...I think it equally important to do the right thing even when WE THINK THEY are not looking... <br /><br />I try to live this example for not only my own peace of mind but to live by example for my kids. Recently, at the grocery store, I've got stuff loaded in the front of the cart, underneath it and both kids in the back of the cart. I go through the check out, pay and off to the car we go. I start unloading the car when I discover two items in the back of the cart that I did not pay for. So, take the kid go inside, wait in the customer service line, hand over the items that I did not pay for and explain to the lady what happened and she says to me both kids at my side..."oh, wow...thank you for coming back and paying for the product" and I say, "you're welcome; its not ours until we pay for it". I wanted my kids to know exactly what happened, how to handle it and to reinforce the importance of not taking something that does not belong to you. <br /><br />Reading this "We can, at long last, trust them to do the right thing even when we are not looking." made me think of that experience, which by the time we got back to the car the kids wanted to talk about it, so we did. Very valuable lesson learned.<br /><br />God has allowed me and presented me with the opportunity to do the right thing when no one is looking and given me the courage & strength to carry it out! Which, has not always been the case for me...I shut God out for a l o t of years. I am a believer in God! I've experienced his grace & blessings so many times in my life. Its some of the people|church that I have a problem with...its only been within the last couple of years that I've been able to let go the anger I've felt towards organized religion. <br /><br />I am grateful to have come across your blog and to read your daily devotion. I enjoyed visiting...Amyhttp://mommetime.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-64443393757834525292011-08-21T21:43:23.324-07:002011-08-21T21:43:23.324-07:00This verse popped into my spirit as I read your bl...This verse popped into my spirit as I read your blog, Martha from Galatians 5:1 NASB says "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery".<br /><br />Very well written, sister!The Bernie Lutchman Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798539854112883215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-48085299608497033082011-08-21T11:04:30.122-07:002011-08-21T11:04:30.122-07:00I wish I had thought of that more often than I did...I wish I had thought of that more often than I did! Thanks, Linda!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009456656795153408.post-24856647447073038432011-08-21T07:17:53.734-07:002011-08-21T07:17:53.734-07:00i tried really hard to avoid telling my kids "...i tried really hard to avoid telling my kids "no" when they were growing up -- i skipped right to the "jesus part" ;-)Dangerous Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442306921276302945noreply@blogger.com