Sane, Simple, Sacred: Timely Tweets

Timely Tweets

I purchased this old wind-up clock for a quarter at a garage sale over the weekend.

It appeared locked up and non-working, but my husband removed the back and oiled

some of the "works" inside it.

Now it ticks away, keeping perfect time.

I wish you could hear it.

There's something very soothing about it....

Now, here are some of the tweets that I "re-tweeted" this past week.

I find them especially timely.

I believe in perspicuity of Scripture: "The main things are the plain things, & the plain things are the main things." – A. Begg
"They set out" 38x in Numbers 33. Our life in Christ is not static. It is a journey, with many new beginnings. -Ray Ortlund
Patience is something you admire greatly in the driver behind you, but not in the one ahead of you. -Steve Sammons
The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion: regular assembly for worship is everywhere in the epistles. -C.S. Lewis
Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. -J.C. Ryle
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on. -J.C. Ryle
Are we willing to be reproached for Christ’s glory? Can we bear the sarcasm of the wise? Can we bear the jest of the witty? -Spurgeon
All foods for the life of the body. Every word of God for the life of the soul. (Matt. 4:4) -John Piper
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own. -J.C. Ryle
The judgment day will prove that the King of kings will reckon with all who insult His servants. - J.C. Ryle
Anything built to great height will collapse without great depth. -Rick Warren
Whatever you don't turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE. Worship is the purest form of humility. -Mark Betterson
We may pray from any position but on our knees humbles the soul and honors God. We stoop to conquer. - Jack Graham
I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages. -Spurgeon
I often wonder if the social were suddenly removed [from our lives], how much of the spiritual would be left. -AW Tozer
I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution. -Francis Schaeffer

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elizabethJuly 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM
I have three old vintage alarm clocks I wish you hubby would fix for me! :)
So many great quotes!!!
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KerrieJuly 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I agree with Elizabeth... So many great quotes! Thanks for sharing them.
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GlendaJuly 9, 2012 at 2:39 PM
So much challenging food for thought! Love the old clock!
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DianaJuly 9, 2012 at 2:46 PM
That's really an unusual looking clock Rebecca, I really like it. How great that Gary got it running again!
I enjoyed your list, especially the second one. I've been feeling in a bit of a funk lately. Love Di ♥
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DeeJuly 9, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Number 6 spoke to me!...I find the clock charming....so happy it works for you...Your Gary has the golden touch to refinishing and fixing things. :)
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Nellie's Cozy PlaceJuly 9, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Hi Rebecca,
HOpe you had a lovely weekend. That is a very neat clock, and so great your hubby got it running so well. Wow, these are some thought and great quotes you have hear. My fav was the one about the god of mercy only, not a god of justice.
Think it and the others are right on..................

I just posted my coastal post, and already had 2 comments and was thinking how can that be, and thought someone must have posted on my Thankful Thursday post but maybe it went away when I put the new post on or something. Then I remember that something happened while I was preparing it tho not finished yet
but it posted by mistake, so I looked at the timethe comments were posted and realized it must stay on there even if you take it off. Never knew that.................learn something new everyday. lol

Take Care, blessings, Nellie
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SandyJuly 9, 2012 at 5:51 PM
You know how I love quotes! These are all great and I especially love the sixth one by R.C.Ryle and all by Spurgeon. But, the last by Francis Schaeffer really gives something to consider!
The old clock reminds me of one I used to see setting on my parents nightstand when I was young. Sweet. I like old clocks; there's just something about them.
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Janie FoxJuly 10, 2012 at 8:29 AM
I am stealing the first one.
Love,

The Kettle
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

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Timely Tweets

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