Read

Read.

Reading is simply taking in knowledge with the sight. Though long thought of as what reading means, reading is far more that reading a book. Reading happens even with our understanding of what we see and experience everyday. We try even to read other people through their actions. We read the face of the sky to tell the weather, we read the organization of a city to figure things we do not necessarily see with our naked eyes.

The end result of any reading is to increase our knowledge, right? So then reading in every form is to better our understanding of things. We take in knowledge to make us better in one way or another. This is not very different from eating, which betters our physical body.

In that sense, reading, then, is a spoon, and a book/whatever we are examining with our eyes is a plate of food. So eat, read. 

It's been said to be the greatest tool you will ever own. Are we using it? I don't think we should ever blame God if we lack knowledge. Our eyes and ears (senses) are spoons and the earth Is a bowl of food, a book: eat, read.

Reading is to add to myself, my stock.

Unique?

Unique--- meaning 'uni,' meaning one; and 'que' what?

Put together, I think it means, 'one what'? What is a question, so it's not a stretch to think one thing to find out. If to find out, then it's not readily known, needing to be sought out. And to find out, is to go out and discover. I think this is what a quest is. One quest, I think it is.

What then is a quest? One mission, one purpose, one problem to solve. Why am I here?  I am one unique individual, without a clone. I have two hands and legs, a heart, leg, and head. What I am here to do? What is my work? A question many have asked in the past, and still do, will continue to do. Many have not figured if out.

But if  I am asking what my work is, what then is work? Work is simply applying my gifts ( which is what I should use to make good use of time, for using my weaknesses is an abuse of time and resources) to solve a particular problem or improve a particular thing. The doctor to solve health problems, the comedian to lift boredom, the banker to keep money safe, the pastor to keep folks morally upright, and so on. All problems that need solving, these are.

Without problems there is no work. Problems, then, are the source of work. All work comes from a problem. Just think about it yourself. 

So the point is this: What are am I here to solve? And we know each of us is unique, meaning....what one work are you here to do? What one question are we here to answer? We are all answers to problems? Each of us is here to do one unique thing. Not necessarily one thing but a few things put together into one unified whole. What is your quest?

Don't Trust Your Memory

Let's take a quick goad today. Let's help each get moving on the things we have in our minds: our ideas, plans, and goals. 

Writing is probably the greatest recorder of things God gave man. Even in his message to us, the Bible, he wrote down what he wanted us to know, and countless years later, it still abides. 

In His writing are his promises, his goals, his thoughts, his desires, and plans. It's all there. Let's follow Him. Let's write.

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Write it down. You got something you want to do? Write it down. What is the topic? It doesn't have to be perfect. Just write it down. Do you want to start a small group ? Write down everything that comes to your mind about it. You can delete the bad stuff later. 

When your mind's hot, ideas flow and come to you. Catch them all. Strike the hammer while the iron is hot, the old saying goes.


Why? Because there will come a time when your motivation wanes, and then you'll not feel as fired up, and ideas don't come to you. This is not the time to try remembering what came to you when you were feeling good. A short pencil is better than a long memory.


So today, pen somethings down. We choose to document our thoughts and findings.

Who am I?

A quick riddle:

I am greater than God and more evil than the devil, and if you eat me you will die?

Who am I?

Let's hear your answers in the comments below.