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“If you are cold, tea will warm you;
if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.” –
William Ewart Gladstone, 3X Prime Minister of the UK
Welcome to Teatime Tuesday. Please grab a chair, a cuppa something that soothes and comforts and let’s have a chat. What fun I have had the past weeks really thinking about the magic of hospitality—not in big ways to hundreds, but in small, beautiful ways to those who sleep under the same roof as me, neighbors I see every day, friends I have known for a lifetime. All of these deserve my attention, my love, my giggles, my hearing ear and my grace. And of course, I do agree with Gladstone—tea is magical—whatever you need, warmth, cooling down, cheer, calm or peace—you can find it in a few moments where you take time to sit quietly and care for your soul.
So many things I wanted to share today! Lots of pondering this week.
*My Christmas party for women in my Bible study and how we shall celebrate life together tonight.
*Two Recipes that are easy for this season: Red Hot Apple Cider and toasted, salted Walnuts to please all
*Ideas for pursuing your people to have the right to mentor them—heart opening times
*3 Relationship princinciples to open hearts:
1. Be a Safe Person, trustworthy to toddlers to adults
2. Regularly give them a rhythm of personal time in order to build the relationship so it will become strong.
3. Study their personality, issues, eyes, needs, so that you can actually relate to them as God has made them—don’t judge their motives for their behavior—look behind their actions.
*In dulci jubilo The Real Story Behind Good Christian Men Rejoice: Angels invitation for us to Dance and leave our burdens in God’s hands. I’ll never sing it the same way again.
Quotation and Book: The Castle on the Hill by Elizabeth Goudge
That day when she had had tea with Mrs Heather and realized that it was in cottages like this one that the idea of home would be kept safe. The Castles would be destroyed, but the little homes hidden like Peter Rabbit’s among the tree trunks would tend the flame.
For all who want to hear In dulci jubilo now that you know the story, find Midwinter Carols, Volume 2 by Joel Clarkson wherever music is streamed. You will love the song even more once you know the story.
Have a lovely week, my sweet friends.