Off the Scale #76 - The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth

Hello everyone!

It's been some time since my last "Off the Scale" entry, so I thought it high time I add another one to the collection, especially whilst I'm riding the high of motivation for updating this blog.

Today, I'm looking at The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth...

LS039 - The Already Manifest Blessing

So we conclude that there is still a full and complete “rest” waiting for believers to experience. As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates His finished works and rests in them. So then we must give our all and be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief. Heb 4:9-11 TPT

Hello!

In days like these where it can be too easy to forget one's blessings, it is helpful to have an anchor point in scripture where we can go to be reminded of the fact that all that we need for this life has already been made available to us.

It has been my aim, ever since God redirected my focus of this blog to more spiritual matters, to hopefully give examples of this manifest blessing in my own life so that you can see the power in transparency...

LS038b - This is Not the End II: - My God Will Finish What He Started

 Hello everyone!

In this climate of pandemic we are all getting used to living in it can be easy to get frustrated by things being out of our control. I want you all to know that, though that may be true of us, the same cannot be said of our God.

God is in control and He will see us through this!

LS038a - This is Not the End

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since I posted my last lifestyle update where I try to show you why there is always another way to face your problems. Even if I'm not perfect, or right all of the time.

No More Promises

 Hi everyone!

I hope you are all keeping safe in this season of pandemic that just feels like it's going on and on without any hope of respite.

I wanted to let you all know that, having been unable to keep up with the majority of goals that I have set for the blog this year, I will not be making anymore promises with regards to what content is coming.

I have been dealing with my father just recently coming out of hospital, which has hit me harder that I expected so am taking a look at future content I want on this blog.

There will be content, that I can assure you, I just cannot assure you when that will be because my priorities are shifting a lot lately. I am, in turn, finding that my resource management skills are being put to the test to avoid me getting dragged down by fear and anxiety over this whole virus situation.

Don't worry, I am NOT shutting down the blog by any means, it's just that I can no longer promise what will be coming and when it will be arriving.

Please be patient with me as I try and work through this all and I will try my best to keep the content coming, even if it remains sporadic for a while.

Stay safe!

===TLP===

Stuey's News: A Return to Blogging and Keeping Safe in Lockdown

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to post a quick update to keep you all in the loop with regards to my direction going forward.

In this CoVid climate, my personal priorities have had to shift around and some have had to revert backwards. As a result, blogging has taken a significant step backwards. However, I have been doing my best to keep myself safe and my perspective where it needs to be; getting through this period safely with my eyes upon God first and foremost.

Now that I have entered Q3, or Quarter 3, I want to try and gain some momentum with how often I post upon here. I have been through a very challenging period, as I have said in other posts that has meant that blogging has had to take a back seat for a while. A lot of it has been down to some changes that I have had to make in terms of where my ideas were best documented and as a result, journalling has increased in priority.

I do have a couple of reviews planned and they are coming soon, as are some more of the "Off the Scale" entries as I bid to hit 100.

Stay safe!

===TLP===

Off the Scale #75 - The Watermill by Ronald Binge

Welcome to the long-delayed return of my celebration of all things classical music.

I am so very sorry about the delay. A lot of circumstances have been beyond my control and, as a result, this was one of those unfortunate casualties that I could no longer maintain. I want to let you know from the off, though, that this might not be every week but I will at least try to make it every other week or every third week. We shall see.

Today is a piece I discovered some time last year as a long-time Classic FM listener entitled The Watermill by Ronald Binge...

Stuey's News: A Return to Regular Posting Imminent!

Hello everyone!

First of all, thank you so very much for your patience during this incredibly challenging time for all of us. I have been completely swamped with project work that there was no way around and certainly no way for me to prioritise blogging over until now.

I will be looking to return to a regular schedule in the coming weeks, starting very belatedly with the continuation of my Off the Scale series as well as some reviews that I have had in the pipelines since the start of the year, almost.

There is so much more that I could add at this point, but as this is just a quick update, you can expect to see far more action on this blog, again, than has been so far this quarter.

Peace!

===TLP===

Coronavirus

As you will no doubt be aware by now, the globe is currently under the throes of a health crisis known as Covid19. It has already claimed numerous lives as well as affected countless others, from workers to shoppers.

We all need to stand together in times like this.

The ransacking of shop shelves shows, sadly, that we are indeed living in the midst of a selfish generation, new decade or not. It is proof that many of us are looking no further than our noses as far as how we live our lives.

But it is not for me to decry, or to attack, as instead I want to ask us all to consider whether we really do need even a fraction of things we are bulk-buying. Surely there comes a time when we need to recognise that there is more than just us in existence in this world.

Next time you are shopping and you're tempted by bulk buying think: -

Is this really necessary?

Think twice and buy once. Not multiple times.

Stay safe everybody!

===TLP===

RV011 - The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt

For fans of intelligent science fiction, you should enjoy this one.

I couldn't put it down and it's honestly been quite a while since I could say that about a book I am reading. It might not be perfect, but then by whose standards would I compare this perfection?

Instead, it seeks to tell a story of mankind's first contact with aliens, only to usurp the trope, introduces a character midway through the telling of the story by introducing an encounter with a once stranded human being who claims to have been a witness to said first contact. In other words, the first contact that had already taken place was countermanded by an alternate claim to the same thing...