Fish on Friday

Good day my brothers and sisters and welcome to the Fish on Fridays blog.  

Above is my latest artwork  which I done yesterday. The present title is `free flowing colours with wrong way roundish fried eggs!

Its a joyful day for me and I hope it will be for you also

What have we got here, Yes you got it right. A picture of yours truly and The Buster focused on the end of his nose. Okay, you art me thinks right, maybe he is looking at the Buster Ball. Its not a tennis ball as its never been used for tennis; even if that is what it was made for.

That reminds me of the saying from the Bible about beating swords into plough shears. Talking of the bible, brings me to today's spiritual writing from Thomas a Kempis. I should just mention that when it says about listening to the words of Saints. We are all considered by God as Saints, but some of us have no realisation of this and continue to go wherever fancy takes us. One of my favourite saints is The Buddha, although most who I admire happen to be Christian, as those are the ones I know!

CHAPTER 5

On Reading the Holy Scriptures

In the holy Scriptures, truth is to be looked for rather than fair phrase. All sacred scriptures should be read in the spirit in which they were written. In them, therefore, we should seek food for our souls rather than subtleties of speech, and we should as readily read simple and devout books as those that are lofty and profound. Do not be influenced by the importance of the writer, and whether his learning be great or small, but let the love of pure truth draw you to read, Do not inquire, `Who said this?` but pay attention to what is said.

  Men pass away, but the word of the Lord endures for ever.

 God speaks to us in different ways, and is no respecter of persons. But curiosity often hinders us in the reading of the Scriptures, for we try to examine and dispute over matters that we should pass over and accept in simplicity. If you desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and have no concern to appear learned. Ask questions freely, and listen in silence to the words of the Saints; hear with patience the parables of the fathers, for they are not told without good cause.

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Milton Jones     an award-winning Christian comedian (not all good ones are Jewish!)

King of the surreal one-liners. The Times

The Holy Spirit

The Spirit of God is a real person you can invite in. But watch out - in time he will go over, pull the fridge from the wall and say `Whats all this mess under here?` But at least he helps clear up.

Some people are afraid of the Holy Spirit because they think it might be like a ghost in an episode of Scooby Doo who turns out to be Mr Robinson the janitor after all.

The Holy Spirit is like a good spy who can get information and arrange explosions behind enemy lines. An unexpected friend in a difficult place. But no one knows how he does it. As soon as the code is discovered it gets changed.

Holy means set apart. Not like a set of cutlery that only comes out on Sundays. More like a Swiss army knife - remove a splinter, cut a rope, open a bottle, anytime anywhere. Whatever the boss needs.   

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I am back and am going to leave you with a slightly adapted ditty from a TV show.

Come on and sing it along with me.

`Gods the boss of me now, Gods the boss of me now, and He always will be` repeat and 

Have a good day my wonderful brothers and sister. Oh and remember, its not over until the fat lady goes to weightwatchers!   To ra loo la lay we are gonna all have a good day, so sing along with me.

Yours, brother Peter