{"id":3827,"date":"2017-07-17T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2017-07-17T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:23:57","slug":"getting-on-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2017\/07\/getting-on-the-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting on the list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us make lists.<\/p>\n<p>We read in <em>The Message, <\/em>\u201cGod, who gets invited\u00a0to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?\u201d Ps. 15:1<\/p>\n<p>I can interpret this to mean, invite yourself!<\/p>\n<p>We can invite our self to eat spiritual truths, to share spiritual truths and love.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what my husband does, in a way.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we were traveling by car and I was driving. With too many ideas in my head, I asked my husband, Doug, to make a list of all the things I need to do this month.<\/p>\n<p>He located paper and pen and began listing. It wasn\u2019t until this morning that I noticed what he wrote\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2017\/07\/list-for-august-2017-hugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3828\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2017\/07\/list-for-august-2017-hugs-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"Notice within red circle\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Circled in the green line it says, Give Doug hug and kiss. It also mentions Bryan&#8217;s birthday, a person we are very proud of. I think God is proud of us when we do the best we can and improve each day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also appreciate the rest of the Psalm 15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalk straight,\u00a0act right,\u00a0tell the truth. <sup>3-4\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cDon\u2019t hurt your friend,\u00a0don\u2019t blame your neighbor;\u00a0despise the despicable. <sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cKeep your word even when it costs you,\u00a0make an honest living,\u00a0never take a bribe. \u201cYou\u2019ll never get blacklisted if you live like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us make lists. We read in The Message, \u201cGod, who gets invited\u00a0to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?\u201d Ps. 15:1 I can interpret this to mean, invite yourself! We can invite our self to eat spiritual truths, to share spiritual truths and love. 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