Tip Toe thru the Tulips..

My Stephanopolis Day Lilie has bloomed. The dusting of snow that covers the ground and the blooms of spring all at one time. I would naturally think this a confused mix, yet this morning an indication from JESUS that we all can mix, no matter what our thoughts, his are higher than ours . As spring and winter unite so should all who believe in JESUS, though it may be an odd mix as we come together in honor and praise of one, the only one, we can dance with JESUS to the same tune... He Is Risen !

Hurry Up...

I should have known that all the months of peace and quiet, all the still moments, rest before the storm. Hurrying around, trying to get all the to do's accomplished, the days flying by, gone as fast as they arrived. 22 days and my oldest daughter will walk down the aisle. The last year and 1/2 has dragged like this day would never arrive, now as we get closer their seems to not be enough moments to fit in all life is handing us. From boredom to chaos in the blink of an eye. Jesus has arrived this way many times in my life. Addiction and bitterness,unforgiveness and hate, gone in the blink of an eye. Answered prayer that sometimes has seemed to go unanswered and then poof those prayers are answered. Do I stop and give praise and worship the gift giver or do I hurry along as though nothing has happened. Lord I thank you for all the healing and answered prayers, the forgiveness and Love you fill me with each day, for the grace and mercy in abundance. I Love you Lord and I lift my voice, to worship you, oh my soul rejoice, take joy my king in what you hear, may it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear. Help me to look at what you have done and who you are, not what you are doing for me. AMEN

Hey Culligan Man..

As I await the arrival of the culligan man, the thought of softwater is very exciting. The hot water heater will have more days of life along with the shower head and faucets, the washing machine and the laundry should be spectacular, when I place the soap in my hands to wash my hair that soft water will produce a great foamy lather not a limp blob of soap and my skin shall not represent an alligator from the buyou. I think on JESUS and his living water, the way it softens every thing it touches and washes clean the filth of the past, no crusty dry residue, just like new !

The Whisper : HEY JESUS !

A wild hair....

When failure seems to sneak into the most personal of relatonships, do we throw up our hands and just give up ? Do we start over again and again vowing to change and then repeat the same offense. Just like the wild hair I may have that I groom and groom til it is set right so goes my closest relationships. I find it so true we hurt the ones closest to us, the ones we Love! I need look only to my saviour and his word and peace and comfort, guidance, kindness, patience and forgiveness surround my thoughts, words and deeds. Lord help me to seek you first in my personal relationships and to treat the ones I Love with honor and respect. Time and again I catch myself looking on things that are not lovely and planting my feet there instead of heeding these words from JESUS. Whatever is true, whatever is lovely, think on these things. In obedience to this scripture there is freedom from a multitude of conflicts that are usually between God and another, not mine to fix or figure out but a turning over to God what belongs to him.....

The time has come...

I am learning that is up to me how I allow others to treat me. I can be respectful and kind and patient and allow the fruits of the spirit to guide my actions and I can also not accept being put down and ridiculed and verbally abused. Oh I have heard all the good ol' boy excuses and the we were just kidding that I care to hear. My arms are shaking and my heart is aching as I confront the truth about how I have allowed others to treat me. In my past I was a thief, I no longer am and I will not be treated like I am a thief and can't be trusted. In telling the truth about my past there are those who now feel a need to snatch up loose change and act like there is a thief in their midst. The truth is you are the thief trying to steal that which the Lord has restored and resurrected. Lord you have lifted me up and their is no human that can change that.

No explanation

Do you have questions that have no answer ? Things from your past that can't be understood. Mysteries and miseries that can't be explained. I have lived for 35 years with questions I dare never speak of, now the time has come and I am free to do so, finding that what I have found so uncomfortable puts others in the same state of mind. Realizing sometimes there is no answer or explanation. Will we see JESUS in situations we cannot explain and that sometimes disturb. Then comes the question will we walk away from JESUS when our human understanding see's him look weak and defeated ? Will we remain nearby when he doesn't stop a tragedy ? As I was seeking answers our morning Bible study asked these questions and therefore I have found my answers.
Will we stand by faith when human logic say's run ?

LASSIE COME HOME

What would you do to be with your beloved ? How far would you walk ? How much pain would you endure to be reunited if you were seperated ? Early this morning as I watched an old Lassie show and lassie had traveled hundreds of miles writhing in pain, exhausted yet determined to make the journey to be reunited with his beloved, as he walked the cobblestone streeets without an ounce of energy left bruised and battered he continued on no matter the pain and then the reunion. I saw JESUS stumbling and bleeding, beaten beyond recognition, yet he continued on, determined to run the race til completion, and to know he did all that for me and for you, so that we could have life everlasting and we to could know the Father and his great Love for us.. How far will we go and what will we endure to bring even one along with us to victory ? Do you hear him calling Lassie come home....