So the news is saying a few churches feel the end of the world will be on Saturday the 21st.
That is my dad’s birthday should I send a wish before then or perhaps call him~
Just in case I don’t get the chance?
What about my grand children?
Should I write letters to each of them letting them know my love and my prayers have always been with them. That they are precious and wonderful and my life changed for the good the day I met them and I feel so blessed to have them in my life?
Just in case I don’t get the chance?
What about my children?
Should I write them letters and mail them off letting them know my heart and love for them? That I am proud of them and that they are wonderful adults who have become wonderful parents.
Just in case I don’t get the chance?
What about relationships shattered and broken
waiting to be restored~
Do I rush to restore them?
Just in case I don’t get the chance?
What about my husband?
Should we take tomorrow off and enjoy each others company perhaps for the last time?
Just in case we don’t get the chance?
Do I put off paying bills or buying groceries?
How should I act or think if end of the world is coming soon?
Today is Thursday.
The rumor is for Saturday. That is only two days away.
Perhaps I won’t have to vacuum or clean the bathroom it won’t matter if the world is ending.
Should I be totally irresponsible and drive to the beach and walk in the sand and play with great abandon?
Just in case I don’t get the chance?
Would we truly live our lives differently
if we had a certain amount of time and that is all we get?
Just a few things for us to think about today.
(beach picture by Shelley Collis a good friend of ours)
A bleeding heart plant
the flowers shaped like a heart
lowering itself ~ hanging like a fragile string
white
pure
representing
a heart that is broken
and
droplets of pain
and
droplets of tears
run down a face that is not familiar with the warmth of tears falling.
God has been moving my heart into a depth of broken-ness over the past year and a half.
We grow stronger when the wounds heal and the heart strengthens its self with time.
In time relationships may get better ~
In time the harshness of the hurt ~
can begin to soften and the act of forgiveness can become a gift.
Is there a gift you need to give to some one today?
I pray that your heart will be ready.
For real healing takes place when we open ourselves.
Lord give us the strength and the desire to do what it takes to heal our broken bleeding hearts.
As we learn to be humble, with grace and mercy towards one another.
I am so looking forward to some sunshine. We have been hit hard with clouds, rain, cold, wind and fog for months and it is almost depressing. Plus with our families ‘health issues’ and other things that have been on the list for concern. It is time for sun and warmth.
Praying that your week has been one of joy and peace for you and yours in the midst of times that are often crazy either in real life or on the news or the Internet.
We just have to hold onto the realization that God is mighty and just and we are treasures in his kingdom.
Nothing is without purpose or reason and He is in control of our lives even when we feel sometimes He isn’t.
Let us pray for each other and lift our ‘loads’ to a God who can carry them.
We are not alone as we walk this road of life ~ let us call on each other and be strong.
Tomorrow is a new day and I pray it is a good one.
I did a post yesterday and blogger went down for a full day and it didn’t save my ‘post’ I am now needing to re do it, how does one get the thoughts back?
grr.
Let me work on one for tomorrow.
I was also reminded I have not backed up my blog on any other format incase blogger decided to crash.
Thankyou Lord for the lesson learned.
of flowers
A son sharing from his heart 
This year has been a strange year for us.
Not only did my husband have shoulder surgery which included two visits to the ER for allergy issues that were potentially ‘serious’ then he had a skin cancer removed which could also have been very serious.
His recovery has been good but slow moving.
May arrived and I was feeling rather good that we had nothing facing us.
Then I was diagnosed with Shingles.
For those who don’t know what they are: Adult chicken pox
I had a spot that seemed to me a bug bite? It was red and very sore and somewhat itchy
and my whole side was tender and sore like a pulled muscle.
Then the ‘rash’ moved into other areas eventually becoming blistery and more painful.
Never had a rash that hurt before so I looked it up on Web.Md and diagnosed myself
then went to the doctor to get medication.
He gave me an antiviral drug which are very large pills and of course
the course of treatment is to take them five times a day.
(This lady chokes on the tiniest of pills)
sigh…not having fun again.
Three years ago I came down with the mumps on both sides of my face.
I literally looked like a round helium balloon with little slanted eyes.
It was horrible. Very painful and awful.
Oh did I say painful?
(I have pictures to prove it …take my word they are not pretty)
This pain is equal as far as being uncomfortable and tender.
At least this allows me to eat with the mumps your jaw won’t open very far.
I drank a lot of chicken broth and juice.
Fortunately I have a high pain tolerance and this is not ‘covering’ my whole body.
But what it is covering… ‘hurts’.
It feels like contractions that are deep within the area with sharp knife like ‘throbbing.’
I told my husband I was unsure if I wanted to know what June might bring for us.
So far it hasn’t been that great of a year for us.
God is good and is taking care of us I just pray that He give us strength to press forward even in times of stress and inconvenience.
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Normally this blog is not so much about me and my ‘challenges’ just wanted to share so that those who pray can add me onto their list. My new goal is to get this immune system of mine stronger and more able to fight off ‘catastrophic’ childhood diseases. It is very strange that my body has had two in the three years.
Have you had any recent shots lately? Do you know of someone above age 60 they can get the RX for a shingles shot. Please suggest it.
Leaving you with ‘a little something to think about.’
I am having a hard time these days.
Our house has been attacked from somewhere within by a family of carpenter ants. Well it is actually called a colony. Do you know how well I sleep with visions of ants crawling on my bed and on my head?
Oh and don’t mention the ants who crawl across the key board as I am typing or walk across my fax machine.
Whap… I slap them. I am getting good at creating death.
They are creepy and they are making me a bit goofy.
I see black ‘spots’ everywhere.
Of course sometimes they are real… like the one walking across the bathroom wall or the kitchen counter.
We have sprayed professionally ~ they tell me it takes time.
We have set out traps filled with poison.
I suppose that takes less time too.
What I am beginning to think about is the spiritual side of this.
What about the ‘ants’ who desire to destroy our relationships.
Divisive thoughts along with harsh words, critical spirits and disrespectful tones.
Aren’t they as damaging as a carpenter ant colony?
Don’t we risk the ‘danger’ of having our home destroyed by invisible creepy crawling things who’s goal is to take us down? Are we even aware of the possibility?
We didn’t have any clue carpenter ants were in our home slowly chewing away our ‘frame’ which held us safe and secure.
Are we just as unaware of the enemy who slowly chews away at our love, our friendships and our relationships with others?
Just something to think about today as I am searching the walls for movement of a creepy crawly.
Help us to be vigilant Lord and show us the enemy who prowls around our secure places.
Give us courage to take command and make them leave.
We pray we can say with a strong voice, “Whap you are gone”.
We have seen devastation.
We have seen beauty.
A hurricane so forceful it tore cement poles in half and carried houses away for miles.
A wedding of royalty of Kings and Queens
and fairy tales.
We have seen lives destroyed.
We have seen lives changed by words spoken through the act of love within a marriage ceremony.
Is the Lord’s coming near?
Devastation of land and lives over and over and
it is as if He is speaking to us.
Japan experienced it in full force
Cities destroyed by Tsunami waves.
It is as if He is saying to us:
I am God.
I am Power.
I am in control.
Lord God there is so much to see and experience and talk about.
Worlds are in contrast ~
Lives left with devastation with ruined homes and broken dreams
Lives brought together by a kingdom of wealth and
Duke and Duchess and horse drawn carriages.
A fairy tale world who would never understand or know
the devastation of homes ruined
and lives changed.
It has been a strange and weird week.
Filled with ups and downs ~ sadness and happiness mixed together
leaving us unsure of how to feel.
I pray for a new and better week.
Jeremiah 31:3
I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Hebrews 13:5
Never will I leave you or forsake you.
If I pray:
Open my eyes Lord and open my ears.
Show me your Love ~
Then I must read the above verses and understand they are the answer to my prayer.
When I feel abandoned ~
I can go to the word
and realize God will not go away.
When I am unsure of love ~
I can go to the word and realize his love is really all I need.
When I am unsteady ~
I run to the Psalms and they steady my path.
When I am searching and unsettled ~
I must realize
God is always after deeper healing for me
and deeper character with deeper transparency.
My prayer for us all today is this:
Jesus breathe life into us.
Breathe hope and healing.
Help us to know and experience and feel
your strong arms around us.
Only You
can fill our hearts that break
Only You
can heal the wounds so deep
Only You
can hold us close
Only You
Our Abba Father
Can breathe hope and life and love
into our hearts that are broken and tired.
Thank you God ~
we have so much to be thankful for.
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