Lesson Learned

I sat my cell phone in the side console of the car as I'm driving down the road with my husband in the passenger seat.  I place my purse in the floorboard of the back seat. We're off and driving somewhere,  but I don't know where.  For some strange reason I must pull into this driveway, into this garage and duck. Wait! My husband is no longer with me. I must run into this house for some reason. I do. Shortly I return to get in my car and it is gone!!!!! My purse, my phone, my money, my identification and no way to call for help. I now realize I have no clue where I am, what city much less what state I am in. I can't even call the police to report my stolen vehicle.  I'm getting hungry. I am tired but no place to sleep. I want my family but where am I??? I wake up!!!! It was a dream. Lesson learned from a dream & my new-found philosophy for living:   "Do not put your trust in the things of this world, but guard all those things given to you as valuable."
Remember that at times God teaches us  through  dreams and visions.
"Tell those who are rich not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone, but their pride and trust should be in the living God who always richly gives all we need for our enjoyment." 
~1 Timothy 6:17~

Simply A Beautiful Day

I turn over, stretch, open my eyes and realize it's another beautiful,day! I am alive!  Jump out of bed, grab the coffee, open the door to let the dogs out and grab the newspaper. It!s Sunday!!!! I have a children's class of 3rd and 4th graders to teach. I am excited!!! The subject is "Let Your Light Shine". What better subject to start their next week with as our school system begins another year?  I choose to be happy, be excited and energized. So I'm ready and off to church I go, smiling and greeting as I walk to my classroom. I am overwhelmed by the attendance. "Now Lord , you know I just got to teach in such a way that will lift their spirits, put hope in their hearts and plant a desire to learn and know more about you. Open up my mind to receive Your message and relay it as I have studied Your Word."  
The children read, asked questions, dialogued back and forth, sang songs and spoke of the kind things they did this past week and what good things they could do as they begin their new school year. Now to a teacher you can't feel more proud than when they show that kindness right before you. Kids helping others when the reading was a little trying, others holding the page while the other had to point with their finger and lean in close to see the words and then there is the kid who is confident enough in themselves to let down their barriers to be that friend to one who seems to be shy and withdrawn making them feel wanted.
So did I tell you what the subject was?  Right! I did, "Let Your Light Shine" and they did!!!!!

Glorious Unfolding

I think it is so amazing how we sing praise songs, inspire, speak of love, smile, share , help others, encourage one another and lift up HIS name in worship. However, I am most amazed above all things that Father God loved man so much the he touched MAN's seed of love and placed it in a body, that of Mary, to grow the flesh and bones around the Holy Spirit that would become the MAN who was all GOD. Our example of how to live a life of selfless love came from that SEED to become our Savoir, Jesus. Now as we are born of the flesh as Jesus was, God had purposefully planned the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ so that through the Holy Spirit given, we now have the guidance that God gave to Jesus. Everything we need is the soul of love that never dies, lying inside each of our frames. If God saved Isreal, guess what?  I await "His Glorious Unfolding" . 

"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: I have called you by name: you at mine.

Isaiah 43:1

Defining Life's Beauty

How many times have I said, "Have a great day; it's a beautiful life" and thought about what I just said? There are numerous definitions of life and they all begin:

-the ability to....

-the period of....

-the experience of....

-the quality of.....

-a principle or force that....

An organismic state....

-spiritual existence....

-the period from.....

-a sentence of.....

Every single day is beautiful, but it's the life we put into the day that makes it a beautiful

life. The one and only definition for life of sure certainty is the period from conception to death.

Doing good, so why do I feel so sad?????

Well, she had been in hospital since May and her dad told my husband and he in turn told me, but I never knew why. So when she called she immediately asked if I would do her a "silly-off-the-wall favor". Of course, I say what is it? She said she has cancer and... I had to stop her and say I am so sorry, what can I do? That is when she said she had completed  her 1st chemo and her already short hair is falling out. She tried shaving it off and could not get the back. Her dad  said he couldn't use the razor so there she sat half shaved. She wanted me to do it. I agreed and my heart literally broke when she came to the door. God's sweet Grace and His Holy Presence were what kept me standing and smiling and carrying on a conversation throughout the process. I listened as she told about her diagnosis, her surgery, treatment and having to leave work and apply for assistance. Her only daughter lives in Germany. Please remember her in prayer. 
Oh, she brought over a pack of those cheap razors and had used them on the top with a few cuts. I just could not use those. I would never have finished so I proceeded to use the scissors to cut as close to the scalp as possible when I remember ordering my husband a new electric razor set. It worked out great! After she left I was cleaning up her hair and that tore at my heart. How brave she is!  I will never forget this as long as I live. I wanted to help but this was really tough.