Inspirations

The past two weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster.   I had someone say some unkind things that hurt me.  I felt betrayed and kicked in the stomach.  I take those type of stuff personally.  Then one of my Aunts died.  Again my emotions went spiraling.  Then three days ago, I found outAother Aunt died: I only had two aunts.  So I spent today feeling nostalgic and weepy.  I could deny those feelings, but that would be lying. Some days, I am sad, Some days I am grouchy. On other days I am Happy, And on still other days I am silly. Every one of those emotions is good because God created them.   Jesus was sad Jesus was angry He was happy; all of these. I am thankful that God gave me feelings. Because of them, I can sympathize with a coworker who suffers loss. I can be happy and rejoice when the report from the doctor is good. I can mourn when another is grie...

      A short time ago, I wanted to visit a local attraction.   I was almost sure that I knew the was there, but we decided to use Google Maps just for security.   As we got close, Google Maps told us to make a right, onto a single lane road.   I knew it was not the same road, but I felt that maybe it was a short cut, so we began out track down this country lane.    It was not long before the country lane was a dirt road a car width wide.  There were tons of ruts and steep drop off on each side that I feared damage to the vehicle or us. When I had given up all hope of ever getting off the road, it ended abruptly leaving an area big enough to turn a small vehicle around.   I did a quick turnaround happy to be getting off the poor excuse for a road.   When I got home, I did some checking and found that what we had been driving was a trail, not a road.   Feeling adventurous, we decided to go back and hike the trail since it ...

I  sit here this morning with my cup of coffee reading Facebook posts.   Most of them were political.  Some defending Mr.Trump for things he said on a tape a few years ago; others were defending Ms. Clinton.   I long ago gave up trying to decide who is right in the political arena.  You foolish Americans!  Can you not see that these two candidates mirror the society in which we live?  Mr. Trump is brash, speaking and acting without thinking, and vulgar, profanity is as natural as breathing.   While I hate it, I am not shocked.  I work in retail; I see this kind if thing demonstrated every day by coworkers, and customers. Being sexually lewd is as common in our society as changing your dirty socks or underwear.  We should be ashamed of a culture where this is acceptable on any level.   Ms. Clinton is no better; she has lied, to deflect disgrace from herself; she has supported the murder of innocent ...

Prayers.  I pray a lot. Sometimes my prayers are quiet and gentle.   Like rain and they refresh my soul.  They are prayers of thankfulness that bubble up from gratitude in my heart. Then, sometimes they are more like silent screams, Or maybe gut-wrenching shouts. Like when I realized my daughter would be in the path of a hurricane and the “mom” in me kicked in.  I wanted to protect my daughter and I couldn’t.  So I  cry out to the only person who could be there with her, God. God keep her safe, Turn the storm around Wrap your arms around her Because I cannot be there to do it. Or when I realized that we were driving on a little path and there was tons of mud and puddles and steep drop off’s on both sides.  So with white knuckled driving; you start calling God, I need you,  Please help! Keep the car on the road! Why? Because you know that he is the only one who can help...

                                                             We were out of food, or mostly out.  It’s my responsibility to make sure there is to cook in the deli.  I failed.  The weekend was busier than normal, and I was off so by Tuesday when I got back to work, our freezer was bare.  I placed an order, but I just knew that I would not be there until Friday.  I spent most of today feeling defeated, depressed, like a failure. I knew it was my fault, and there was nothing that I could do about it.   About a half hour, before I was to leave, one of my coworkers commented that sometimes the truck gets there early.  My comment; I’m praying.   The other associate laughed and walked away.  I prayed a simple prayer “Let them know you answer prayer.  Don...

                                                        Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~ Thomas Edison   I Love this quote, To me, it is a reminder that everything has a price tag; At work, we may want a good paycheck, but we don’t want to work longer hours. In sports, we may desire to play on a team, but we lack the desire to practice Or in music, we may wish to be a Mozart, but lack the persistence it takes to become more than an enthusiast. Likewise, we may want to paint like Rembrandt without putting in hours of learning and practice. Our desire does not match our drive.   We all, at one time or another, have had things we wanted to do, but the desire did not consume us.  So at some point, we gave up the dream, the yearning....

Friday, I heard that 7,000 people from the company that I work for are going to be out of a job. A man was shot and killed for not holding a door for a lady at McDonalds (true story). 2 correctional officers shot in the lobby of California county jail, a suspect in custody. DEADLY SHOOTOUT: New Mexico police officer, suspect shot and killed after an exchange of gunfire. Two USC football players under investigation for sexual assault, documents say. It doesn’t take long to realize that our world is in chaos.  If you don’t believe me, turn on the news.   After about 5 minutes of news, I get a knot in my stomach and, if I’m not careful, panic can set in.  I start to worry about things like:  whether my children are safe If I’ll have a job (I’ve already given up on retirement) If I’ll have enough money to pay the bills So today I want to encourage you.  I want to remind you that God is in control. In fa...