Another project is getting off the ground and I'm dreading it before it even begins (as I have with all projects!). Our basement is finally going to get "finished." It is all drywalled and now we have hired someone to mud and tape it all and get it ready so we can paint it. Then put down the finishing touches. All before Christmas. I am thinking we took on more than we can really get done but we need to finish the basement. At least my husband thinks so. I don't know why he didn't just wait until after Dec. 31st to plan this. Is the world going to end or something?
Tonight as I type here in my nice little home I am reminded of a lady across town who just lost her husband and is sleeping in her bed alone tonight. I visited her today at the funeral home and she said to me, "It hasn't hit me yet what has really happened." And she wept. Her husband has been through hell and back with his health these past few years. He actually had two transplants back to back not 4 months ago. One of his dear daughters even gave him one of her kidneys. He had just been to his transplant doctor and supposedly all was well. But he was having some discomfort in his chest and was somewhat a little short of breath at times. The next morning he collapsed while getting ready for the day. As his wife was out walking their dogs little did she know her life was about to change in ways unimaginable. My heart goes out to her this night as I think about her and her family and how they will be dealing with the loss of this wonderful guy. Tomorrow morning I will be singing at his funeral along with some other members of our church choir. God bless them all and keep them close to you as they grieve from here on out.
Tomorrow also marks the 1st year anniversay of our dearly departed Mary. (My mother-in-law). We've come a long way with our grief and I know my friend will too. It takes time to heal a loss like hers. Something I will have to do or my spouse will have to do in time. But lets not dwell on loss but on the gain we have when we do part this world! Praise God for his promises of a life of utter joy of joy in the holy of holies!
Take your life one day at a time~
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Obama vs The World
Hello world!
We have been a part of history like nothing before. Or perhaps like nothing WE have personally experienced. There have been lots of earth shattering changes since Adam and Eve. Depending upon your education in religion or beliefs all through time changes have come and gone, have been accepted or rejected, and it will continue to be like that until the day we die.
That being said I am looking forward to the future of America and what roads we take to get where God is leading us for I believe that Obama may be the instrument He (God) is going to use. All through the ages God has used some very interesting people to lead, some very unlikely people indeed. And just as He chose thousands of years ago he still chooses today. I am going to pray for those in authority over us because that is what God calls us to do. Open your heart and see the good that will come to us all if we uphold our leaders in prayer. What will destroy our leaders is the descension people have because they are blind to truth, hope, faith, and the grace of God.
Currently I am in a bible study and we are studying the book of Romans. There is some good meat in this book and if you have a bible read it until it calls to your soul. Meditate on the letter that Paul writes to the people in Rome in that day. It will send chills up and down your spine because he could be writing it to our present day people. God keeps his promises. Always. If you don't understand what you are reading then pray to God to open your mind and heart to hear the word. He is writing to different groups of people: zealous jews, proud greeks, boastful romans, and ordinary common sinners. Paul was able to cross lines of descension among these groups because of his extraordinary background. ( If you remember your bible stories Paul had a conversion on the road to Damascus. That story marked the beginning of his faith in Jesus. He never met Jesus. He was not a disciple who lived with Jesus day after day.)
I hope you will be inspired to read Romans. It's not about "When in Rome do as the Romans do."
It's about aligning us with each other and with God. It's death of self-centeredness. It's about God's bigger plan for the Jew and the Gentile. Take His word ~ One day at a time!
We have been a part of history like nothing before. Or perhaps like nothing WE have personally experienced. There have been lots of earth shattering changes since Adam and Eve. Depending upon your education in religion or beliefs all through time changes have come and gone, have been accepted or rejected, and it will continue to be like that until the day we die.
That being said I am looking forward to the future of America and what roads we take to get where God is leading us for I believe that Obama may be the instrument He (God) is going to use. All through the ages God has used some very interesting people to lead, some very unlikely people indeed. And just as He chose thousands of years ago he still chooses today. I am going to pray for those in authority over us because that is what God calls us to do. Open your heart and see the good that will come to us all if we uphold our leaders in prayer. What will destroy our leaders is the descension people have because they are blind to truth, hope, faith, and the grace of God.
Currently I am in a bible study and we are studying the book of Romans. There is some good meat in this book and if you have a bible read it until it calls to your soul. Meditate on the letter that Paul writes to the people in Rome in that day. It will send chills up and down your spine because he could be writing it to our present day people. God keeps his promises. Always. If you don't understand what you are reading then pray to God to open your mind and heart to hear the word. He is writing to different groups of people: zealous jews, proud greeks, boastful romans, and ordinary common sinners. Paul was able to cross lines of descension among these groups because of his extraordinary background. ( If you remember your bible stories Paul had a conversion on the road to Damascus. That story marked the beginning of his faith in Jesus. He never met Jesus. He was not a disciple who lived with Jesus day after day.)
I hope you will be inspired to read Romans. It's not about "When in Rome do as the Romans do."
It's about aligning us with each other and with God. It's death of self-centeredness. It's about God's bigger plan for the Jew and the Gentile. Take His word ~ One day at a time!
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