18 LIFE-DEATH-LIFE

Pretty ominous title there....but what is life?  

You wake up when you are born.....live your life....then death comes...you go to sleep....and wake up REALLY ALIVE!!!!  Since our dear friend, Dawn, went to sleep yesterday, and woke up in Heaven....that is pretty much what I am  dwelling on today.

Every morning I wake up, (and that is a blessing) sometimes Cliff comes down the hall, telling me (in a not so quiet voice) that the coffee is ready.  I try to have that first cup with my most Precious Friend Jesus, and start my day.  But mostly I am up, feeling good, not too many aches and pains, and thankful that I can walk, talk and move myself....as

opposed to Sug, who can still do these things, but with a very limited ability.

This life thing is pretty interesting....the other day I was reading about how God knew us BEFORE we were in our mothers' womb.....which is pretty deep in itself,  but He also said, before you were in your mother’s womb, 'I carried you.'......well!!!   What is that all about?   I don't have a clue!!!!    However, when He says He carries us between His shoulders, to me I get a picture of Him carrying us like a child, in His arms, or literally 'on His back'.

Is He trustworthy?  Absolutely!!!   He is omniscient, omnipotent, sovereign, and very much EVERYTHING else.....He can do all He says He will/can do.....

He has it all planned out, from the very beginning,  and He knows the end of the Story as well .

So what is birth, death and life?  When you think about it, we do not have any of the answers.  But He does, and He is so willing that we know as much as we can learn, HOWEVER, He is past finding out, so stop trying, and start Trusting, stop running, and try Resting.

My heart is not heavy this a.m. even tho' not much has changed about your condition, Greg.  They put in a stint in your eye to relieve the pressure and it has.  At this time, they took the option of removing your eye off the table.  That is a blessing.  You have to move next weekend  (and can't lift anything for 30 days...smile, could it be any more difficult?) so I guess we just wait and see just where this move is going to be, and how it is going to happen.  Maybe He will send angels to help, that IS a possibility, you know...but maybe He will send angels with 'skin' on to make this happen...Just keep your eye (eyes if possible, smile)  on Him, 'Who doeth all things well!'

Dawn has her wedding garments on, and is sitting at the feet of Jesus, this is what we are all waiting for eh? Maybe she has seen Andy....think?

So hang in there, hang on, and look up...for He is coming soon, and for you that don't know Jesus and the wonderful Hope that we have about Heaven, what are you waiting for...Jesus is your ticket out of here and into His presence...

See you here, there or in the air!!!!

Crayola, thank God for the Hope we have in Jesus!!!!!!!

Nanny