Where am I going and what am I doing this morning?
Well I am going to make bread, the first time since January 10th
(Before we left for California)…and we got to come see you and Zach…that was a blessing…and we
have special memories!!
SPRING has sprung…the
grass is riz…I wonder where them flowers
iz? (From somewhere in my childhood, and it still hurts my ears!! *Smile* )
But spring is here!?! YEAH
!?! But He (God) said all these things will change, BUT MY
WORD SHALL NEVER FAIL!
So glad He is
in control!
Now about distractions…I had some very distracting distractions yesterday…very!!
Now what do we do with them?
Ignore them?
Get all huffy and try to quell them?
Try to understand them?
Maybe
I just say , like Jesus said to Peter, ‘What’s that to you…Follow Me!’
I also
just figured out a way to get past them,
but can’t figure out if I am being
ridiculous, rebellious, or what!!
(Not ME?)
Oh yeah, I forget you
know me pretty well….so who am I kidding?
*Smile*
Some distractions are
good, maybe…some are bad, maybe.
I'm like a woman who is decisive,
maybe…smile…but I seem to get distracted easily, especially when it
comes to sitting at His feet, and just soaking up His presence. Now I know those distractions are not good.
But this morning, as I watched the snow fall, (when I wanted sunshine) I found a little
nugget that spoke to my heart.
1 Peter 4:7 sez, ‘Keep sound-minded and
self-restrained AND alert…therefore for
the practice of prayer.
Hmmmmm...practice of prayer?!? So God is telling us something that we already know…just in a practical sense…if you repeat anything for 30 days, it becomes a habit. So we need to create a habit of prayer.
If we keep our mind sound, are self-restrained and alert, we
definitely need the Holy Spirit daily in
our lives…actually our spiritual lives depend on it.
So this is our challenge, today….
"be still so we can hear and recognize His voice so we can be alert and pray without ceasing for whomever you bring to our minds (Holy Spirit)…whatever situation that needs immediate prayer and intercession.”
I am readily brought to the time when you,
Greg, had flat-lined…and I got up at 2:30 a.m. (Arkansas time,) to call the
hospital to see if there had been ANY change…I remember when I talked to
Donna (later) that she said,
“God woke her up at 12:30 a.m. to pray for
you.”
That was the time I called for an
up-date, and the I.C.U. nurse said,
"yes, he just rallied at 12:30 a.m. and we
just took out the breathing tube, and he is doing very well.”
I said, "that was GOOD news," and he replied, ‘No--that was GREAT
news,’ because they didn’t think you
were going to rally.
Thank you Donna,
friend and prayer-warrior for being obedient.
God I am so intensely
aware of MY needs, Greg's needs,
Mindy's needs…that I forget there is a whole world full of ‘Calvins’ out
there….who are literally dying without Christ, while I am living in my own
little bubble, praying for our own little family.
You have taught me something, Greg,
Father help me be like Greg, who is learning to reach out and touch others….in spite of what ole’ slewfoot is throwing his way.
I
loved what you told Calvin (neighbor upstairs above you):
”If God had to take me from Sacramento, to Vallejo, to Michigan, to Spokane, to Spokane Valley through all the pain, misery, ‘pooh’...everything...heart-attacks, stents, mini stroke, open heart surgery, divorce…just to tell Calvin that God loves him, then you guess it was worth it.”
“It will be worth it
all, when we see Jesus , Life's trials will seem so small, when we see Christ.
One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrows He’ll erase, so
bravely run the race,
‘till we see Christ!”
So keep looking up, hang on tight to His hand, we’ll see you here, there or in the air!
See ya in the morning, Cray, and you are right, Greg is one
strong, tough cookie!!!
Love ya, Nanny…Mom…Sis
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