27 Life Lessons

Well, I had a wonderful lunch/chat with a very Sweet Lady yesterday. We have been wanting to spend some time together, and we finally made it happen.  smile

By the time the afternoon was over, I felt like a truly 'blest woman.'  I was trying not to hog the conversation with all my 'blathering' (we Whitt sisters are well known for that, we can't blame our Mother anymore, she has been gone for years...she sure loved to talk.)

As I was recounting one area that happened in my earlier days, my lunch partner said, 'oh, thank you for that, it was just what I needed. I can handle my situation the same way you did, I can do that too.'  That felt pretty good, because the story I told was one in which I dragged my feet ....with Jesus pulling me, kicking and screaming, because 'it was too hard...too hard.'

 But when it was all over, I definitely had made the right choice, because it effected how Greg responded to the same situation..."Mom, if you can do that, I can too."

Wow...I always want  those who come behind me...to find me faithful...But I don't always make good choices, some I have to go back and do-over, and 'do-overs' are not  easy...and sometimes you have done things that cannot be changed...there they are, hanging there for all the world to see, and cannot be corrected.   Oh, that we could really walk in His presence, every day, every moment, so we wouldn't have to do...do-overs.  smile

Now today, I just talked to Greg (at dialysis) and he had just talked to his kidney Dr., and Greg said that he just couldn't keep taking all these drugs that he is taking.  He doesn't want to go back to those heavy pain killers that are so addicting.  So they decided he would eliminate them and then ask the Lord for wisdom on what he should take.  (The Dr. didn't say ask God for  wisdom, but just maybe, Greg, here is a good time to let God use you as a witness.  Think?)

So our lives are not just something to do, or somewhere to go....We are here, journeying toward Heaven, our ultimate goal, and my Bible said I was put here in THIS generation, for a reason...........what is that reason?  

I can do something that I was made for...you know we are fearfully and wonderfully made...He has plans for us...you, me...individually and we need to be about our Fathers' business....which is not necessarily my choice of business, but like the above story, why kick and scream and leave skidmarks all the way?   

Let us see what the Father’s business means for each of us....not what your friend wants you to do, but what God has planned for you!!

Only one life, t'will soon be past...

Only what's done for Christ will last.

Wow, what a concept?   smile...

Do we already know this?

Yes we certainly do!  

Do we willingly comply?  

No we certainly don't.  

So if what you are going thru, or have been thru, in the past, is going to be used for His glory, (as was tested with our lunch yesterday) if I could have seen ahead, maybe I would have been more willing...He tells us again and again, that He has plans for us, trust Him and relax in Him....He will take us through...whatever it is we are going thru.

This is 'No Easy Road' like the book so entitled, by Dick Eastman, many years ago...

But:   It will be worth it all, when we see Jesus.

          My trials will seem so small, when we see Christ....

          One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrows will erase,

          So proudly run the race, till we see Him.

It won't be long,...He sez when you see these things coming to pass....Look Up!!  (look at all the signs)

Your redemption draweth nigh!

Look up!  Hang in there!   Hang on tight to His Hand, and we'll see you here, there, or in the air!!

See you in THE morning!!

Nanny

13 No Strings Attached

"Good morning Father"

"Good morning, to you Precious Child."

"It's a beautiful morning!"

"Yes it is, I made it just for you."

""Thank you Father, your love for me is so obvious, I love you!"

"You are My Child, and I hold you close to me, and I love that

you are trying to put me first...every morning."(mostly)

"Oh God , my Father, my desire is to 'let go----and 'let God’"

"Then what are these strings I see in your hand?"

"These strings?  Actually they are things I gave to you yesterday,

and the day before, and  well----really the day before that too."

"I know Child, do you really trust me?"

"Oh Father.....YES.....who else can I trust...like Peter said, 'To whom could we go?'

Father God,  my precious Savior.....Today, there are no strings attached, yesterday I bundled up my problems,

I wrapped them, tied them in a bundle, and I handed them to you.....Then I tripped over the strings I was still clutching.

Today, as you can see, there are no strings attached!!!

As I wrote in the beginning of the journal I am now in,

"For the first time in...ever....I feel the release of what is

coming tomorrow, next week, next month.   What a marvelous feeling."

Live today....walk humbly today....meet each moment head on....deal with it today....NOW!

Even with  the daily set-backs that are happening to you each day, Greg....my heart is very heavy, but when I lie down to sleep, I really do give you  to the Lord, what can I do from so far away?  God has to fix it, I cannot!!

You, My Precious Father, have everything under control.....yesterday, today and tomorrow....Why should I try and carry tomorrows burdens, today?  Todays burdens, if I give them to you, are enough.... you said, 'My yoke is easy and my burden is light'----Why? Because you are carrying me....What is so heavy about that?   SMILE!!

I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY FATHER, WHEN WE  GET IT!!!

But the best part is....you aren't un-happy when we don't.

You just keep on being the same Loving encouraging, forgiving Heavenly Father.

Like you said, 'If we know how to give good gifts to our children,

don't you think I will do that and more, for My children, YOU?'

(just a little bit of paraphrasing here)   Big Smile!!

So Mr. McGreggor, hang in, hang on, and just KNOW many

prayers and (not just  a little) fasting, is going on for you.!!!!

(actually I  think I would like to make a little challenge to our churches

of today.....Why aren't the sick, being visited, the hungry fed, those

is prison ministered to.....those needing clothes being clothed?

I think we are too busy doing churchy things, and we do not SEE

those who are hurting, hungry, cold.  AND you know what?  He is

talking to the everyday Christians, this is not just the Pastor's

responsibility, He  sez when you do it unto the least of these,

you do it unto Me.!!)

Hang on there, hang on tight to His hand...and...we'll

see you here, there or in the air!

(in the morning, Cray!)

Nanny

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This is all so new to me, but I want to get/keep going.

The Lord worked with me BIG time last year, about TRUST.

Also included were some very hard lessons about  living today,

and let tomorrow take care of it's self.   He has been working on

me for years, on this very thing, but I seem a little hardheaded.

I finally got it, I really did, but now I have to practice it.  Now if I can

just  live it....that would be cool.

Today as I was contemplating my blog, I was trying to get a picture

of today--not tomorrow, but today--and I was thinking about a very 

powerful thing a very special man, (choir director, and Friend) said as

he was teaching one Sunday morning: " I wake up in the morning

and realize Jesus didn't come, so I say, well you didn't come last night,

maybe you  will come today. Then at  night when I go to bed I say, well 

you did not come today, maybe you will come tonight." 

This was so powerful, because I realized there were days when I did

not even think about His coming...so I try to live each day, and do the

same thing Forrest did...Look for His coming every day. Isn't that what

He told us to do? Look up, for your redemption draweth nigh!

 Have a good day, and I'll see you soon, here...there...or in the air!