Almost 30 year old thoughts!

Tomorrow is daughter #2's birthday. I cannot believe she will be 30. She is a fine young lady with a very good handle on life. She was a wonderful baby, very content and happy with her thumb in her mouth. Full of energy and innocense that lasted well past infanthood. She loved to wake up early in her childhood and would quietly play in her bed until the rest of the sleepy headed family woke up. Her favorite blanket was a yellow and white blanket a friend had made...I believe she still has it. She carried a "lolly doll" when she was very little because she walked around the house at night and the rattle in the "lolly doll" helped me know where she was. She still loves to snuggle and is a very good cook despite the fact that she told me growing up that she was never going to cook...she was going to marry a man who did the cooking. Nothing could be further from the truth about her husband. She did marry a Godly man with a great heritage, I am very proud of her for her decision to pray God's man into her life. She has been a very hard-working young lady with lots of education under her belt. We call her Doctor Karapy...because she has faithfully pursued her PhD in psychology. She is very committed to pursuing truth and adhering to it in her personal life...she is ever growing and changing taking personal repsonsibility. Happy Birthday to one of my favorite people. MOM i.e. NONA

Thought I wanted to be like Christ, did I?

What on earth made me think that? Was I crazy? Did I not believe life had held enough challenges this last few years? Every opportunity is capable of producing more of Christ in us! I have to remember it is about me choosing to do what is right. My reward is not temporal it is eternal and the only righteous judge will preside over my choices in life. Two wonderful young ladies showed up on my doorstep today and needed prayer...what an awesome privilege to get to speak the name of Jesus over friends in need. I have a spider bite on my upper right arm that is painful. My own insurance company has decided not to pay my medical bills and that I and Popa are medically stationary...I am glad they are not in charge. God I will trust you in this situation, You are able to make even crooked paths straight. Being like Christ is the ultimate quest of my life, I cannot abandon that goal now. I am tired this week, the flesh truly is weak but spirit is willing to follow Christ! The best news is this...in my weakness HE is made strong! I am not alone! Tomorrow will produce more opportunities to choose righteousness. God is good and you are not alone either, take heart and pursue on you Christ-followers!

What Thoughts?

This has been a difficult week, the pollen count in our area is high and my allergy symptoms have flared into asthma on several occassions. My inhaler has had more use this past two weeks than the previous 11 months. The nebulizer has found its way between daughter #3 house and mine more than once. The gift of lungs filled with air is precious. The ONE who gives life blew into Adam the breath of life. It is an amazing mechanism that God created in the human body. Lungs that take in oxygen and sent it into the blood stream for the entire body to use. Lord, help to value this life you have given me...make me aware of your divine purpose for me! I have been reading the book of James almost daily for the last 2 weeks, there is a verse in Chapter 3 (v.18) that talks about the fruit of righteousness being sown in peace by those who make peace. Just some food for thought. I have been contemplating righteousness for several weeks now and am on a quest to have God reveal to me how to sow righteousness into my own life. The time has come for me to find myself making my way to bed, I have got to quit this night-owl stuff. Tah-Tah!

Lots of thoughts, very few conclusions.

It's Friday, when I worked at the clinic that meant something. When I worked at the church it meant something different. Today is simply means it is Friday. Popa and I had an interesting week. We saw a doctor who stated emphatically that Popa could not have PAN's disease and still be alive after 17 years...our spirits were assaulted but God in HIS faithfulness has helped us gain a different perspective. I talked to my oldest daughter in Portland and found out her girlfriend from high school is visitng her this week-end...true friendship still exists! My grandson has a double ear infection after a two week battle with asthma...enough already! I spoke with my auntie in Texas about a surpirse visit for my mom's birthday. My back flower bed looks much better....I bought flowers with money I received from daughter #2 for Mother's Day! I have a new fushia on the front porch from daughter #1, she specifically requested anything but pink or purple...I had those colors last year....(and didn't want them again)...the green of this year's plant is lush and vibrant the flowers are pink and purple. Life is like a box of chocolates....you never know what you are going to get...to quote one of my all time favorite movies. The only real constant in this life is the Lord Jesus Christ, HE never changes...HE is the same yesterday, today, and forever, Blessed be HIS Name! For those of you who work a conventional week...enjoy the fact that today is Friday and you have the next two days off...for those of you who Pastor or work the week-end enjoy the joy of ministering to others. For those of you like Popa and I who have no real deadlines to meet...may you find yourself enjoying the days as they unfold. God is the author of everyday...and HE wants HIS signature all over your life. An authentic autographed life's story.

Too much time between blog thoughts!

I do not know where time goes! I have grandiose thoughts about faithfully blogging at least three times a week but it has been eight days and here I finally am to once again participate in the addiction of blogging. Four of the eight days I have spent in asthma world. My three grandchildren from Portland were here for 48 hours literally. They are precious and such innocent delights. Popa and I were forced to go to an IME (Independent Medical Exam) uh-huh, you guessed it...it was not independent...the insurance company hired their contracted people to perform the exam. I actually had a chiropractor tell me that I had not experienced a concussion. I don't believe he is qualified to make that determination. He said it was based on my recall of the accident 10 months ago....I have news for him...I did not even know I had bumped my head or how I got out of the car...the other details I may have assimilated into my memory from other sources over the past several months...oh well, it is really good to know WHO is in control and I am here to tell you it is not mere men. Jesus said if you know the one who sent me...then you know me....If you know me, then you know the one who sent me....I and the Father are one. Dear God, how me to trust you more and more....it sounds like an invitation for more conflict in me life...it is not that at all, it is a prayer from my innermost being that truly wants to know God. I have been reading the book of John and then continuing to reread James almost daily...much food for thought! Is any weak among you...the word weak means frail in any sense of the word....frail or lacking in finances, frail or lacking in faith, frail or lacking in trust, frail or lacing in health, frail or lacking in any area of our life...then we should call for the elders of the church to anoint us with oil, lay hands on us and pray the prayer of faith that we might recover....food for thought isn't it? May the life of Christ invade your life and cause you to be a Christ follower compelled by love! I do ramble on, don't I?

Thoughts for today!

Today is another one of those days that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. The Lord is Good and HIS mercy endures forever. I am amazed at HIS great love for me. My grandson had a serious asthma attack today, it was unbelievable to watch the nebulizer treatment take immediate affect. One moment he was struggling for breath, the next he was calm and back to his normal little jovial personality. I could not help but think about the affect the breath of God has on our lives. Thank you God for your breath, breathe on me more and more. Met with some previous fellow laborers in Christ at church today...the knitting of "the SPIRIT" is so undeniable. I do not try to figure out whether this is a beginning of something new or a continuance of something old...all I know is that God has a hope and a future for all of us....plans to prosper us! It is sometimes difficult to continue the good fight of faith....trusting day by day in the faithfulness of God but it is the path HE, my God, has chosen for me. Lead on gentle savior, I will follow you. You are good and your mercy endures forever! Forgive me for the rambling from one track to another, it is really descriptive of who I am and how I function...God loves me this way and I am confident in HIS love, I pray you all will choose to love me too! I really wanted to end with this The LORD is GOOD and HIS MERCY endures forever.