Pulling together some random thoughts!

Life has been crazy with Popa's eye surgery. The surgery itself went very well; the problem being .... now that the cataract is gone the extensiveness of the problem is exposed to Popa and he has been anxious about just how much his eyesight is affected. The pressure in his eye was up last week and so we have had some extra doctor appointments. We are still putting in eye drops four times a day and will return to the doctor this week for more evaluation. We have also been traveling every week-end to be in a church about 100 miles away while the pastor is out of town. We will be traveling again this week-end as I will be preaching on Mother's Day at City Blessing Church....then the following week-end our good friends are saying good-bye to their pastorate and taking up a new ministry while other good friends are being installed as the new Senior Pastors about 75 miles south of here they have asked us to come be a part of the transitional service. Life seems to get busier and busier....I can't help but ask myself 'what does it all mean?'. We were able to spend some time with Violet, Herbie and Big Weld this week-end. In fact I did their parents the awesome favor of taking the grandchildren to McDonalds and buying them Happy Meals with the singing 'American Idol' toys. Let's just say it is great being the 'Nona' and not the Mommy. I will pick up youngest daughter's son from kindergarten today and spend a little time with him, he loves 'Tom and Jerry' and eating snacks at my house. I wonder if God is delighted by the simple little pleasures of spending time with his family? Wonder is not exactly the right word, of course God delights in the pleasure of spending time with us...it is more about the wonder of the intensity of the delight. I trust our lives make HIS heart glad. I want to encourage you today to purpose to delight the heart of God with your lifestyle. More from the busy Nona later.