Happy Valentines Day

Today is Valentines Day, the day for love and lovers. The day merchants and flower shops hope to ring in big bucks as we buy things to show people how much we love them. Why do we have to buy something for them? Why can't we be with them, send them a note or e-card expressing our love and care for them?

Our Father expresses his delight in us by singing over us. I am his favorite. Then so are you. I don't recall ever making a big deal out of Valentines day. I would put a heart table cloth on, light a candle, and we would do something special for dinner either by going out or cooking something special or ordering pizza. The best part was just being with someone and putting in a movie or a Gaither DVD and listen to God's love for me. Now my Father takes delight in me.


The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. Zeph 3:17

Jan 2

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isa. 43:18-19 (TNIV)

Let us watch and see what the Lord does this year and watch for new things in our lives and neighborhoods. The things that come to life in our lives can be brought into our jobs, churches and in the places we live

25 Things

1. I am in school.
2. I have a tattoo
3. I have become cityfied after growing up on a farm.
4. I love ice cream as long as it is not chocolate.
5. I don't like chocolate except for when I have a chocolate day.
6. I am a music junkie.
7. I could start my own library and that is after I have given away some books.
8. I would like to meet any of the Grahams.
9. Diet Coke is my caffine fix.
10. I have tried to give it up and can not get very far.
11. I hate doing laundry.
12. I love my Jimmy.
13. I like watching Overhauling.
14. I am a die hard football fan.
15. I like watching the final four in Basketball.
16. I love being a grandmother.
17. I have a hard time not burning grilled cheese sandwhiches.
18. I am an classic movie fan.
19. I would like to attend a Gaither homecoming taping.
20. ER is my favorite TV show.
21. NCIS and CSI are next.
22. Potatoes are a stapel.
23. I can't sleep if my feet are cold.
24. I like to sew.
25. I want to take mission medical trips.

Jan 26

Here I am at the brink of the Red Sea and the enemy coming from behind and I am sitting on the beach not wanting to cross not wanting to go back wanting to just sit there. The problem is I keep getting this nudge to go forward and I have kept ignoring it. My mood has been getting bleaker and the desire to move forward keeps waning but again I keep getting poked to go forward. The connection comes that maybe if I start going forward the mood will improve and I will see sunshine. The area to work on is the desire which may have to come from above but there is also this choice I need to make. I should choose to move forward and not just sit there. Like Israel had to choose life or death or blessing or cursing. Like Cain had a choice to do well or choose to be resentful and angry. Like choosing who you will serve. Like the crowds had a choice between Barabbas and Jesus. Choose to get up and move and the sea parts and you can walk through on dry ground.