Thursday, February 28, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Beauty all around
The Lord really blesses us with beauty all around and some days it is so easy to see. Like today. It was the perfect day! Azure skies just enough wispy clouds for interest the temp was mild and the sun warm and bright. Beautiful prelude music by the choir at church. A really good talk during church. People all smiling because of the beautiful spring day. Amazing what the weather can do for the overall mood of a day!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
friends part two
It is three days removed from my last post and I will try to put into words what I was feeling. Some things are difficult to express in words because no matter how eloquent they just fall short of feeling. That said here goes...
Friends are there to hug and comfort you, friends bring smiles and laughter. Love and learning. They stand with you in the grove so you don't have to weather the storms of life alone. Like trees we too are stronger together than we are apart. Friends are there through good and bad. Love you through it all. Sometimes friends are blunt and kick you in the behind or give you a give shove in the right direction but always they love and uplift you. Some friends you know intimately some you know anonymously through internet or maybe even just a kind soul who smiled at you or let you in a lane of traffic. Maybe they taught a class you took and touched you heart, mind and soul. Or maybe they taught you from a distance someone you heard about or observed and through them you gained greater knowledge of Heavenly Father they too are friends. Isn't that what a friend does brings you closer to Heavenly Father? I know it is what I believe a friend does. Those people I count as my nearest and dearest friends are ones I know and interact with more frequently whether I know them online or in person BUT people who are my friends are those whose blogs I read and never comment on, or who smile at me in the grocery store, or the speaker at church today who requested a special musical number of A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (one of my favorite hymns) or the very talented man who arranged the choir and congregational singing and the violins and flute and piano accompanying it such an uplifting moving way. I have many near and dear ones and thursday I was honored to spend the day with two of the best of them. Love you girls! Sweet Pea and Hotpink you are awesome!
Friends are there to hug and comfort you, friends bring smiles and laughter. Love and learning. They stand with you in the grove so you don't have to weather the storms of life alone. Like trees we too are stronger together than we are apart. Friends are there through good and bad. Love you through it all. Sometimes friends are blunt and kick you in the behind or give you a give shove in the right direction but always they love and uplift you. Some friends you know intimately some you know anonymously through internet or maybe even just a kind soul who smiled at you or let you in a lane of traffic. Maybe they taught a class you took and touched you heart, mind and soul. Or maybe they taught you from a distance someone you heard about or observed and through them you gained greater knowledge of Heavenly Father they too are friends. Isn't that what a friend does brings you closer to Heavenly Father? I know it is what I believe a friend does. Those people I count as my nearest and dearest friends are ones I know and interact with more frequently whether I know them online or in person BUT people who are my friends are those whose blogs I read and never comment on, or who smile at me in the grocery store, or the speaker at church today who requested a special musical number of A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (one of my favorite hymns) or the very talented man who arranged the choir and congregational singing and the violins and flute and piano accompanying it such an uplifting moving way. I have many near and dear ones and thursday I was honored to spend the day with two of the best of them. Love you girls! Sweet Pea and Hotpink you are awesome!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
friends
I have probably stated this many times but I am so grateful for my friends. I have been truely blessed by them being in my life. I only hope that in some way I have blessed them as well. I am tired from a wonderful day but feel the need to expand on this subject so will do so next post hopefully tomorrow morning.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
simple things can be deep
You know one of the blessings of me doing this blog has been that I look more on the bright side of things now in searching for the blessings in my life to put here but there are times like today when doing that just makes me feel like Pollyana playing the glad game. You know kind of superficial, like I am just skimming the surface of things. But the blessing of this blog to me is that isn't what is truly going on. The things I write about may at times seem to be surface only but in reality they are deeper than most of my deep thoughts could ever dream of being. I mean, think about it they get me thinking more about Heavenly Father and what He has done and can and will do for us. What is or can be deeper than contemplating God?
That disclaimer stated what is my blessing for today? First of all "today" is Saturday not Sunday that pointed out...the blessing is thatwhile all of at work had long days 12+ hours for most I didn't fall into the disgruntled complainer that was surrounding me at the end...for the most part I keep a good attitude and just did my job with speed and a happy disposition.
That disclaimer stated what is my blessing for today? First of all "today" is Saturday not Sunday that pointed out...the blessing is thatwhile all of at work had long days 12+ hours for most I didn't fall into the disgruntled complainer that was surrounding me at the end...for the most part I keep a good attitude and just did my job with speed and a happy disposition.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
hmm here are more
Yesterday while I was at work I thought of a bunch more "new" blessings or miracles and now I can remember none of them!Sometimes it is a miracle I remember anything this brain gets so fried at times!
But here are some of the ones I thought of as I was driving to Seabrook...
Once again I am thankful for the beauty of the earth (and yes all of you who know that hymn it is one of my favorites). The Lord takes some rain and washes the air clean and the sky clear and poof there is the most gorgeous azure blue sky cool day in ages! Yup spring training and then baseball season just around the bend!
I am thankful that sometimes The Lord does answer prayers instantly...Monday we had mandatory drug testing at work and well I have always had a difficult time being able to pee on demand for pre-employment screening it took an hour and a half!!! but my prayer was answered I was in and out in moments.
I am also thankful that sometimes the answer has to wait a bit because an instant answer may not have been as good as the one that came through a bit of waiting.
But here are some of the ones I thought of as I was driving to Seabrook...
Once again I am thankful for the beauty of the earth (and yes all of you who know that hymn it is one of my favorites). The Lord takes some rain and washes the air clean and the sky clear and poof there is the most gorgeous azure blue sky cool day in ages! Yup spring training and then baseball season just around the bend!
I am thankful that sometimes The Lord does answer prayers instantly...Monday we had mandatory drug testing at work and well I have always had a difficult time being able to pee on demand for pre-employment screening it took an hour and a half!!! but my prayer was answered I was in and out in moments.
I am also thankful that sometimes the answer has to wait a bit because an instant answer may not have been as good as the one that came through a bit of waiting.
Monday, February 4, 2008
many repeating blessings and some new...
the toughest thing about this is trying to not repost blessings or miracles that I have already put on here and this with the blog only a month old! What am I gonna do a year from now?lol It is not that I don't have other blessings in my life it is justthat certain ones are really glaring right now and so jump to the fore front of things.
like what you ask?
well...
like friends and other people in my life that are truly blessing my life. Like my friend Sweet Pea, I am more grateful than I can express for her. She is the reason I have the awesome job I have ( another blessing I am constantly thankful for) but beyond that she is such an influence for good in my life.
Or the friend I am staying with ( I have a nickname for her but can't remember it I will have to find it and replace all of this with it) to take me in and allow me to stay is wow! But even beyond that there is just something about our friendship that enriches me I hope I can do the same for her.
there are numerous other friends and this post would take days if I even tried to name them all so just suffice it to say I am grateful for the blessing of friends.
One blessing I don't think I have specifically named but what this whole blog is all about is my TESTIMONY and how grateful I am for it. That it changes and grows each day that I even own it at all. Without the knowledge that Heavenly Father loves me and created this world as part of a plan well who knows where I would be, if I would even be. The knowledge that this is not the end all of our existance gets me past the crap of this life. What a blessing that is.
Mostly today I am grateful for the beauty of the earth. This world is such a beautiful place the blue skies green plants and whatever your vista brings you it is beautiful enjoy it!
like what you ask?
well...
like friends and other people in my life that are truly blessing my life. Like my friend Sweet Pea, I am more grateful than I can express for her. She is the reason I have the awesome job I have ( another blessing I am constantly thankful for) but beyond that she is such an influence for good in my life.
Or the friend I am staying with ( I have a nickname for her but can't remember it I will have to find it and replace all of this with it) to take me in and allow me to stay is wow! But even beyond that there is just something about our friendship that enriches me I hope I can do the same for her.
there are numerous other friends and this post would take days if I even tried to name them all so just suffice it to say I am grateful for the blessing of friends.
One blessing I don't think I have specifically named but what this whole blog is all about is my TESTIMONY and how grateful I am for it. That it changes and grows each day that I even own it at all. Without the knowledge that Heavenly Father loves me and created this world as part of a plan well who knows where I would be, if I would even be. The knowledge that this is not the end all of our existance gets me past the crap of this life. What a blessing that is.
Mostly today I am grateful for the beauty of the earth. This world is such a beautiful place the blue skies green plants and whatever your vista brings you it is beautiful enjoy it!
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