This morning Ronn and I decided to get out our LPs and turn on the turntable. Yes you read that right. We got out old albums that were tucked away in a bottom shelf for a day like today, I guess. We used to have way too many LPs but did get rid of some. We kept our favorites from days gone by. As I write this I am hearing Cat Stevens sing, "A Wild World". As I listen I have to agree it is a wild world and it was one when I was 18 years old first hearing that song. The world is on a wild road that is not straight but crooked which is leading many over the cliff to eternal death. As you can see even in the nostalgia of the morning, I am thinking God or at least trying to.
We sat and listened to Simon and Garfunkel sing "A Bridge Over Troubled Waters". I remember that was my graduating class song in 1970. We all loved the song and sang it all day long in our heads as we went from class to class. There is a promise in that song by the singer to be the bridge that helps the listener get through the troubles of this world. There is one bridge and He is LORD! He is the one who can ease a troubled mind. We are promised trouble in this world but Jesus has overcome the world!! (John 16:33) We have hope in that. We are to come along side of those who are suffering and in need as Followers of Christ but we cannot BRIDGE the trouble only CHRIST can.
It seems so interesting to me how now as I listen to these songs of long ago, my mind goes to God. I think it has to do with maturity. I am listening at 60 and not 18 but it is more than age. God in His mercy and grace has seen fit to mature me in Him. I am flat of my face grateful for that! I know I have so much farther to go and need His mercy and grace daily. My desire is to continue to grow in Him and not get comfortable. Comfortable is so easy to fall into but I need to be stretched moment to moment in Him.
So I guess I will look forward to another nostalgic morning in the future to see how much more I think of Him during a secular song. It is an interesting concept to explore more in the future. For today, I will join my husband in this nostalgia remembering our youth together, the early years, the birth of children and how we got to where we are now. What a journey!! This journey is the race marked out for me by my heavenly Father!! (Hebrews 12:1-4)
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, September 9, 2011
Amazing Amazing Grace
Today started out early with a counseling appointment at 7 am. It caused me to think of how God is always up working for His glory. He is doling out His favor and His grace on us at all hours of the day and night.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
After that appointment I began to work on getting ready for the Beth Moore Simulcast tomorrow morning. As I ran from my office to the kitchen to the Gathering Space to the Worship Center and back to my office, I thought of the many women who will gather tomorrow. They will come prepared to worship, hear and learn. Their minds will hopefully be on God during the day because I know He will be with us. It is what He has promised.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
I then had lunch with my husband using one of our Tubby's coupons. As we sat and ate our steak and cheese subs drinking a real pepsi, there was a peace between us. God gives us peace as we rely on Him and do not give way to fear.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
After lunch I visited my friend, Lorie who has been confined to home for a very long time. What a joy to hear her speak of the Lord and how He is blessing and working everything out. She said that in the midst of an MS attack. The weather changing too rapidly affects her MS so she is more numb than usual. I looked at her face and saw such joy in spite of the attack. God is at work in my friend.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
I could go to bed right now because my day has been so full of God's grace but there are more daylight hours to experience what He has yet to show me. My eagerness builds as I look forward to His grace at work.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
After that appointment I began to work on getting ready for the Beth Moore Simulcast tomorrow morning. As I ran from my office to the kitchen to the Gathering Space to the Worship Center and back to my office, I thought of the many women who will gather tomorrow. They will come prepared to worship, hear and learn. Their minds will hopefully be on God during the day because I know He will be with us. It is what He has promised.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
I then had lunch with my husband using one of our Tubby's coupons. As we sat and ate our steak and cheese subs drinking a real pepsi, there was a peace between us. God gives us peace as we rely on Him and do not give way to fear.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
After lunch I visited my friend, Lorie who has been confined to home for a very long time. What a joy to hear her speak of the Lord and how He is blessing and working everything out. She said that in the midst of an MS attack. The weather changing too rapidly affects her MS so she is more numb than usual. I looked at her face and saw such joy in spite of the attack. God is at work in my friend.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
I could go to bed right now because my day has been so full of God's grace but there are more daylight hours to experience what He has yet to show me. My eagerness builds as I look forward to His grace at work.
Amazing, Amazing Grace.
Monday, September 5, 2011
A Leaky Toilet
Last week we received our water bill and it seemed a little high to me. I asked my husband about the leak in the toilet. It was a very small leak which he thought would not make a difference but it did.
So on Friday, while I was at the zoo with the grandkids, he began the process of fixing the leak. He was going to change the inards of the toilet and viola that would be it! I came home Friday to find the toilet upside down in the tub, the tank on the sink top and tools everywhere. It was not good. So we went to Home Depot (the do-it-yourself helper) to find out what should be done. The end of it all was that the pipe had to be cut down to floor level and the ring had to be taken off by using a torch. So it was tabled until Saturday.
We worked together to cut down the pipe and remove the ring. It was then that we discovered that the hole in the floor was too big so tiles had to be removed and then another trip to Home Depot. We had to get another part to make it all work. Then a trip to my daughter's to pick up some thinset to put around the hole after we had the new ring in place with the adapter. I was the thinset spreader. Then we tabled the rest until Sunday.
On Sunday at 5:00 p.m. the toilet was back together with all new parts. It flushes wonderfully with no leaks. But it was a long 3 days.
That is the way life is. It is for the long haul. It takes time to be who we need to be to others but time well worth it. We are not to have any leaks in our relationships. They are to be whole and true with Christ at the center. Sometimes there may be heat as we speak gentle confrontations to one another. Sometimes there may need to be thinset applied to pull it all together. In the end we are to obey the command left us by Christ..."Love One Another"...and that is for this life and the life to come.
So on Friday, while I was at the zoo with the grandkids, he began the process of fixing the leak. He was going to change the inards of the toilet and viola that would be it! I came home Friday to find the toilet upside down in the tub, the tank on the sink top and tools everywhere. It was not good. So we went to Home Depot (the do-it-yourself helper) to find out what should be done. The end of it all was that the pipe had to be cut down to floor level and the ring had to be taken off by using a torch. So it was tabled until Saturday.
We worked together to cut down the pipe and remove the ring. It was then that we discovered that the hole in the floor was too big so tiles had to be removed and then another trip to Home Depot. We had to get another part to make it all work. Then a trip to my daughter's to pick up some thinset to put around the hole after we had the new ring in place with the adapter. I was the thinset spreader. Then we tabled the rest until Sunday.
On Sunday at 5:00 p.m. the toilet was back together with all new parts. It flushes wonderfully with no leaks. But it was a long 3 days.
That is the way life is. It is for the long haul. It takes time to be who we need to be to others but time well worth it. We are not to have any leaks in our relationships. They are to be whole and true with Christ at the center. Sometimes there may be heat as we speak gentle confrontations to one another. Sometimes there may need to be thinset applied to pull it all together. In the end we are to obey the command left us by Christ..."Love One Another"...and that is for this life and the life to come.
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