No Complaints!

I don't think I complain a lot but sometimes I realize when I do complain it really isn't that important. This has been made very apparent to me with all the disasters around the world lately!

When I go to bed at night I always thank the Lord for a comfortable place to "belong" and to rest with all my "things" around me and I mention a prayer for those who have lost that in the recent tornado outbreaks across the USA and other disasters around the world. It is so hard to imagine not being able to go home and rest! My heart really goes out to those folks!

Yet, even home and rest pales in comparison to the most important things in our lives...family, friends, and people we work with every day. Over and over in the face of disaster I've heard people say, "We are alright! Everything else can be replaced!"

However, even when precious loved ones are lost we feel the comfort of knowing that this also is not the end. We will be together again in the final "home and eternal rest" in Christ!

So, let me never forget the blessings of the Lord!

In the end, that is all that really matters.

Never Quit Trying!

I have just watched the most amazing video called "Are You Going To Finish Strong?" by Nick Vujicic.

There are times when I get discouraged and tend to whine a little, at least to myself. Then something comes along that puts everything right back into perspective. This video did that with a BANG!

I recommend viewing it!!

Always a Child

I have been blessed with two wonderful sons! They are both amazing to me and I love to watch them with my "mother" eyes. They are grown up now but if I look at the "man" in just the right way I can occassionally glimpse the "little boy" that depended on me so much at one time and that I watched grow to be this "man."

I have one daughter. OK, daughter-in-law. I could not love her more if I had watched her grow from a child, which I did in a way, from afar. She loves me(!) and thinks I'm a wonderful cook (I make a really mean Kraft Macaroni & Cheese!) and asks me for advice! She is a wonderful Christian and loves my son and gave me the greatest grandson in the world.

Recently, my daughter was very, very sick. It seemed to make time stop and made me want to trade places so I wouldn't have to watch my "child" suffer. Nothing else seemed important. There was a lot of prayer going on and I praise the Lord that she is finally out of the hospital and doing much better.

The thing is, no matter how old you get or how empty your nest is, your children are always your babies. It reminds me of a song titled "You'll Always Be a Child in My Eyes" which speaks of God watching us grow from birth to old age and talks about Him always being there, watching us with "Father" eyes. What a comfort that is to know! Even when we are old and grey, He is watching the child grow and loving that child every step of the way! Wow!