Tuesday 30, 2009

Have you woke to one of those morning where you have to take a step back and say hold on! Let me get with you Lord, before we go one step futher...
As you ask for him to ordain your day, and each and every step you take from that moment on, you have a peace that comes over you, with some clarity. Okay, now it is time to make that step out of bed, and on to the kitchen for the next step of the day!

Coffee!

Please Lord, let me have coffee!

Yes, there is coffee, sugar and milk! Everything is running out or low and you just need to make it through today.

I know you have all been there. Right?

Actually, should I back up and give you the real lowdown on how my morning really started? Here goes...

Tuesday Morning...

Woke to Winston (my Yorkie) jumping all over me trying to wake me up for his usual morning outing.

Oh,

how I did not want to get up so early! As I am laying here in bed thinking of all I need to get done today, my bladder tell me that I need to get up and quickly-so here I go running into the bathroom,-I continue my list of things that need to be done for the morning in my head.

Coffee is the number one thing on my list....

Please Lord; let me have coffee with milk and sugar! Please!

It is terrible when you need to go to the store and do not have the money until payday.

Actually, that check was already spent Debbie remember? RENT!

What are you going to do; as you are short...it is either you pay the bills that are going to be cut off or you pay rent.

Tell ME.... you have been here or are here, that it isn't just me going through this...Please!

Awe ...the stress of it!

Okay Debbie, just breath...one thing at a time!

First, you need to have coffee then you can think.

As I stumble into the kitchen to make the coffee, I notice that I am not able to get online...
Oh, has that cable company turned me off.? Oh No!...after I had arranged with them to be paid on the first! What part of the first do they not understand? Get your facts first...

COFFEE!

Get the Coffee...do not vent yet until you are fully awake and coherent.

What good does it do to make arrangements when they turn you off the day before?

You are venting!

COFFEE!

Ok enough, I will deal with that one at 8:00am -10 more minutes!

Coffee....aha!

Sanity!

Whatever sanity one can have for the moment!

Two cups down third on the way, now calling the cable company...

Great, I am up and running! My daily routine is looking and applying for jobs I have to keep it going. So important to get it done early in the morning.

As I grab the strawberries out of the fridge for breakfast..

my thoughts race to what I should have done before getting out of bed....

As it looks like it could be one of those days...Lord help me!

"For I know the plans I have for you, "declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not ot harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)

Sunday, June 28, 2009 5:53am

When I go to see my dad and mom Sharon in East Texas, I love to visit their church. It is small in comparison to the churches we have here in the Plano area however; it is a church with a BIG HEART. The congreration is made up of those that live in the area, which most are retirees. They have a young youth pastor and the day that I was there, he was leading the beginning of the service for the graduates. He spoke to hold on to the Lord and your beliefs as you go off to college or your life’s journey. There was a great emotion of love being poured out with the passion of his message to these students getting ready to make life’s journey.
A little after this the Senior Pastor was speaking, there was an elder man to my right that had passed out and immediately the medics were called, and as we waited for their arrival… My thoughts raced to the message from the youth pastor to the students, spoken just seconds before hand, the student got a real life visual of how precious life is and quick it could have ended. I think the message was hitting home in more ways than expected. I will never forget it, as I not only heard it but actually saw how in an instant it can change….
Today as you get ready to go to church or even if you do not attend church, my question to you today is, what are you holding on to or trusting in? Have you let go of the Lord and your beliefs? Are you holding steadfast to the one that loves you unconditionally?
I look forward to going back and visiting the little church and to hear another life impact message from the Lord…Have a wonderful Sunday, and know that you are truly love! Blessings!

I am listening to music and thought what a wonderful day I have had and just how blessed I truly am. I love life and those that are in my life now. I have grown so much over the last couple of years in ways I don't understand yet, I know that I am not the same....I am better! I seem to love more, enjoy more, and laugh more! I mean how could you not smile at some beautiful big blue eyes calling you, grandma!

I am so blessed, and as I think about all I have, I have to say, "Lord, thank you! Just for this moment right now"! And to think about how you have poured your love over me...and allowed me to see what truly is important in life...relationships!!!

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I am going outside and hitting the pool! So hot here in Texas today! I need a lazy river! LOL!

Saturday's

I love Saturdays...it is a day that you can just get caught up on stuff or sleep in. Actually it would be a great Saturday if I had the money to go shopping. What is it about shopping that we women enjoy so much? I love getting something new whether it is for me or someone else...don't you? I love Saturdays and having that first cup of coffee knowing that I don't have to be anywhere if I don't want to. It is like I am giving myself permission to do nothing! AHA! I just had a moment of freedom! Tell me what Saturday is to you, I would love to hear!