IT IS ALL GOD

  As a person, we have a desire to always feel wanted and loved. One of the worst feelings is to know something special is happening and you were not wanted there, or invited to it. It happens. It can happen in a family or in a friend group. You can accidently walk in on an event at work and it makes for a very odd situation where you just bow out. Wow, does that feel weird. I think back to when my sons were growing up and some of the best times were when my kids got out of school and I got those " We LOVE you, we missed you Mama" hugs !! What great hugs those were.. Fast forward to today, when my husband gets home from work, it always feels good to get that warm hug, I MISSED YOU BABY hug..... It is so so GOOD to know you are loved and WANTED !! We all have that desire to feel wanted and needed. As we feel that, the same can be said about our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Throughout God's word, it says if we will draw closer to him, he will draw close...

  I saw a lot of human characteristics and actions while I sat there on the stoop at my Mama's Ruby's house.  You can learn a lot watching the happenings in a barnyard.   I know I did watching the many adventures of my grandparent's roosters and chickens.   This brought to me, after all of these years, in a featherly way what is common and wrong in the lives of people.   We are a lot like those birds. I have a beautiful group of chickens and roosters. They are all different varieties and colors.   Each one has its own style and personality.   I named one of those beautiful hens, Ellie Mae.  She was a victim of the other chickens’ unfair treatment.  She was a beautiful hen.  I would sit and watch her walk around the grass.  I was sitting on the porch cracking some pecans one day.  We were going to make some pies.   I noticed that sweet Ellie Mae had some feathers missing.   L ater that day, I saw what had ha...

  “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Ephesians 4:29 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:44-45 Throughout my life, and yours I am sure, we have all faced many things.   There have been times that we have been hurt by people and things they have said.   When I am hurt or bothered I tend to recoil, and start to stay to myself more.. Don’t get me wrong, it is not a self pity thing, it is a GOD thing.   A s a Christian, I try to seek him and ask him to help me through these times.  Is it hard?   Well YES !!!  No one is perfect...

  As we are soon approaching a new month,  we pray that you Lord will carry us through each day whatever comes our way.  You will lift us up when we walk through deep waters; you will guard  our steps each day if we are walk near high cliffs.  You will be with us in and out of danger.   You, and ONLY you, are our lifeguard, and our protector; our Savior, our Heavenly Father.    I pray that we desire ONLY to follow where you lead us to go.  Luke 9:23  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and  take up his cross daily and follow me.  Everyday many of us make calendars..and YES it is a new month...SEPTEMBER is here !!! We make calenders to keep track of events, appointments, and other happenings or events going on in our lives.   We are so busy rushing around in our lives and trying to micromanage.  We have it down to the very detail.   Some may have a daily sch...

I sat there in her driveway and wondered what I was going to say.. If she answered her door.... I truly had not planned on stopping by,  but when I woke up this morning… God told me.. GO !!    Your friend NEEDS you.. It had echoed in my mind all morning long. We had been sitting just yesterday chatting watching the others talk  and I could tell she had something going in… I heard her vaguely mention something that might be taking her joy.   She was trying to hide her pain with a guarded laugh.    Her tears occasionally would pool up in her eyes. At the time, I gave her a small hug and told her I was thinking of her;  we quickly shifted our conversation to something more comfortable;  our kids, the events of the week. But then, this morning as I darted out this door,  a verse came into my head.    Her face came across my mind and my heart told me.   YOUR FRIEND NEEDS YOU...   God tells us that friend...