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As I sit in my office today I am mentally going over the Memorial Day happenings. Phyllis and I had a great day. We cooked a breakfast together, did some shopping, video chatted with our son and his family, went to some friends for some great food and fellowship. But we started our day out walking the dog together and as we walked him we took time sharing our thanks for the many who have made our lives more meaningful. We thought of the many who have made sacrifices for our country. We even brought out names of those who sacrificed to help us through different phases of our lives. It was a great walk and today I am still thinking of the many who God has allowed to touch my life in many ways.
I am glad for a day like Memorial Day that allows me to remember. It has started my week out on a very good note.
Today is a beautiful day outside. The sun is shining and the temperature is moderate. I love this sort of a day. Somehow this kind of a day picks my spirits up. I feel better and even feel like doing more work. As I reflect on this thought I need to manage my feelings and emotions in a better way. My joy and peace and sunshine should be an inside job.
As I start this day I am going to ask God to give me more of His Spirit so that I can feel His peace and joy at all times and in all situations. This is a big asking for I am more prone to go on emotions and feelings than on the knowledge that my joy flows out from inside and that I am a child of the God of the universe.
Feeling a need to accomplish some of my to do list, I am making this blog short but I am asking God to do a work in me that gives me peace in the midst of storms. So, whether it rains or the sun shines I am going to trust God to bring His goodness into my life. PEACE -REAL PEACE BE WITH YOU!!!
Today I have a wedding. I am looking forward to it. It is a great couple who truly have asked God to bless their union. It is a great joy to be a part of a wedding where God is in the midst. I feel happy inside when I think of these two young people putting God into their home right at the start. You would think a great day is ahead for me.
Before the wedding I must visit a person who has been in and out of the hospital several times this year already. When I look into her face I see the toil that suffering has taken in her life. I will pray with her and plead for God to take her pain away. After that I go and see a couple whose mother has just passed away. There is suffering there also. The mom was in pain and perhaps in some ways it is a blessing that she has been released from her sufferings. But those left feel the emptiness of a loved one taken from them.
So, by the time the wedding finally gets here I will have gone through several emotional experiences. Such is life in the real world. There is suffering and there is joy. Today let us rejoice that in every changing experience of life there is God who walks with us and not only comforts us but rejoices with us, too.
I just received my water bill from the town. I don’t think much about this bill. It is not a major drain on my finances. Nonetheless, I would like all bills to be lower. However, today for some reason I thought about this bill. If you know me you know that I am not a handy person. By this I mean I don’t do many household repairs and would find myself in great trouble if I was on my own in life. Hence the water bill.
I don’t know what I would do if I had to dig my own well and find water. I have some ideas but I probably would struggle getting a good supply of water on my own. As I reflect on this thought I realize again that so much of my life is dependent on others. Daily I take from those who enhance my life in many ways. Imagine water with enough pressure to flow in my house whenever I need or want it. What a deal and when I wrote the check out I didn’t even write thanks on it.
I want today to be more thankful and less complaining. I had better get asking God to help me with this one.
Today starts a new week. Monday are a very busy day for me. I learn so much from the Sunday services that it takes some time to just digest what I have learned. I learn people are going into the hospital for surgeries. There are new persons who have visited who needed to be contacted. Gentle reminders of work that needs to be completed is spoken with love to me. But I always go back to the fact that Mondays signal for me a new week and I like the fresh start.
Because I am not perfect I know what it is to sit in my office on Mondays and reflect on the mistakes that I made during Sunday’s services. Sometimes when I ponder this thought I can call to mind several mess-ups that I helped cause. So, again Mondays bring a fresh clean start.
I need new beginnings daily and I am thankful today for a God who gives them to me.