Been a while

Don't know where i found this but i love it. Cats will find a way ..... especially if it includes sun.

The weather is wonderful, I will get to sleep through almost 70 degree weather tomorrow. Maybe the wind will not blow. Have tried to get outside to do some cleaning and prepping for spring, need a vision on where and what I want to do on the property. I see graph paper and erasers .......

With out a vision on what we want to do, we get nowhere fast. That is where i am finding myself at this time. I have been waiting two years for J to move off the property, her staying was part of the purchase agreement. She now wants to stay for another 10 mos. In a weak moment i told her to put her offer on paper, she has not done it, but is believing that it is a done deal.......

I realized that i have, and I do, put things on hold for other people so that they can get what they want ...... NEW thought, maybe I should think about what I need for a change. What is it I want? What will it take to get it?

Wonder where this new thought process is leading and what if anything will I change ..... LOL. the cats have a good idea, sit in the sun and doze ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Why worry

Winter, it does not seem to want to come to this end of the world. Weather has been fantastic, today almost 70 ..... I know from the past that cold weather is out there ..... I so do not want to have to go out and feed in the cold and wet .... Why worry about what has not come to be ....... Jesus tells us not to worry in Matt. telling us to look to the birds and the flowers ..... God feeds and clothes them, are we not more important ......

Recently God told me to sit back and enjoy his love ....... that is not something I have really thought about, much less done. Last Sunday morning on the way to work I told Him that I wanted a present from him, I acknowledged I did not deserve anything but I wanted something anyway. (truthfully, I was thinking in the candy bar or coke realm) And as with much that comes out of my mouth I forgot my request ........... When I got home the girl in the other house came out and gave me a ring she had found up north that reminded her of me, I thought cool beans, God's gift. A copper ring with horses running on the front. I love it. I then went to go out to dinner with some people from small group, one of the ladies decided she was treating, and we were going to one of the best restaurants in town, Wow, a second gift, way out of the coke and candy realm I had wanted to settle for ...... THEN on Monday....... things fell into place and I was given a pick up truck ......... WAY past the candy and coke realm ...... This has been real lesson in 'more than I can ask or think' ...................

As this next week unfolds, I am asking God to keep me mindful that He loves me more than I can process in my simple human mind ........... That He is aware of my needs, wants and even likes ........ I think I will take the time to curl up and enjoy just being with God ........

Directional thinking

Ever thought that maybe the way you are thinking may need to change?

My daily reading, today, from Ken Copeland was on Psalm 23. That about covers it, right? NOT!

In most studies and talk on scriptures we seem to focus on who we are in Christ, not a bad thing to know, BUT how much time is spent really knowing Who God is in us? What a view to face the world from.

Think about it .......... Your defence is defined in the Shadow of the Almighty .............

OH yea thank you Internet for a picture that definitely shows directional thinking

Now it makes since

Well here is an epiphany moment ...... I have for years said that I was using someone else's idea of fun ......... Turns out I was right, I have been using the worlds view instead of God's ...... It is amazing how we let the daily struggles life push God to the side till He only occupies small moments of our lives ...... Reading Brother Lawrence's words on keeping God in our every moment ... OUCH ...... Time to reevaluate ........

Impossibilities

Impossibilities ...... an elephant in a tree, so ......... Just found a letter I started way back when.... it describes, most likely, the hardest year in my life (1996/1997)...... It also describes

how I dealt with it spiritually..... Looking back from here, and remembering all that was in the letter and what wasn't ..... seeing the faith written on those pages ...... remembering ...... the long hours in the Word, the even longer hours of believing and standing ........ In the natural I would not of survived, (wonder how the kids remember that year).

Just recently the Lord said to 'center myself in the saddle'. I know that when I first heard those words, The above time came to my mind and I let fear sneak into my mind...... God reminded me that life does not have to be traumatic to require you to be centered. LOL, he also has reminded me that you can always improve where you are. (will not go into how long it took for me to realize what God was trying to tell me)

SOOOOOOOOOOO, what am I writing about? Nothing, everything ...... A reminder to self, that I've faced impossible situations and with God's help I won...... that what ever is going on in my life now, is beatable with a firm stance in the Lord.

Poohism

another Internet picture .........

One of the very best quotes worth remembering comes from Disney's Winnie the Pooh (not the original pooh)

" I'm not lost I'm right where I'm standing".

true to life ..... you must add .... And that is where God placed me ....

Continued from art

Connection with others ............ Unconditional love .... Profound, tinder, enthusiastic, affection for another from a perfect, unlimited, nonjudgmental positive (non hostile) position.

Supporting, to carry the weight of another without giving way, to provide w/necessities of life, to endure and tolerate/ to submit to, and to uphold as valid.

endure- to bear patiently w/out yielding (not letting go)

tolerate - to allow w/out hindrance- put up with

Nurture, to feed and protect, encourage, educate, train (a life giving relationship).

Friend, attached. bound by emotional ties or affection (devoted to).

devoted- earnest attachment to __________

profound dedication to __________

Hostile, characteristic of an enemy, someone who wants harm or has prejudicial feelings towards another. Opposing words and or actions.

Does the above describe how you interact with others, Christian or not ........ Wait the hostile part ...... OH yea, we are to be non-hostile, the opposite of ............. Stop and think about it .....