IN LOVE

I AM IN LOVE!

I am clinging to the Cross of my Beloved.

I am RANSOMED,

BOUGHT with a price.

The MOST PRECIOUS price of God's ONLY Son

who came to die the most horrible death

so that I may live

FOREVER!

HOW can anyone  NOT fall in love with the ONE

that not only is their creator,

but the ONE

who created LOVE!

SURREAL

Surreal Blessings from God's Hand!

Yesterday was one of those days that are hard to explain.

Maybe you've had one, I'm sure most everyone has.

You NEVER expect it, you don't ever think about it...

but when it happens you look back and say "Wow, the things

 that took place today, made me think God opened His hand and dropped these beautiful 

gifts into my day!"

Unbelievable.

Without any planning at all, my replacement for work was hired today!

(I will be leaving work mid-June to move to China)

Unbelievable!

Without me letting ANYONE know that I had been searching for a significant

way to be connected to my granddaughter.

With so much distance between us, I want her to know

that I am thinking of her so much and that I love her and pray for her.

So today, God used one of our patients to share with

me what she does to stay connected to her

long distance granddaughter!

This patient had no clue how I had been struggling to come up with some

way to share something special with my granddaughter over the years!

Unbelievable!

And the third sweet "SURREAL" thing that happened in the same day:

I went to the store to pick up a few things and a young man

that works there that is always full of joy was working.

I always run into him and we always chat for a moment.

Today was different.

He said to me in a somewhat 

louder voice,

"Praise Jesus, can I get an Amen!"

I said to him, "That's something I will always give!"

Praise JESUS!

Unbelievable!

Sensitivity to my idolatry

Almost everywhere at all times fasting has held a place of great importance since it is closely linked with the intimate sense of religion. Perhaps this is the explanation for the demise of fasting in our day. When the sense of God diminishes, fasting disappears.

-Edward Farrell

I am regularly asking my Father for a fierce and intense ever-increasing LOVE for Him!

There is nothing else in my life as important as this.

Not my hubby, my children, my granddaughter, my parents, my job, my money, my house, my stuff....

nothing.

absolutely nothing can compare to the love I want for my Savior!

I want to go into the depths and love Him as never before.

I will keep asking Him.

I will keep pursuing Him.

I want to keep being homesick for Him!

A visit to remember

The most special things to me this Easter:

Dan and Cara came in from CA for a week!

Glenn and I both took vacation time!

The weather was wonderful with some warmth and sun and
some beautiful snow that Cara and Dan had been longing to see!

Family and old friends in our home Easter Day to share love and laughter!

Playing Sequence and Po-Keeno with much laughter!

Dan and Glenn shooting out back at the shooting range!

Dan and Cara shooting out back at the shooting range!

Cara FINALLY getting diagnosed!

Going to The Strip and Station Square for the day!

Cara helping me "pretty up" my blog!

Skyping together with Brent, Christy and Madeline!

Stopping by to see Scout and loving on him a bit!

BUT THE BEST BY FAR:

My son-in-law, who by the way has such a tender heart, was led by the
Holy Spirit to prepare a wonderful Good Friday reflection study for us
to share together!

And, through issues that the evil one was attempting to orchestrate so
to damage our desire for wonderful relationships....GOD was victorious
and increased our communication and godly bond with one another!

HALLELUJAH!

Beautiful Reflecting

With Easter brings newness!

Even though I celebrate the idea of this beautiful season everyday, there is still 

something amazingly wonderful about having a day to actually have on the

calendar to share what Jesus did and to reflect what happened two thousand years ago.   

To also think deeply about possibly what Jesus went through that whole week leading

up to His crucifixion.

A sweet unexpected gift our family received this Good Friday was my son-in-law

having it on his heart to prepare a time of reflection from God's Word of what

Jesus endured during this time.  It was unforgettable and I will always remember

this Good Friday night for the Good Friday's to come in the future.

This time together really had I focus more on what Jesus must have felt about

what was going on at the time.  The loneliness He must have felt, the anguish,

the idea that He knew He had to endure the beatings, the floggings, the spitting,

the cruelty...for there was no other way that we could escape eternal separation

from God!  He was the only Way!  He loved us enough to take on all of this

for me.

spiritual eyesight

I love so many many things about my Father.

One of the most absolutely beautiful things of Him

is His way of giving me the ability in my spirit to see with spiritual eyes.

This morning I was blessed to see with this eyesight in a way that humbled me so.

The hardest thing was containing the joy from what I was seeing!

I can say, honestly without a doubt, that this journey towards China

has continually blessed my soul.

I would never want to go back before it all began!

I choose to fiercely live in my birthright!

I am truly humbled!

I get to go to China!

A 360

The term "360" is on my mind and heart these days.

It's because of what God is teaching me in trusting Him fully in everything.

When I naturally tend to look at the circumstances that cause me to doubt and begin
to step away from fully trusting in the FAITHFUL ONE, in God's strength I do a 360!

I move my glimpse of the material to a gaze onto my FATHER'S face!
There I choose to linger upon the ONE I believe and know can do ANYTHING
regardless of any type of circumstance!

This material world is not my home and soon it will pass away.
I refuse to put my trust in something that will not last.
My trust resides in the One True Creator of all and daily I am
learning to turn about when the first hint of doubt appears and
do a 360 and focus on Jesus' face and BELIEVE!