The turn of a tide

So I am a plain and simpleton kind of a gal.

Although, I grew up a city girl, loved the Country girl heart yet enjoy the rush and thrill of adventure in the fast lane - You can't have your cake and eat it to. However, I loved the thought of a "cow girl" feel with my brown curly long locks blowin' in the breeze with the windows down or on a the back of a quarter horse at a full lope. Yes, I enjoy the wind in my face. Always have. Wheather in the city, on a country road, in a car, on a climb, horseback riding, running or just standing. I love the wind and it's breeze. I even enjoy the ocean and how things change.

The turn of a tide all came in today: M.I.T. ended with wonderful scripture prayed over all fourteen children and four sets of spouses to finalize the year; Teegie turned 17 - Yowsa!; A nice luncheon date, Then the surprise of making arrangements to be with family in Arizona! AMAZING, how suddenly a chain of events can change like the turn of a tide.

Family - so sweet but like everything else it can easily all turn then a change to the road and here we go.

Good Home Town Cookin'

Oh my goodness, "ummm, Ummmm, Good" isn't just a catchy phrased coined by Campbell's Soup and copy righted. It is what carries us back to a past history or others of us common folk, a memory that connects the pallet to the past.

From a very precious couple's home tonight. It is so sweet to sip on a cup of Joe and walk through the past on someone Else's adventure and find a warmth that begins to connect four individuals in a very real and sweet way.

Bill and Barb were that for us tonight. Oh how precious it is! Over the past few years this precious couple have touched our hearts in a very special way. We walked through the corridors of their past as if it all belonged to ourselves. But the savory meal made with Love were absolutely A MAZING to every taste bud! Little Grandma she did a fantastic job. It so made me want to reflect on my own past for a brief moment. So so sweet. I Loved that we could just talk and enjoy the time of the now. The grill fired up the sweet smells within, the fresh cut spinach salad from their garden and the light dressing and everything home made! Oh goodness it was succulent. However, the best part is the hearts that were open enough to real.

This couple has grown by leaps and bounds. Yet they were pillars even when we met them.

Their home felt very comfortable. The Good Home Town Cookin' had the same effect as "HOME" and the "Homes' " of many others that have been significant along our past twenty years plus in ministry. So for all that came to tonight - A Sincerely heart felt word seems so incapable to express our appreciation appropriately - THANK YOU!

wave of warmth

The sunset is upon me and makes me smile with the wonder of the creator of each and every one of the most beautiful sights I continually to be swept with a sea wave of warmth that indwells the depth of my soul.

The swell within is like a tide as it swallows every molecule of oxygen that my thoughts are captivated to a whirl of dizziness. The purples that swish, the pinks that swirl, the auburn's that churn yet they flow so smoothly to become almost lost in the dusk. There is an ahhhhhh. There is a held moment of breath and the slight temptation to stare into the sun yet the drive to NOT knowing it's potency of lost sight.

The sunset. The Joy. The glimpse. The closed eyes. The steady heartbeat that can at times be heard and almost seen. I LOVE the moment that quickly diminishes and ironically last for a long time.

Words . . .

‎"The right word at the right time is like a custom-

made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend's timely

reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger."

Proverbs 25:11

Think about it!

Apply It!!

LIVE IT !!!

Come to Jesus may be necessary, wouldn't you say?

I remember a time over ten years ago when Shirley Allen and i had a conversation that made me laugh and think at the same time. Then it led to contemplation here in my recent "present" life.

She had said a few things: "grumpy old ladies, were grumpy young ladies and little ladies." "Those who are no longer together but have moments of anger or frustration, still have feelings for them." "Those who lie about someone they DON'T know have some personal hurts and issues that they need to come to grip with." "When your children are little they step on your toes, and when they are older they step on your heart." She also just made me laugh and said to enjoy the moments because they fly by rather quickly. I don't know about you but I guard my heart from those who always talk sourly of others continually. Especially when they seem to try and turn people against another soul by puffing themselves to be "concerned." I also "let down my hair" here at home only. I DO have my very very somber quiet moments.

SO maybe it is best to gird ourselves with the armour of God. Maybe it is time for a "come to Jesus meeting" that is the necessary steps.

Recently, I also have come to realize when others just "believe" what others say negatively about someone - that is a sad travesty, especially when it is in "saint" circles. But also when someone treats another rudely right from the beginning; they have some insecurities that THEY need to over come, therefore, it's up to me to treat them even kinder, because of who lives IN ME. When other human beings are mean and gossipy - It's time for me to pray FOR THEM and to lay my life down FOR THEM like Jesus has shown me through his word and then has led me by example.

So it is sad to me that "new" people can ruin "Old relationships" because they have no root in the Lord, really. But that is okay, I will continue to make others uncomfortable when I walk hand in hand with Jesus Christ and he personally chisels away the old me, transforming me to be the image of him. It is my goal to live and die loving like Jesus Christ, even when they "slight" me for the cause of Christ and their desperate search becomes an obvious need for Him also.

"Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, All your soul, ALL your mind, and ALL your strength." "Love your neighbor AS YOURSELF." "For greater LOVE has NO ONE than this, that he lay down his life for his friend." "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!" Even though they treat you unjustly. I didn't say you have to be their best friend but Love them.

I have made many mistakes in my short life. And have been very protective with my heart and those I LOVE. I have become moved to no longer follow a recluse life but now I am challenged to be BOLD. So I will continue to be close to those that I am close to; Love like Jesus has led me to love, despite how others "perceive" me as a "threat" out of their believed doubts. Strive to walk along and have a pure and holy lifestyle that is real. Abba, Father God knows my heart strings. Those for the desire to possess TRUE Love, Concern, and to continue to grow in PRAYER POWERED COVERAGE! My choice is to Follow Jesus Christ and LOVE! If an agape LOVE lived life makes one uncomfortable than I suggest an open heart spiritual surgery and that you follow JESUS CHRIST and not a mere human being, who very well may be wagging sly poison through falsehoods. Then FORGIVE the one you've known the longest and move to a restitution that edifies The living word of God.

Then for me - LIVE in Jesus Christ through the life I lead for a short time.