Good Bye Old Man Winter

Spring - Indoors

It's been pretty cold this spring - well it just started Friday. It's not warm enough for me to really celebrate. I see the yard and everything that needs to get done, but when I go out - it's so chilly I just can't get motivated. Seemed like a long winter, though. My friends and family had some close calls with health and I had to ask God for allot of things.

He came through every time, though. No telling what he's got in store for the summer. I can't wait for the heat of the sun or how it stays light until later at night. All these summer things - we take for granted until the leaves start falling and it get's cold again. Maybe this summer, I'll really see the gifts God has given me...

There all out there - I've just got to appreciate them. He comes through every time.

Thanks God, for a winter of close calls. I'll look for you in the clouds, and the flowers and the trees and the bees...

Things to Accept

I remember this picture, always, when I think of what I have to accept. I have to accept that my brother has cancer. I have to accept that I am getting older. I have to accept that relationships in my family have changed to the point that they are not what they once were.

When I remember this picture I see what God accepts from his people and how he moves on to make the absolute best of it. He's always the example to me. Jesus always sets the standard. I fall very short, and only aspire to what he wants, but he can read the heart and see that I tried.

One thing so easy to accept is his grace and yet so many walk by it. Can they not see his hand extended? I have to accept the fact (also) ONLY THEY can reach for the hand of Christ. It's just a thing to accept. I'm going to pray that they accept grace. He'll keep offering it, I know he will...