Snow Snow Everywhere

I've always loved the white stuff, but wow. 2 blizards in 1 week. Where to put all the white stuff. That's the question. I dug my car out (finally) and that put even more snow on the driveway. As I walked each shovel full over to a mound that was taller than myself, I realized this is way to much of a good thing.

Don't we do that- in life. We wish we had something and when it's finally dumped on us, full force we are overwhelmed. Man is not like any other creature, in fact the only things we can't ever have too much of - is love.

See -we are created in the image of God and he actually wants love. He certainly doesn't need us, or our complaints, or our lack of faith. He can make the stars and oceans, these people are just another creation.

Not so, we are the children, So the next time you feel like you would give your child everything (even your life) remember the really big father (GOD) He wants your love and then like the snow we have right now -the blessings drown you, because you can actually see them.

You'll see what I mean, think really big and look at your creator, he's got a ton of great things for you. Even more than you can handle...

Amen

Happy New Year

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing,
some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Hebrews 13:2

I saw this in a message from Sandy Cove (the retreat place) and it really made my heart soar. I'm a big angel person. Even though I've looked for them throughout the bible and they are usually men. I say that because we depict them as girls with long flowing gowns and that's funny to me. I don't care what they are. I just feel that they are messengers from God and I know that they have been around longer than us. They are bright and seem to bring hope to man.

On the dark side - God's enemy is an angel (Lucifer) which was the bearer of light. He turned and thus started the actual fued that man is now involved in. God wins though- because he made everything. He made us - he made the stars, earth and sun, and he even made Lucifer. That wasn't even a mistake. He just gives free will and with that - we make the errors...

Just wanted to say Happy New Year! - and entertain some angels this year. They bring allot of hope...We need hope...and they know that!

Be One !

I have seen this trivet on my stove a hundred times, but I never really SAW it till today. It tells us "to be a friend", and when I look again - it actually has holly and holly berries. This never meant much to me. But I pray allot and I ask God to tell me things I need to know. I think he showed me this afternoon that this trivet has something to do with Christmas.

My best friend seems to have trials that reveal themselves around the holidays and I fancy myself as the person who can cheer her up. But as my friend shared today and I added words to (hopefully) make her feel better, I realized that she just needs a listener. A friend. To have a friend - I need to be one, especially when my friend is tired. I need to carry her, I need say - "You have a right to those feelings". I need to remember that she is the one who says "Who is the Master"? In an effort to cheer her - I see that she is the one who reminds me of the love Jesus has for us.

It's such a priviledge to have her as a part of my life, because she is the culmination of experiences - high and low- that have made her a true follower of Christ. I admire this quality. It is very priceless.

We are who we are because of times of sadness, of difficulty and just complete adversity. No one would ask for this. It is the exact opposite of what we would want for ourselves or our friends. It's a new thing to seek God in hardship. It's not new to those who have God. They already realized who carries us.

They already know the True friend, that's why they can be one.

Glory Garden

In an effort to lure humming birds to my house, I grow huge morning glory flowers. It is fun to see how much they grow while I'm asleep. They twine around things and try to reach the sky.

We have a corkscrew willow that didn't get leaves but morning glory flowers have given it a nice coat of leaves.

Bees and butterflys go in and out of these trumpets and I am just thrilled at all the activity...

I just weeded today, because I do know that the wild and crazy gardens I grow are not as popular to other people as they are to me...

Sometimes the weeds can be distracting, and taking them out disturbs things for a while. They even try to flower like the other plants, but in the end they have to go!

That's the Glory Garden...