A NEW START TO THE WEEK

Well, it is Monday morning a "new start" to the work week. Do you ever feel as though all you ever do is work, work, work? I know I do. But, then I stop to think of all the ones who have no job.
Then I'm thankful for the work God has given me. I think of all the ones who wish they were physically able to work...then I'm thankful for my health to work. I think of the homeless and less fortunate...and once again...I'm thankful all that God has provided me ... through the efforts of my work. Maybe....work, work and more work is not so bad after all? Yes, I am glad for the "new start" to another work week!

A Start To A New Relationship

I seems as if in our world today that people take relationships so flippantly. They fall in love and our of love so easily. Because of my back ground, I knew too well how destructive that can be on children. I didn't want that...and was not looking to be married. But, my new Father, knew what I needed (even when I did not). He brought into my life this man who was determined to win me over. Through God's leadership and loving patience I succumbed! And thus started this new relationship called marriage. Love grows and changes through the years. It starts as new, exciting and even adventurous. Then when cared for, tended to and guarded it grows into a deep, abiding,
rich, stable and yes...still exciting and adventurous. Maybe what was new and even unsure becomes comfortable and reliable. But, it doesn't happen by accident. It is a chosen path. All of this is a picture of our relationship with God. It to is a chosen path .... one that needs to be cared for and tended to and guarded! I discovered all things "worth" keeping are "worth" the effort!

Sundays Are A New Start?

I love Sundays! We get to meet with God in His house with other believers. It is a joy to see the faces of the little ones so excited to hear about Jesus. Their wonder at what He does is refreshing! After a day of hearing and being with God I always feel so refreshed...as if I had just taken a refreshing shower. Then I'm ready for a new start and a new week. I know we can have that every day...but, there is just something about meeting him with other believers that is special. Isn't is curious that I never felt that way until that new start at camp...MY FIRST SHOWER....you might say. The first one washed my sins away and gave me an eternal home in heaven. The rest are as they say "foot baths". Never the less.....oh so refreshing!