Guidance

A friend from work sent this to me in an email and I just loved it.

When I meditated on the word guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky. When one person relaxes and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully. The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other. My eyes drew back to the word guidance. When I saw "G," I thought of God, followed by "u" and "i." God, "u" and "I" dance. God, you, and I dance. This statement is what guidance means to me. As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life. Once again, I became willing to let God lead.-- Author Unknown

Lord please allow this old man to die and for you to be in complete and total control of all my decisions and choices and to lead me in this life.

God Bless!!

If I Could

Someone had this quote on the bottom of an email the other day and it really hit home for me. I thought a lot about my life in general; not just the last few years , but of all my life's struggles and battles and tests and trials. I hated those times of storm, but I've said many times before I wouldn't trade them for the world. All of them taught me something when a love one passed on it taught me to appreciate comfort. When a friend hurt me it taught me to forgive. When someone wronged me it taught me to turn the other cheek. Many lessons in my life taught me about strength and courage and fear and determination and failure and mercy and happiness and joy. We could all think of times when we wished something hadn't happened the way it did or something to that effect, but if you think about it a little more I am certain you could think of a lesson that you learned from it that you wouldn't want to trade.

"If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything." - Allyson Jones

Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

When God is in control of our life every trial we go through will work together for our good and we will be better because of them.

God Bless!!

Sisters

This post is for the wonderful women in my life and for one of my very special friends, thank you BFA for always being there for me, a shoulder to lean on, a heart to love, a voice to soothe, a word to encourage, and so much more.

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

As we think about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, let's remember to not forget our sisters. They'll be more important as we get older. No matter how much we love our husbands, no matter how much we love our children, we are still going to need sisters. Go places with them now and then; do things with them. Remember that 'sisters' mean ALL the women...our girlfriends, our daughters, and all the other women relatives too. "We'll need other women. Women always do. We think "I'm a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely my husband and the family we may have will be all I need to make my life worthwhile! If we keep contact with our sisters and make women friends each year. As the years tumble by, one after another, we will gradually come to understand. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, sisters are the mainstays of our lives. Time passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up. Jobs come and go. Love waxes and wanes. Some men don't do what they're supposed to do. Hearts break. Parents die. Colleagues forget favors. Careers end. BUT.........Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between us. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.

Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family: all bless our life! The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other.

God Bless!!