Monday, September 30, 2019

30 DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER.....mostly on the road again & again

So much travel for us lately that it seems as if we're home long enough to unpack and repack.
Whether by air or on the road, the trips have been to visit family or dear friends so all are special! Children, grandchildren, brothers and 3 cousins. In between times we even had visitors---from both Colorado and Florida.
No problems along the way except those that are "age related"---a medical term used often for me lately.
Physical problems have been easier for me to grapple with than spiritual ones. It seems that when my routine varies, my quiet times get skewed. Factor in fatigue and even my best attempts flag. "God observes my travel and my rest." yet, when travel increases my rest is moved to the back seat, literally. (Psalm 139:3)
But God.....uses many "visuals" too help me refocus. On recent highway home, church signs to bill boards whizzed by and brought both humor and warnings but my reflexes wren't fast enough to record them. I do remember a billboard just west of Sulphur Springs, Texas, "Real Christians love their enemies." One that I was able to capture on I-30 in Texas was a jolt---a real positive surprise! A gospel message for all to see.
Truth on the tail end of a truck!
A crossroads visual. The way to Jesus includes service and discipleship.
We all choose each day the path we will choose. The straight and narrow that leads to Jesus or the "other"----path to sin. Believers choose Jesus---I'm grateful to be on the road with a "truck driver" who shares an eternal message.
A reminder for all to heed--- on the "road again".

Thursday, September 26, 2019

TIMELY THANKFUL THURSDAY

No time. No panic. No pressure. 
Having a "blended" cuppa this Thursday morn.
A BIG spoonful of gra-TEA-tude stirred in to my at-TEA-tude cuppa.

Trying not to slosh---

Saturday, September 21, 2019

ACRONYMS OF ADVICE

In times when one is overwhelmed---even trying to read a newspaper or text full of acronyms---of which one doesn't have a clue---KISS comes to mind.
K eep 
I t
S imple
S weetie
Just yesterday a friend sent a text explaining acronyms for "senior" (OLD) citizens. I needed a laugh so the timing was perfect.
Will continue this thought on more of a spiritual realm as I recall and reflect on two personal acronyms as I have focused meditating on words lately---SEEK & FOCUS!

I will share those two acronyms of advice soon. 

Sunday, September 8, 2019

MORNING MESSAGE FROM "THE MESSAGE"

Last week's message dealt with "moments"---a real challenge for me!
Living in the moment sounds simple but for type A personalities not so much.
Living in the "if only" regrets of the past or the "what if worries/fears of the future can rob one of the "present tense life" which is a gift especially for those who walk with God. (Matthew 6:34)
Son, Josh, has been reminding me of this and I am trying to "unschedule" and enjoy as I remember walk is a present tense verb.
 

Steep your life in God-reality, God initiatives ad God-provisions. Don't worry about missing our. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. (Matthew 6:33, The Message.
Having precious granddaughters around helps me get back to the now and enjoy the "present" which is a great morning message for me as I steep a cuppa His reali-TEA!