It's amazing how much more we recieve when we sacrifice.
Each morning now, I've been getting up early to meet for prayer....and at first, I thought about how I HATED the alarm clock! Yet, because I have been faithful....God is filling this empty spot that was guarded for sleep...He is filling it with so much more than I can ever ask or think. I pray that it NEVER ceases....I want to grow and learn, not stagnate and die....until the next time....

People have asked me if I could have any choice in the world to live, where would that be? When I was a new follower of Christ, I would reply, "If it were possible to go back to Bible times, I would be there." I so wanted to be a part of what God was doing!

Yet this morning during worship, after spending most of yesterday learning how to reach out to people, then getting a chance to share my faith (something I have been longing to do for over 22 years, but was a prisoner to fear).....it was as if God tapped me on the shoulder, as I worshipped, and said "there's a garden around you...just like the Garden of Gethsemene where Jesus sought the Lord. You ARE in the Bible times. The Politics are the same....people are hungry just the same, and you have a responsibility just the same."

How encouraging that was to me! So many Followers of Christ have already been living in the Bible Times...yet, I've been spending all this time hiding in fear...almost like Peter, when he denied Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed. But just like Peter, I am forgiven....I have a second chance to tell the world.....until next time....

What a beautiful day!!
My oldest son and I spent some time out in the yard....he raked, and I helped him put the leaves in bags.
Last year our yard was almost completely yellow....my sister has a special tool to pluck dandilions out....we now have one, so I pulled a few of them.
Then I planted the Tulips that I blogged earlier about. When I went to water them, there was a robin who stayed 2 feet away from me at all times. I was flattered :) It wasn't afraid of me. Some how it knew that I wasn't going to harm it...probably after putting up the bird feeders and the plants and having water out there....it probably sensed that I wasn't going to kill it after all that work. It may have also smelled the water and was sooo thirsty. Or it may have known that water softens the ground to make it more easy for the birds to find worms and other things that are in the ground. Again, I thought about the parallel in my life.
Just like the Robin, am I anxious to see what my Caregiver has for me? Am I excited about the things that God is bringing into my life so that I may be healthy? The wildlife has to endure all the weather that each day has.....and yet, it waits in excitement for the next meal....or oasis....it seems like they live in constant Praise :) A lesson for me to rememer....until next time....

Blogging.....
I was wondering where I should begin with this blog and I happen to notice that there are tulips in a round dirt pot on my table waiting to be planted. When my hubby and I bought them, they were just a bunch of leaves. Yet now, after a few days (due to colds and schedueling) they have now grown to reveal a bit of their true potential. These yellow tulips will be beautiful after I plant them and care for them, yet it got me to thinking....there's a parallel in my life with what I had just written.

What do I do when faced with challenges? It's amazing how God has created life....I need to continue to grow and "bloom" no matter where I am...what trials I am faced with....because the Son shines on me too...not just these tulips waiting to be planted.

Well, I better get out there and plant them....until next blog