Lunch

The Lord is so good. A few months ago I wondered what he was thinking as I looked around the table at the faces of the women in my new small group. No offense here, but I really wondered how these lives meshed together and what His plan for the group was. Our table leader is 3 score and 10 as she would say and I had no clue what that meant until I met her. She is a hoot. Last week I received an invitation to join her for lunch. I gladly accepted. Today was lunch. We met and as we looked over menus it was a bit of an awkward silence. After we placed our orders it quickly turned to chatting. And the awkwardness was gone. I shared about my husband, his employment and blessings in his work and faith. She shared about her faith, how it has grown and how much the Spirit means to her. I fell in love with her as we talked. I found myself getting excited talking about things that have been on my heart. And having someone to share them with that has been there and completely gets it. We bantered back and forth as we shared what the Lord was doing, what He has done and how we want to be used by Him. She shared of her daughters healing. Her belief that gifts are alive and well. And the work of the Spirit in the behind the scenes of my church. I could not help but get excited as things within me were affirmed. It was such an encouraging time and left feeling very blessed.

Thank you Lord for bringing a Titus 2 woman into my life, for such a time as this. Thank you for the work you are doing within my life and the life of your church. I love you!

Box Top

Life has been a whirlwind of God activity lately. Which in itself has been very awesome. I am very thankful to be in a place of growth and life.
On Friday I found myself awaiting news about the upcoming weekend. We were out most of the afternoon and then I returned to wait by the phone for the final call of wether or not this event was going to take place. I watited and waited and waited. I bite off every nail. I waited and waited some more. I had expected the call early evening and as time went on I found it getting later and later. I left a couple messages for the person I was needing to hear from and TRIED to be patient. At eleven I decided it was time for bed, so I moved the phone into the bedroom and went to bed. Morning came and I waited a bit more and then the phone rang. It was THE CALL. And the news was not exactly what I wanted to hear. The weekend was to be canceled.
God has been preparing me for many things. I have pieces to a puzzle, I know certain things about how things will be. But I only have pieces. I can put a few things together and they make sense. There are other things that I know they are a part of the big picture but I have no clue how they play into it or come to be. I just know that they are a part of it. God is good and His plan is best. I am very confident of this. Accepting the fact that the weekend was canceled was not the hard part for me. I could accept it, I waivered over communicating it. How to tell my team, in a way that glorified the Lord and gave hope rather than grumbling and complaining bringing about desenion. In a breif moment on the phone with my hubby I urged him to pray, which he did. Then I went about the task of calling all of the team.
In conversations with my team I saw many times pieces of this puzzle. I know that this weekend is not the end of the journey. We press forward for the spring where we will see the fruit of our labor. Many times as I discussed with various people I thought of all the puzzle pieces. I would say to them "I wish I had the box top and could see how all this comes together, but I do not. I have pieces and have been called to obey with each piece." That's were I find myself. Obedience. Submission on several levels. I know that the big picture is beautiful. I know it is beyond good. It has to be, for I have seen only glimpses and they are GOOD! So VERY GOOD!
Does anyone have the box top?

Yesterday

Yesterday began a little early as we got most of school done before I went to my morning bible study. I had missed last week so I was a week behind in my homework. I went, listening to discussion. It is not as strict at some were you can not speak if you have not completed your study but I went in to listen. Interesting chapter and conversation. I will definately need to get caught up on it. I commented once to a personal response. Trembling in the spirit. I love it when I know that I know the spirit is leading me. It feels so much better to speak from the spirit than from the flesh. Just following that, the DVD teaching began. Beth Moore's Daniel, session six. She started off by talking about how we can react in an emergency situation. I will quoted her here in saying, "In a situation I can panic, paralyze or pray." She made us repeat it after her about 5 times. So I will repeat it again here for the fun of it. "In a situation I can panic, paralyze or pray."
It was about that moment that I had a lesson within a lesson. The Lord showed me again the dream I had a few weeks ago. This time I was actually in the room where the dream took place. And I imagined the whole scene play out. I could see the people around me. Some paniced, others paralyzed and some prayed until we were all released to pray the blood of Jesus. Then I went on a spiritual download. The spirit was revealing to me and I wrote at the top of my notebook. "*Spirit says reprograming response, call in the angels, plead the blood of Jesus." I sensed he was saying you are reprogramming your responses. Over the last week I had reactions and stopped and said that is the old response. I am on this whole thought tangent while Beth is still teaching.
Minutes later Beth says in papraphrase according to my notes... changing your old pattern to a new pattern. Wouldn't it be nice to react in the spirit, defaulting into the things of the spirit. Rather than defaulting to old patterns. Our old patterns could be new patterns, they can change.
Wow!
The whole teaching was great and I wrote a whole other tangent of notes as the spirit was really confirming some things he has been showing me all week. Why is it I need to hear both from the spirit and the world to really get it? Maybe this is how God deals with me. Anyway I am to be thankful in everything! And to look for the good to praise...sound familiar J?

The day would have been great if it would have ended there. It got better. I had agreed to go with my mom to a craft show in the afternoon. I was not sure exactly why I was going. Crafts are nice but I really don't get into them all that much. I do enjoy the time with my mom and the kids like to look at different things. So we went. Here in Michigan we have home craft shows were the community has an oppurtunity to open their home and their crafts to the public. There are usually 20 or so that you can drive from one house to another. Mom stopped at one she knew she wanted to see and then it was off to McDs. As we drove I read the brouchere of the other home crafters. There was one in particular that caught my eye. A former teacher, one of my favorite teacher's. Not only that but the VERY DAY BEFORE I was thinking about her. Ironic, ha.
After the main craft show we drove over to her home. Beautiful. Gardens upon gardens. She rememered me. We chatted. It was such an enjoyable conversation. Before we left she invited us to come back in the summer when everything is in full bloom. We will definately be taking her up on that offer. We ended the conversation with a "Toodles." Her trademark good-bye.

In the evening I was left with hope diminishing on an upcoming weekend. I noticed I have an emotional wall up, in regards to that event. I have not given up hope yet, but today will be the final call on wether or not it will happen this fall or be pushed to the spring. Some were speaking in the past tense, as if it were already canceled. It is hard to remain believing when others have already given up. Yet somehow I am still open to God moving mightily TODAY. Even if the numbers do not come in. I am not disappointed in Him. All things for a reason. All things in His time. Yet I would REJOICE, oh how I would REJOICE if it comes back as a go.

Today I await a call. While I mull over everything the Lord was showing me yesterday.

Humor from Yesterday

DS- "Hey, DD, pretend it's a free sale" as he reached over to steal some of her polymers.

"Ever wonder why in nature it is the guys that are all colorful. With us people it's the ladies. We are the only species where the women and not the men get all fancied up." This male family member may be getting a colorful boa and some costume make-up. The thought of that makes me laugh even more.

Anointed Songs

Do you have any songs that whenever you hear them, they bring you into the Lord's presence? Something about them lightens your mood. Something about them stirs your spirit. I now have a list on my media player entitled anointed songs. I love media player in that I can rip my music to the computer. Since having young children, it seems that NONE o our CD's go unscathed. It is now my practice when I get a new CD to immediately rip it to media player. And now that I have most of my music on the computer it makes it super easy to make my play lists. And hence the anointed songs playlist. These songs can take me from a bad day to a day of rejoicing in moments. They get my feet dancing, my voice praising and my hands lifted in worship.
Here's my list: (In no particular order)
Let The Worshipers Arise
I Am Free
Sing For Joy
Days of Elijah
I Will Bow To You
Let The Praises Ring
My Savior My God
How Great Is Our God
Made Me Glad
Friend of God

How about you, what songs carry you into the Lord's presence? Please, do share.

Near Death By Chicken

With 4 lbs of chicken to cook, I layered them in the pressure cooker, covered them with Italian dressing and water. Securing the lid, I placed the pressure cooker on the stove and put the heat to high. Quick and easy. In 20 minutes to a half an hour, dinner would be ready. Right?
After a few minutes I checked the lid to see if it was sealed. Not yet but it was beginning to feel like pressure was building. A few minutes after that I noticed some steam was now coming out of the spout on top. Good. I got the ball that goes on top of the spout, that changes the pressure. I placed it on. Before I did I noticed a bolt on the spout that I didn't recall before. Hmmmm. When I put the ball on it fell right into place. Good, or so I thought.
I knew from the time pressure was established I wanted it to cook for about 20 minutes. So I took note of the time and went about cleaning the house. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes and I hear a PSSSSSSSS. Note to self, I need to check that out. I enter the kitchen and the pressure cooker is silent. No rat-a-tat or shaking of the ball. Hmmmmm. Not so good. Come to think of it I had not heard that sound at all. Definately not good. So I go over and give the ball a jiggle. PSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Uh oh. There is too much pressure in that baby. Think Sarah think!
Normally I would have turned down the heat once it was pressurized. Normally! That thing was still on high. Quick turn down the temp. Still no rat-a-tat-tat, that ball needs to come off. So I grab hold of it and it easily comes off. I quickly realize it needs to be off the heat. As the spout goes PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
I run to the opposite side of the kitchen and watch as steam turns to liquid that fountains and burst out of the spout. Like a whale it snorted Italian dressing and water onto my ceiling. I could hear the kids on the stairs about to come in to the kitchen."Wait, DO NOT COME IN HERE!" It seemed like the lid was swelling and I was bracing myself for an all out explosion. The spewing onto the ceiling and stove lasted over a minute. Then it simmered down and stopped. I let it sit there. Too afraid to go near it. I am laughing. I call my girlfriend who I knew could laugh with me. She did.
I then worked up enough courage to touch it. Carefully I placed it in the sink and sprayed some cool water on it. A little steam and it was over. The pressure was completely released and I was able to open the lid. There in side was the most beautiful sight. Perfectly cooked chicken, not scarred from it's recent ordeal.
I threw the biscuits in the oven, prepared the sides and all was well. Not to mention scrumpditiliumptious.
If I would have been thinking I would have taken a picture of the Italian snot on my ceiling before I cleaned it off. Sorry no such pictures. Just use your imagination. Or if you are feeling brave you can try it in your own kitchen, then you will understand. I recommend you use you imagination.

Kids and Government

Today during discussion time DS and I talked about presidents, govenors, election day, voting and such. Interesting conversation with a 5 year old.
ME: Who is the president?
DS: I don't know
ME: He is the man that makes desicions for our country, the United States
DS: No, God does

Daniel 2: 20-21
20 "Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.

emphasis mine.

DS joined me at the voters booth. The system of voting has changed. No more brads. Connect the arrow of your choice and it is digitally read. Interesting.
Go vote! And talk to your kids about what today means. They get more than you think.

Minor Changes

This week we are making a few minor changes in our school day. I knew many months ago DS was suppose to be listening to the Bible on audio. We did it once and the tapes got set aside. The prodding on my heart has returned. We need to be doing this. So today we begin again. During breakfast, for the 30 minutes before school, we will listen to the KJV. (Scourby) The plan is to continue in this manner every week day for the rest of the year. Starting in Matthew and going through to Revelation and then begin again. He may only catch snippets. He may catch large portions and grab hold of them. He will be hearing the Word. A minor change that may yield major benefits.

The Pro's and Con's of Blogging

It has now officially been a year of blogging. 12 months documented. Written forever in cyberspace. For or against me it is there. Highlights, daily life expressed, my spiritual journey, moments of triumph, moments of struggle. Written, typed. Mostly from the heart. Some for the pure fun of it. Some things shared because they were too good to keep to myself. I love blogging, I really do! Perhaps at times too much.
Here is a list of pro's and con's for me.

Pro's
An outlet to express my thoughts
A place to share pictures
A collection of my favorite pictures
Snippets of life in the moment, that I can look back on and remember
A ministry and light for Christ
Meeting people I would have otherwise never met
Positively influencing others
Thoughts written to reread and gain better understanding of what you are experiencing
Real life people given non-threatening way to understand my stances on life
Comments/ Affrimation
Reading other blogs, gaining knwledge and life expereince through the eyes of another
Being a voice
It is forever recorded

Con's
Too much time on the computer
Seeking others approval
Real life people know what is going on in your life and LESS likely to contact you, be it phone or in person
Vunerable to others opinions of you and their judgments placed on you
My tendancy to place blogging at a higher priority than it should be
Posts can be misinterpreted and cause misunderstandings
Need to protect identity, filtering all info released as it is very public
It is forever recorded

I am sure there are more.
As I enter into my second year of blogging. I will press on. I desire to write more under the anointing. I desire to place God first, then family, then blogging. I desire to honor God in all I say and do. I desire to be a light here in cyberspace. Sharing this life, that is uniquely mine. Thanks for joining me in the journey.

Truth

The conference is over. Yet I am still shaking in the spirit. To say I was blessed would be an understatement. Cleveland did not understand what they had in their midst and all but 13 missed it. There were about 70 in attendance. 70 very blessed people. I say Cleveland did not know what they missed because they had two MAJOR prophets, speaking 100% accurate word of the Lord. They have spoken to Kings, Queens, Presidents of many nations and what they have spoken under the annointing has come to pass. 100% of the time. It saddens me that Prophets have been kicked out of the church. It burdens me that America has not heard the prophets warning, that most are closed to hearing the words of the prophet. Even as I type this I can sense the response on the other side of the screen. There has been so much twisted doctorine. There has been such much falling away of the true things of God; the deep things of God. Truth. The truth is that there are still prophets walking the earth today. There are still healings and miracles. There is such a thing as the baptism of the Holy Spirit. There is such a thing as speaking in tongues. Today. This generation. Some teach that these things are of old. They don't happen any more. Some don't understand it so it must not be so. There is more to our Lord than grace. Oh how I love my Lord. How I love his correction. He is Holy. And I revere Him.
I have entered into a time of transition. It is time for things to be put in proper order. It begins in my home. My husband is the head of our home. It is time for him to take that place. How I rejoice. It is what I have been praying for, for a long time. As some one spoke to me a few weeks ago it is a prayer I prayed long ago and the Lord heard. It was like a bomb you see in the cartoons. The stick of dynamite with a long wick. It was lit and it has been working it's way. Let's just say, it has exploded. The Lord did such a work, I stand amazed. Breakthrough. With it brings transition. Transition is hard. I recalled tonight at dinner transition in birth. It was hard. It was painful. There was the promise of something beautiful to see it through. That gave me encouragement that it was all worth it. That is where I am at. I am so excited about the changes. I am praising the Lord for the fruit that is coming. For the release in ministry that will come with things being in proper order. Yet I know that some of it will be hard. Things that did not used to matter to my husband now will. Things that he has given me control of in our home must be reevaluated. My home needs to physically come into order. I have struggled with this in the past. Yet I know that I must have victory in this. I must get rid of the clutter. I must cleanse the home. I must care for the children. I must teach my children. Beyond the ABC's, I need to teach them about the Lord, about the Word. God is raising them to be a light in their generation. They are called to speak truth, to worship and praise. They will heal the sick, the blind will see by their touch. They will cast out devils. They will stand when others around them fall. It is not just them. It is not just their generation. It is now. It is today. It is for ALL believers.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpants; and if they drink of any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Did you read that? I mean really read that. It is from the Word. What do you think of when you read that? Really, what do you think? It says those that believe. So I ask you do you believe? What do you believe? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you believe He died and rose again? Does it end there? Do you believe the bible is God breathed? Do you believe every Word? Or do you take bits and pieces? Have you read the entire bible? Do you know the Lord of the Old Testament? Do you know Christ of the New Testament? Have you been baptized? Water? In the Spirit? Do you know the Holy Spirit? Or as the King James puts it, the Holy Ghost. In Matthew 3 John takes about baptism both water and the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I , whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Jesus baptized in the Holy Ghost. Jesus healed the sick. Jesus cast out demons. Jesus performed miracles, he multiplied the bread and fed the people. In his word it says we will do this and more.
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
The Lord Jesus said he that believes, the works that I do he shall also do and GREATER. So why do we say that these things are not possible today. Why do we say that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not for today? Where is our faith for greater miracles?
I want to be one of faith. I want to be one that follows after the things of God. To grow in knowledge of the Word. To be free in worship. To use the giftings God has given me. I want to hear the voice of the Lord, all day, everyday. I want less of me and more of the Lord. I want to set aside my flesh and grow, grow, grow.

I want to follow the Lord and Him alone, whatever this may look like or mean.

Morning Prayer

In my home Lord, be the center. Be the head. Lord, I give our home to you. Let it be used by you for your glory. Help me, Lord, to be the keeper of my home. Help my eyes to see the work to be done. Give me wisdom on how to see it through. And strength to my hands, to my body, to accomplish it, Lord.

Let our home be a place of rest. A place of peace. Let caos not rule our home, but your perfect peace. Let our home be a place of freedom. To praise and worship you. To grow in the knowledge of your ways. Lord, let there be freedom to be the person you have called me to be. A wife, a mother, a friend, a follower of Christ, a minister of His gospel, a dancer for the King of King.

Who do you say that I am?
What do you say about me?

Let not the words of others, or the things of this world bring me down. Lord, for it is you that I choose to please. It is you and your words I want to hear. Oh Lord, that I may hear your voice all the days of my life.

I love you Lord! Praise your name.

Under The Annointing

The cards to our hotel rooms do not work. It is quite hilarious, everytime we go to session and return the cards no longer work. The annointing apparently strips the cards. We are not the only ones, and it has happened mulitply times.

Never underestimate the power of the annointing!

WooHoo!!!

I get to see my husband tonight!!
He has been gone the entire month of October on bussiness. This is not normal. He may travel on occasion but for short trips, this time it was an entire month. Originally it was going to be a couple weeks then he called and let me know it was going to be extended. And I had peace about it. I feel like God has ordained this time to do an amazing work in both of our lives. As individuals and in our marriage. It has been a time of growth, for both of us.
I have a new respect for single moms. I do not know how they do it, day after day. One of the struggles I had was when to ask for help, having someone watch my kids. At times I felt like a burden, having to ask, yet again, if someone could take them. In reality, I could not have done the entire month by myself. There is no way. I am so thankful I have my parents, friends and a teen sitter that are more than willing to help. Very thankful.
Today, I leave for my conference. I am excited. I know God is doing an amazing work! I know it is good. I may just have to do a little dance, I can not contain myself. Praise be to the Lord!

If I Didn't Know Better

I WOULD THINK I WAS PREGNANT!
I'm not. Yet today as I was reading a book to my son, I was a puddle. The story was sweet and the more I read the harder I cried. I actually had to stop reading at times from the tears and quivering voice. My son laughed at me. I asked "Why are you laughing?" His reply "Why are you crying?" Good question.
It does not stop there. On Saturday I went to a craft show with my mom. A craft show people! It was a fund raiser for a local high schools marching band. So at one point some band members got together and played some songs. Yup. I cried. Streams of tears. As I am listening I ask myself, "why am I crying?" I have not a clue.
It is like some nostalgic cry. Memories. Good memories. Brings on a good cry. Please tell me I am ok. Really I am not pregnant. You would think but no.
Oh and just in case you are wondering the book I was reading today...Chicken Soup for Little Souls The Best Night Out With Dad by Lisa McCourt.

The Orchard

A couple weeks ago we went to the u-pick orchard.

Little girl picking a beautiful Fuji.

This tree here gave me a cool picture of abundance...you only get a glimpse of it in this picture, but the WHOLE tree was overflowing.

Eating an apple along the road.

Some of the scenery along the way.
While we were there we were able to watch tem make cider, sort apples for bagging and partake in some scrumptious fresh pumpkin donuts. Yummy!
Such a great way to spend a fall afternoon.

Worth Mentioning

Here are some of my favorite site's:

Starfall is the best when it comes to phonics. Even my three year old can handle this site. It is meant for kids to do it hands on, so it shows them where to click by using spakling stars. If you have children ages 3-8 you must check out this site.

Teacher2Teacher Teacher/parent resouce. I am using the sight word cards with my son.

Steve Spangler has some of the coolest experiements EVER!! He is the guy that discovered the diet coke and mentos reaction. He has a complete online science store and I have subscribed to his weekly science experiment e-mail. I love it. My mom and I just sent in an order for some stuff and I can not wait for it to arrive. I ordered this and these. And my wish list is quite large.

Handwriting for Kids has some great reproducible worksheets. Print their already designed sheets or make your own. I discovered today they have some bible verses and King's Kids verses to print. Very cool.

Listen to children's stories online on this site, Storynory or download them for free to an Ipod for car trips. I love that you can see the whole transcript of the text so you can know what the story is about before your children listen to it. You can also subscribe as they add at least one story a week.

These are some of my favorites, check them out I think you will enjoy them as well.

How about you, any sites you know of that are worth mentioning?

R*E*A*D*I*N*G

This spring I got word that the Pizza Hut Book It Program is available to homeschoolers. So I signed up for my son to participate. The coupons arrived and the program is now underway. After talking about free pizza, he was excited to get started. I got out a beginning reader and he read it, without any problem. He was so excited! You want to talk about smiling eyes and jumping up and down. He called all the grandparents and his cousin to share his accomplishment. Little did he know he HAS BEEN reading, for over a month! I know I have plugged it before but really, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is GREAT!
This is his reading portion from the lesson he just completed:
he said, "can I eat cake?
she said, "go sit with the cow."
he said, "no. I will not go."
she said, "go sit with the cat."
he said, "the cat has cake."
she said, "go sit with the cat and eat cake."
so he ate cake.
he said, "this is fun."

My son can read that!! That amazes me! Not to mention we just completed lesson 43, 57 more to go.
Congrats son, YOU ARE READING!!!

Go check out the book it site, they have some great recommendations and printable charts to encourage your kids in their reading goals.

5 Minutes For Mom

I've been interviewed and listed in the awesome mom blogs directory at "5 Minutes for Mom". If you're new to 5 Minutes for Mom, take a look through all the different types of blogs and mom-owned stores they have listed. They have all over a dozen categories of blogs and stores with cool stuff like kids golf carts and play kitchens.

Susan and Janice, the moms who run the site, want to help women promote their sites and spread the word that we can all help support work-at-home moms and mom bloggers by visiting their stores and blogs.

Building Excitement

It is now only a week until the Power of Jesus Crusade in Cleveland!!! I am getting pretty excited. All but one of the husbands of our small group is going, WooHoo! The Lord worked out a series of miny miracles yesterday to get my dear friend there. 1. She received her husband's blessing. 2. She was able to get childcare for the one day her husband could not care for them. 3. Her ticket was PAID FOR IN FULL, when I received a call from a friend who had registered for the conference and was unable to attend. She was wanting to bless someone by transfering the registration to someone that could use it. PRAISE GOD!! I have been believing by faith that she was going to be there. I knew God did not just want to bless her by the overflowing of our return, he wants to equip HER. YIPPEE!

I am excited....can you tell?

My Cat

We have a cat. She is an indoor cat. At least we have told her this.
In fact she does love it indoors. She likes the warmth. She sleeps in the coziest placest. Often we find her cuddled next to little girl in her bed. Other times up high on top of my kitchen cabinets. She has a good life here. She is well fed. She is much loved.
So why, oh, why does she want to go outside? Over the last year, she has made a statement. I want to be out, as often as I can. And with little children in the home it is not difficult to find the door open. The kids are learning to shut the door and sometimes are very mindful of it. Yet still she goes into stealth mode and plans her escape. Once out, she travels the neighborhood. Sometimes she is out all day, sometimes over night. I think she knows she has it good, because she always returns.
Last night we arrived back to the house late. We come in and she goes leaping out. I let her know, "It's going to be a cold one, you should come back in." She meanders away, ignoring my warning. Ten minutes later there is wailing at the door. Pitiful "MEOW, MeOW, MEOW." I open the door and she comes running in. She decided to listen to me afterall.
It made me think, "How often do I do this?" What does the Lord say to me? This morning as I thought about it, I sensed He said something like this...."I have fashioned you. You are exactely where you need to be. Stay with me where you are cozy and warm. In my presence. You have it good here. Don't go looking out to the world. It is cold. It is harsh. Stick with me. Yes I know, sometimes you have your own plan. You want to do things your own way. Please don't. My way is best! Yes, if you test it out I will welcome you back. I will sweep you up in my arms. And remind you once again of my unfailing love!"
Wow. I have it good. I know I do. I have a loving Father, that longs to be with me. I am safe in His arms away from the harshness of the world. Makes me want to obey and stay near Him.
Now only if my cat would get that message too.