By Dawne Biggs
But the wisdom that comes from God is first of all pure, then peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help those who are troubled and to do good for others. It is always fair and honest.
James 3:17 (New Century Version)
I understand more at this point in my spiritual life what WISDOM means for the body of believers in Christ! The more I chat with people, the more I see while we may be bright, smart, intelligent, charming, interesting, funny or even focused, wisdom is on an entirely different level.
Wisdom is being able to rise above the mundane of life and see through to what is real and necessary and to be capable to respond accordingly. Wisdom is not who wins the argument or who has the most degrees. Wisdom is being able to see the person who thinks he is always right may just need some affirmation. Wisdom is seeing the frightened old woman as maybe needing someone to hold her hand and reassure her everything will be all right.
Wisdom surpasses ordinary knowledge. It speaks not to what is there but what lies underneath. It expresses compassion at all times and a sense of fair play.
Wisdom encourages each of us to step up to another level. It offers the benefits of a broader understanding. Wisdom is open and is never negative. It draws the best out in every situation.
Wisdom is intentional, purposeful and always on time. It comforts, supports and nurtures. Wisdom determines when enough is enough.
It is resourceful and knows every path of peace and resolution.
Wisdom is never mean or coercive. Wisdom would never lie.
Wisdom has foresight. It can tell where and where not to go. It knows who to hang out with and who to avoid.
Wisdom does not backslide, backbite or belittle. It is not secretive nor does it lead a double life.
Wisdom attracts wisdom but also speaks to fear and indecision. It prays and seeks counsel. Wisdom understands servant-hood and doesn't need the spotlight.
Wisdom is not intrusive or abrasive. Wisdom is beauty in motion and never tires.
Wisdom is intangible but you can always recognize it when it is present! It stands out wittingly distinctively from the rest.
Wisdom is the ultimate inner awareness that inclines us to draw from a pure endless pool of goodness.
I queried WISDOM on Webster. Com.
The definition read ability to discern inner qualities and relationships.
That led me to insight, which read the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or seeing intuitively.
That lead me to discernment, which read the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.
That led me to back to insight and also perception, which read a result of perceiving.
That led me to consciousness, which read the totality of conscious states of an individual.
That led me to awareness, which read having or showing realization, perception or knowledge.
That led me to cognizant which read knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience.
That led me to mindful which read inclined to be aware.
That took me back to aware, cognizant and conscious. It also led me to awake which means to cease sleeping and to make active.
If we seek wisdom, just look where it will lead!
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!
Proverbs 16:16
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Where is God?
Where is God?
Remember those Where is Waldo books? Children loved them. They were quite challenging trying to spot just where in the pictures Waldo was. I even found Waldo a few times but mostly he remained invisible to me.
And so it tends to be in the body of Christ. Sometimes we look at life without seeing what is really there.
What if there was a book called, Where is God? Based on the same premise as the Waldo books. Only from this book, the pictures leap off the page and merge in to our every day life!
Where is God? Would we see Him right away? Would we know how to spot him? Do we really know what we are looking at everyday or would God simply remain invisible to us?
Even as Believer’s, it has become quite challenging for us to see God in the big picture of everyday life.
Let’s look at this picture. What do we really see?
Just FRUIT?
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23
It is by the Holy Spirit’s work in us that it becomes possible to bear fruit.
Just FOOD?
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8
The Lord is good and He is worthy to be praised! Just try Him!
Just FLOWERS?
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Song of Solomon 2:1
What magnificent assurance that He is a lily in our valleys!
Just A CANDLE?
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matt 5:16
Our Lord is the light of the world and we as His children reflect that light! Let your light shine!
Just SALT?
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6
Salt can add flavor but it is also a preservative. We keep alive the word of God!
Where is God? He is in the big picture of everyday life! Challenge yourself to see Him. He’s there!
Remember those Where is Waldo books? Children loved them. They were quite challenging trying to spot just where in the pictures Waldo was. I even found Waldo a few times but mostly he remained invisible to me.
And so it tends to be in the body of Christ. Sometimes we look at life without seeing what is really there.
What if there was a book called, Where is God? Based on the same premise as the Waldo books. Only from this book, the pictures leap off the page and merge in to our every day life!
Where is God? Would we see Him right away? Would we know how to spot him? Do we really know what we are looking at everyday or would God simply remain invisible to us?
Even as Believer’s, it has become quite challenging for us to see God in the big picture of everyday life.
Let’s look at this picture. What do we really see?
Just FRUIT?
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23
It is by the Holy Spirit’s work in us that it becomes possible to bear fruit.
Just FOOD?
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8
The Lord is good and He is worthy to be praised! Just try Him!
Just FLOWERS?
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Song of Solomon 2:1
What magnificent assurance that He is a lily in our valleys!
Just A CANDLE?
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matt 5:16
Our Lord is the light of the world and we as His children reflect that light! Let your light shine!
Just SALT?
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6
Salt can add flavor but it is also a preservative. We keep alive the word of God!
Where is God? He is in the big picture of everyday life! Challenge yourself to see Him. He’s there!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
FaithWriters.com Christian critique groups the Critique Circle!
FaithWriters.com Christian critique groups the Critique Circle!
This is a GREAT site where I posted an article I wrote recently. Wanted to share it with you. Let me know your thoughts!
This is a GREAT site where I posted an article I wrote recently. Wanted to share it with you. Let me know your thoughts!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Laughing Crew
1Pe 1:8 -You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy.
I often noticed and wondered why some people in church would laugh at certain points in the sermons, sometimes right in the midst of one. It was like a small crew of people. What in the world could strike them as funny from the pastor on Sunday morning?
Have you ever considered what does really does make us laugh? We normally laugh in response to something. Now there are many different laughs. Laughs can be toward a comedian or a movie or commercial. You could laugh at a card or book. There are laughs directed at people but those are not very nice. In general, laughter means we are in a happy place.
I have to admit, it takes a LOT to make me laugh. I don’t laugh at what most people do. But oddly, I find myself laughing in church!
Ok, when I first started it, I obviously did it unconsciously. I never really noticed until someone, painfully, made me aware of my church shrills! I felt bad that I might have disturbed them and asked them if I did. They said they thought I was really having a good time. I’m sure I really was.
I guess if I am having a good time I might as well look like right? I still could not explain why I did this. I was perplexed (but not in despair!)
I started to analyze myself to get to the bottom of my perplexity. Whenever I went to church during my self-analysis period, I’d try to move in slow motion, to become totally self-aware. I was going to catch myself at the onset of a laugh and determine where it came from.
Sunday came. I arrived at church. It was time for the sermon. I was calm, almost motionless. I held my breath. The pastor was doing a Fruit of the Spirit series. This week was peace. He started with how peace looks to us.
I was fine.
He gave some scripture references,
“If it possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18
“Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11
I checked myself; I was fine.
He said we should strive to be at peace with God, others and ourselves. He then started talking about how few things are harder than being at odds with others. He said it is not about us and the only thing that will last is Jesus and what we’ve done for Him. He gave some examples and asked did we know what he meant. He said it is dangerous to carry the banner of Christ and not be an instrument of peace!
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
He said peace is not the opposite of war, it is ‘everything joined together in sync with what God wants for us.’ Well, …he gave a band example of how each musician was playing his ‘own' tune, the guitarist, the pianist, the drummer (of course!) and how they just couldn’t get it together. He said we are like that in life. We cannot play together.
He said to maintain peace, we must FIRST, filter the noise, SECOND, investigate the truth. Speak the truth in love because the truth without love is divisive. And THIRD, X-out the enemies of peace. Mediate on those things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely!
Well, I missed it! By this time, I was in a full roar! I was sideways in the pew. I missed the onset. I wondered if I’d ever catch myself starting to laugh.
I prayed and just asked the Lord why. Almost immediately I started to laugh and laugh and laugh. Oh my Lord! Oh my Lord!
It was hard to describe. I felt peaceful, warm, loved and illuminated all at the same time.
It was divine revelation.
When the Lord speaks through revelation, He elevates to the highest level of responsiveness.
When it happens to me, I want to explode; it’s like the slow rise of a thermometer…I do explode…in to laughter! It is my response to the Lord’s revelation in my life.
So that’s it! That’s why people laugh out loud in church. Actually, everyone does not laugh, some respond in different ways. Some cry or wave their hand or pat their foot. Me, I laugh!
It is the inexpressible joy that comes with hearing from the Lord.
Well, mystery solved! I am a member of the laughing crew!
I often noticed and wondered why some people in church would laugh at certain points in the sermons, sometimes right in the midst of one. It was like a small crew of people. What in the world could strike them as funny from the pastor on Sunday morning?
Have you ever considered what does really does make us laugh? We normally laugh in response to something. Now there are many different laughs. Laughs can be toward a comedian or a movie or commercial. You could laugh at a card or book. There are laughs directed at people but those are not very nice. In general, laughter means we are in a happy place.
I have to admit, it takes a LOT to make me laugh. I don’t laugh at what most people do. But oddly, I find myself laughing in church!
Ok, when I first started it, I obviously did it unconsciously. I never really noticed until someone, painfully, made me aware of my church shrills! I felt bad that I might have disturbed them and asked them if I did. They said they thought I was really having a good time. I’m sure I really was.
I guess if I am having a good time I might as well look like right? I still could not explain why I did this. I was perplexed (but not in despair!)
I started to analyze myself to get to the bottom of my perplexity. Whenever I went to church during my self-analysis period, I’d try to move in slow motion, to become totally self-aware. I was going to catch myself at the onset of a laugh and determine where it came from.
Sunday came. I arrived at church. It was time for the sermon. I was calm, almost motionless. I held my breath. The pastor was doing a Fruit of the Spirit series. This week was peace. He started with how peace looks to us.
I was fine.
He gave some scripture references,
“If it possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18
“Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11
I checked myself; I was fine.
He said we should strive to be at peace with God, others and ourselves. He then started talking about how few things are harder than being at odds with others. He said it is not about us and the only thing that will last is Jesus and what we’ve done for Him. He gave some examples and asked did we know what he meant. He said it is dangerous to carry the banner of Christ and not be an instrument of peace!
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
He said peace is not the opposite of war, it is ‘everything joined together in sync with what God wants for us.’ Well, …he gave a band example of how each musician was playing his ‘own' tune, the guitarist, the pianist, the drummer (of course!) and how they just couldn’t get it together. He said we are like that in life. We cannot play together.
He said to maintain peace, we must FIRST, filter the noise, SECOND, investigate the truth. Speak the truth in love because the truth without love is divisive. And THIRD, X-out the enemies of peace. Mediate on those things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely!
Well, I missed it! By this time, I was in a full roar! I was sideways in the pew. I missed the onset. I wondered if I’d ever catch myself starting to laugh.
I prayed and just asked the Lord why. Almost immediately I started to laugh and laugh and laugh. Oh my Lord! Oh my Lord!
It was hard to describe. I felt peaceful, warm, loved and illuminated all at the same time.
It was divine revelation.
When the Lord speaks through revelation, He elevates to the highest level of responsiveness.
When it happens to me, I want to explode; it’s like the slow rise of a thermometer…I do explode…in to laughter! It is my response to the Lord’s revelation in my life.
So that’s it! That’s why people laugh out loud in church. Actually, everyone does not laugh, some respond in different ways. Some cry or wave their hand or pat their foot. Me, I laugh!
It is the inexpressible joy that comes with hearing from the Lord.
Well, mystery solved! I am a member of the laughing crew!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Super Faith!
I recently watched a movie called BOLT. It was titled after a dog, whose only desire in life was to protect, Penny, his “person”.
They had been through all kinds of trouble, sometimes barely escaping, but surviving only because of Bolt’s supernatural powers. He could leap over trains, run faster than a speeding bullet, move cars with a head butt, shoot heat waves from his eyes and he had a “SUPER BARK”! Bolt protected Penny with his super powers after her dad had been “kidnapped.”
In actuality, Penny was a child actress and had found Bolt at an animal rescue when he was a puppy.
Penny and Bolt both starred in a high-action TV series.
The plot was, everybody knew about the TV show EXCEPT Bolt! He actually thought he could do all those supernatural things!
Well, in one chase scene, Penny and Bolt were running, she on a scooter and Bolt, using super warp speed, by her side. All of a sudden the “enemy” was coming full steam ahead of them! There were trucks, jeeps, cars, motorcycles, helicopters…You name it, it was closing in on them! The enemy was fanning out in front of them about to close in on every side.
They both stopped. Penny looked at Bolt and said, “SPEAK”. The camera panned in on one of Bolt’s paws, as he intentionally strategically placed it down firmly on the ground. The camera then showed one of his hind paws, shifting and being planted firmly as well. Bolt then bowed his head, growled and came straight up in to his “SUPER BARK”.
Well, the ground started to shake, the pavement peeled back with gale forced winds, debris and dust blew forward like a land hurricane moving in the direction of the enemy. Trucks, buses, helicopters, EVERYTHING was being tossed and spun around like toothpicks! When the dust cleared, the “enemy” was defeated!
Now, this was a Walt Disney movie and I never expected to get a spiritual revelation from it! But the Lord is SO faithful and allows me to see Him in everything!
Several days after I saw the movie I was met with some real DRAMA in my own personal life. I wondered what should be done. I remembered the movie and realized that God’s people have a “SUPER BARK” just like Bolt!
In fact, when facing the enemy, Bolt knew EXACTLY what to do! He obeyed the command of his master to “speak”. He then placed one paw and then another firmly on the ground to secure his stance. He bowed, he growled and then he let lose something supernatural that stopped the enemy dead in their tracks!
Oh my God!
The Lord showed me we too have something supernatural that will stop the enemy! Bolt had a SUPER BARK. We have SUPER FAITH and during times of dilemma and strife our faith will turn in to a supernatural weapon! All we have to do is “SPEAK”!
Yes indeed!
The Bible says, we believe, therefore we speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). If you want to change your circumstances, you must have faith in two places—in your heart and in your mouth.
Speak those things that are not as though they were! Romans 4:17. Speak to the mountains in your life. Mark 11:23. Speak resurrecting words to a dead situation.
Along with our SUPER FAITH, there is a posture. The scriptures have told us.
…[You] have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. Psalm 31:8
He stood me on a rock and made my feet steady. Psalm 40:2
You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping. Psalm 18:36
Faith dictates our posture. We have to know that we know that we know and take a stance that way.
For example, when we pray for rain, our SUPER FAITH says it is going to rain and we bring an umbrella, right? We know it will rain so we are changing our posture to expect rain.
That’s what Bolt did. He made steady his posture, he became sure-footed, he dug in. He knew because of his “SUPER BARK” something supernatural was about to happen.
Oh, we serve a SUPERNATURAL God! The faith we have in Him will ALWAYS produce SUPERNATURAL results as we SPEAK and posture ourselves. He will NEVER fail us.
That is our SUPER FAITH!
They had been through all kinds of trouble, sometimes barely escaping, but surviving only because of Bolt’s supernatural powers. He could leap over trains, run faster than a speeding bullet, move cars with a head butt, shoot heat waves from his eyes and he had a “SUPER BARK”! Bolt protected Penny with his super powers after her dad had been “kidnapped.”
In actuality, Penny was a child actress and had found Bolt at an animal rescue when he was a puppy.
Penny and Bolt both starred in a high-action TV series.
The plot was, everybody knew about the TV show EXCEPT Bolt! He actually thought he could do all those supernatural things!
Well, in one chase scene, Penny and Bolt were running, she on a scooter and Bolt, using super warp speed, by her side. All of a sudden the “enemy” was coming full steam ahead of them! There were trucks, jeeps, cars, motorcycles, helicopters…You name it, it was closing in on them! The enemy was fanning out in front of them about to close in on every side.
They both stopped. Penny looked at Bolt and said, “SPEAK”. The camera panned in on one of Bolt’s paws, as he intentionally strategically placed it down firmly on the ground. The camera then showed one of his hind paws, shifting and being planted firmly as well. Bolt then bowed his head, growled and came straight up in to his “SUPER BARK”.
Well, the ground started to shake, the pavement peeled back with gale forced winds, debris and dust blew forward like a land hurricane moving in the direction of the enemy. Trucks, buses, helicopters, EVERYTHING was being tossed and spun around like toothpicks! When the dust cleared, the “enemy” was defeated!
Now, this was a Walt Disney movie and I never expected to get a spiritual revelation from it! But the Lord is SO faithful and allows me to see Him in everything!
Several days after I saw the movie I was met with some real DRAMA in my own personal life. I wondered what should be done. I remembered the movie and realized that God’s people have a “SUPER BARK” just like Bolt!
In fact, when facing the enemy, Bolt knew EXACTLY what to do! He obeyed the command of his master to “speak”. He then placed one paw and then another firmly on the ground to secure his stance. He bowed, he growled and then he let lose something supernatural that stopped the enemy dead in their tracks!
Oh my God!
The Lord showed me we too have something supernatural that will stop the enemy! Bolt had a SUPER BARK. We have SUPER FAITH and during times of dilemma and strife our faith will turn in to a supernatural weapon! All we have to do is “SPEAK”!
Yes indeed!
The Bible says, we believe, therefore we speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). If you want to change your circumstances, you must have faith in two places—in your heart and in your mouth.
Speak those things that are not as though they were! Romans 4:17. Speak to the mountains in your life. Mark 11:23. Speak resurrecting words to a dead situation.
Along with our SUPER FAITH, there is a posture. The scriptures have told us.
…[You] have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. Psalm 31:8
He stood me on a rock and made my feet steady. Psalm 40:2
You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping. Psalm 18:36
Faith dictates our posture. We have to know that we know that we know and take a stance that way.
For example, when we pray for rain, our SUPER FAITH says it is going to rain and we bring an umbrella, right? We know it will rain so we are changing our posture to expect rain.
That’s what Bolt did. He made steady his posture, he became sure-footed, he dug in. He knew because of his “SUPER BARK” something supernatural was about to happen.
Oh, we serve a SUPERNATURAL God! The faith we have in Him will ALWAYS produce SUPERNATURAL results as we SPEAK and posture ourselves. He will NEVER fail us.
That is our SUPER FAITH!
Monday, March 30, 2009
The Parable of the Socks
The Lord meets you where you are, right?
Well this day I was putting on one of my favorite pair of socks, the wool speckled ones. I have had them for YEARS. Moved in and out of several states with them. Love them! Really.
Well, as divine intervention would have it, my favorite socks have a hole in them. But that has never stopped me from wearing them. To reiterate, if you somehow got lost a few sentences back, I LOVE these socks! The hole keeps getting bigger and bigger as I continue to wash and wear them…but I love them just the same.
On this day the Lord met me on the floor of my bedroom as I put on my socks. Now first, I must tell you, I have not always heard the small still voice of the Lord. And when I did start to hear it, I did not really know how to respond or what was required of me.
Well, as divine intervention would have it, my favorite socks have a hole in them. But that has never stopped me from wearing them. To reiterate, if you somehow got lost a few sentences back, I LOVE these socks! The hole keeps getting bigger and bigger as I continue to wash and wear them…but I love them just the same.
On this day the Lord met me on the floor of my bedroom as I put on my socks. Now first, I must tell you, I have not always heard the small still voice of the Lord. And when I did start to hear it, I did not really know how to respond or what was required of me.
A little beyond that stage, I heard the Lord whisper to me, “I know you like these socks but get a new pair”…I smiled and ½ laughed. Can you believe I laughed at a direct command from the Lord? (Is that blasphemy?) *Actually, now when I hear the Lord speak, I’ve learned how to respond.
I immediately started to defend my favorite pair of socks, after all, we had covered a lot of ground together. (Pun intended!)
I immediately started to defend my favorite pair of socks, after all, we had covered a lot of ground together. (Pun intended!)
I said to the Lord, “I love my socks and they are very comfortable. Anyway, they do not sell socks like this any more.” The Lord responded to me and said, “I know you like those socks but some time you become comfortable with things that are not always the best things for you… Let me show you…”
I know the Lord meant a whole lot more than just my favorite pair of socks!
Still, I am having a hard time parting with my socks but isn’t that just like old habits that we cling to that interfere with a new direction the Lord wants to point us toward, or new heights He wants to share with us, or new choices He wants us to make?
The Lord will meet you where you are but His intentions are never to leave you there.
Behold, I will do a new thing…ISAIAH 43:19 ASV
I know the Lord meant a whole lot more than just my favorite pair of socks!
Still, I am having a hard time parting with my socks but isn’t that just like old habits that we cling to that interfere with a new direction the Lord wants to point us toward, or new heights He wants to share with us, or new choices He wants us to make?
The Lord will meet you where you are but His intentions are never to leave you there.
Behold, I will do a new thing…ISAIAH 43:19 ASV
*Another BLOG subject!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
She's Glad About It!
1 Peter 1:8-9
“You have never seen Jesus, and you don't see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy you are to be saved.” CEV
There is a certain woman with a strong faith in the Lord! She lives a life of gladness for all the wonderful things He has allowed her to experience. She knew ALL her life He protected her from dangers seen and unseen.
She knew Jesus loved her so much that he gave her a life-long marriage. What a gift!
She’s glad every day that the Lord allowed her to be a mother. A mother who taught, nurtured, contributed, sacrificed and gave, as only real mothers are able.
She’s glad for the Lord giving her a career doing something she really loved for more than 50 years. He gave her a life full of purpose and she’s glad about it!
She’s looked back over her life and realized the Lord never left her. Through it all, highs, lows, He's always had His hand on her. He sustained her health and strength to see her children grow and have children of their own. Grandchildren! Then great-grands! She thinks about them everyday. What a BLESSING! She’s had opportunity to share in their lives too, encouraging them and telling them about the Jesus she knew!
As the Lord moves her through her senior years, she knows she’s not able to get around like she used to, not able to drive to the places she used to frequent. Her appetite has changed and her dress size has too! Her hair sprouts gray and she has a few aches and pains. Her eyes are not as sharp and her feet sometimes are not able to hold her up.
Although she sometimes doesn’t recall every detail of her life, one thing she does know for sure.
For all her life, the Lord loved her, saved her, guided her, provided for her, made a way for her, and protected her and still does today.
The Lord knitted for her an awesome tapestry of family and friends giving her a wonderful life and she is GLAD about it!
~Dedicated to my mother-in-law~
“You have never seen Jesus, and you don't see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy you are to be saved.” CEV
There is a certain woman with a strong faith in the Lord! She lives a life of gladness for all the wonderful things He has allowed her to experience. She knew ALL her life He protected her from dangers seen and unseen.
She knew Jesus loved her so much that he gave her a life-long marriage. What a gift!
She’s glad every day that the Lord allowed her to be a mother. A mother who taught, nurtured, contributed, sacrificed and gave, as only real mothers are able.
She’s glad for the Lord giving her a career doing something she really loved for more than 50 years. He gave her a life full of purpose and she’s glad about it!
She’s looked back over her life and realized the Lord never left her. Through it all, highs, lows, He's always had His hand on her. He sustained her health and strength to see her children grow and have children of their own. Grandchildren! Then great-grands! She thinks about them everyday. What a BLESSING! She’s had opportunity to share in their lives too, encouraging them and telling them about the Jesus she knew!
As the Lord moves her through her senior years, she knows she’s not able to get around like she used to, not able to drive to the places she used to frequent. Her appetite has changed and her dress size has too! Her hair sprouts gray and she has a few aches and pains. Her eyes are not as sharp and her feet sometimes are not able to hold her up.
Although she sometimes doesn’t recall every detail of her life, one thing she does know for sure.
For all her life, the Lord loved her, saved her, guided her, provided for her, made a way for her, and protected her and still does today.
The Lord knitted for her an awesome tapestry of family and friends giving her a wonderful life and she is GLAD about it!
~Dedicated to my mother-in-law~
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