the rain is coming down. It has been blustery the past couple of days and we are getting much needed rain. I admit I am tired and fighting a nasty sinus thing. So much to do and so little time and energy. Yet, here I am, typing away at 4 AM before heading off to work. Hmmmm - guess it explains the tired part.
We had a great visiting pastor at church this weekend. Rev. Arnold, whose son is one of our missionary family's dad. There are several generations of missionaries in this family - and more to come, I believe. I was most impressed with his story for Children's Church - not the content as much as the way he told it and how attentive the little ones were. It was fun to watch them as they listened to him. Then he did the same thing with the rest of us - as he talked about how God can provide and we should just leave it to Him. He told us to wait - God will come and take care of everything. It was good timing as we are in a season of waiting right now - waiting for transition at my work, mostly. Philippians took on so much more meaning this week. It reminded me that another Pastor Arnold, (Lisa's Dad) brought me to Christ at age 13 long ago on an Easter Day at his tent revival in a park in Ft. Lauderdale. I never got to thank him....(thanks, Pastor Arnold, wherever you are)
Thanksgiving is coming, and the birthdays of my beautiful daughter and beloved husband. I have a few plans up my sleeve for them....that is the fun part of birthdays - planning surprises. Even though we can not always do expensive things, we can do fun things. Even with a tight budget, this old gal has a few tricks up her sleeve.....(hehehehe I know you are reading this honey - no hints here!)
My beautiful daughter turns 30 (ok, ok "29 and some months") on Saturday, which means she is an adult and "not to be trusted". She turned out to be wonderful, praise and thanks be to God. She is His daughter above all else - I was just privileged to be her mom.
My handsome hubby and dearest friend turns a few years older than that....but he, too, is a wonderful child of God, only seeking His will. It has been such a blessing these last several months to see him become active in our new church, attending each Sunday, helping with the database and parking and putting his hand to the new ministry of leading the 12-Step group meeting at our church. He is not finished yet.
Winter is coming - the wind and temperatures tell us so. Some people hate this time of year - they think the leafless trees are ugly in their barrenness. I think they are beautiful, their true hearts revealed. You can see so many homes you never knew existed when the trees are fully leafed. The greyness has the stark beauty of an Ansel Adams photo - painfully beautiful, raggedly real and richer than any colour we know. It is not just the blacks and whites, but the shades of grey that make the world interesting....that is true about life as well....
Off to work....
Be blessed,
Kim
It's getting cooler here and while I had more than enough winter last year - I sat outside this afternoon and enjoyed the coolness, talked with the Lord about embracing the coming days. Winter has its own beauty, afterall...
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