He is Faithful

The thought crossed my mind today about what it is that I am thankful for.  A few nights ago I was searching for a cd that I had made of some of my favorite songs from years ago.  As I searched I stumbled upon what I referred to as forgotten treasures.    I found a cd full of pictures and videos of my children when they were smaller.  So many things they used to do, the sounds of their voices when they were so small.  Things I had forgotten because time and distance takes them away from my memory.  I sat with tears in my eyes as I watched my youngest give loves to his little lamb that he still carries today.  To hear his little voice say "aww" as he hugged it so tight.  My oldest telling me "Mewwy Cwistmas mama."  My heart melted but finding these just made me want to search for more, and so I did.   Looking in this one last place where I knew I might have possibly tucked some memories away.  I found a cd ...

The other night I was working on a new idea for a children’s book that had been rattling around in my head for the last week or so.   If anyone reading this loves writing, then you understand when an idea for a story comes to mind it will periodically invade your thoughts, until you write it down.     A night soon came when I had finally had a moment to sit down and type up the story.   I liked it a lot as I read it back to myself, accept a few places that needed tweeking.   Suddenly a warning popped up on my screen that read, “Computer will restart and update in fourteen minutes.”   I clicked the close button, and thought to myself, “I have fourteen minutes, I’ve got plenty of time.”   I then began going over the story correcting this and fixing that when in a few minutes - not sure how long because I really wasn’t paying close attention;   I was sure I had the time I needed and so I wasn’t concerned - i t popped up again, “Computer will...

Sometimes when something happens that requires me to wait patiently I haven't always done it with the gracefulness that I should.  I, like everyone else, want things to be right now, today.  But recently I am reminded of the times when God has shown us that sometimes waiting is so worth it.  One particular time comes to mind, not because it was something of necessity but because it was a gift, one of the little things that God does for His children, just because He loves us. We had been out of town taking our oldest son to a doctors visit.  When he was a baby he had to have surgery on his hip.  He has since had to have check ups periodically as he grew to make sure his hip and leg were growing normally.  This particular visit the doctor said that he could see no reason to continue the check ups since everything looked perfect up till now.  He said he was releasing him but should anything come up that caused concern to let him know...