1. Share a favorite moment/memory from the week of Christmas..... our love bug was born
2. If someone wrote a book about your life based on the past year, what genre would it fall under? What would the title be?
The book would be entitled Redemption...and would be a family drama. I would have to go back a couple of years because my daily life was mainly consumed with caring for my aging parents..even though they were necessarily living in separate nursing facilities.. I was running hither and yon caring for them. Then dad passed on Dec 13th 2013, at age 94. Momma had a failure to thrive situation and was deeply medicated for pain. She had lost from 176 pounds to 82 pounds... I could barely stand to see her in her condition. Her mind was able but her body so terribly withered....then she somehow fell out of the bed late one night and broke her arm with a compound fracture that couldnt be set due to the paper thin skin she had...those last few weeks were horrible for me... seeing her fragile state and bleeding bandages..
finally Dec 27th, 2014 the Lord whisked her away to heaven...... she was 92 and free at last... but for me it was like my life was over... I had cared for them for several years prior to the facilities, and now I had nothing but time for melancholy and loss to settle in on me... I was in deep mourning for a few months...and hubby reminded me we had so much to look forward to... for example, our trip to Ireland....in April....standing on the cliffs of Moher, I gave my final tears to Jesus, and allowed the winds to carry my sadness away across the sea...
Then when we came home hubby had started the process for redoing and modernizing our kitchen..... that project completely consumed me for several months... during those months we found out we would be grandparents again and the baby was due right around Christmas....Praise the Lord!!! I prayed thanksgiving to a faithful Father who gives great gifts to His children... a new life to redeem the loss of my dear parents....And would you believe Love Bug was born on Dec 27th in the morning just as my momma had gone that time a year before!
3. What made you feel patriotic this year?
Well, unfortunately, I have been feeling like so many do that our nation is in deep peril..Because we have turned our back on God and allowed such ungodly change come upon our people.. through government, society, education, entertainment, the military, .... when you do not allow God to enter into the mountains of society, you begin a dangerous downward spiral.... Only God can retrieve us and lift us from this pit.... so I am most patriotic when I meet in small prayer groups whenever possible to pray for our leaders, the decisions.. t o use our God given authority to reclaim and protect our families our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, I pray as I drive all the areas around my house.. I do major spiritual warfare if I am so led for protection and for godliness to reign!
4. What experience from this past year would you like to do all over again? Well, I am in the midst of it now... staying here with our granddaughter taking care of her, playing with her. doing crafts with her... we have made so many lovely Christmas decorations and ornaments for the tree and she is only 2, but very exceptional!
Well, unfortunately, I have been feeling like so many do that our nation is in deep peril..Because we have turned our back on God and allowed such ungodly change come upon our people.. through government, society, education, entertainment, the military, .... when you do not allow God to enter into the mountains of society, you begin a dangerous downward spiral.... Only God can retrieve us and lift us from this pit.... so I am most patriotic when I meet in small prayer groups whenever possible to pray for our leaders, the decisions.. t o use our God given authority to reclaim and protect our families our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, I pray as I drive all the areas around my house.. I do major spiritual warfare if I am so led for protection and for godliness to reign!
4. What experience from this past year would you like to do all over again? Well, I am in the midst of it now... staying here with our granddaughter taking care of her, playing with her. doing crafts with her... we have made so many lovely Christmas decorations and ornaments for the tree and she is only 2, but very exceptional!
I have learned that when circumstances are looking their worst.. this song gives hope and faith!
Right there in the dust, he sat by the gate,
To listen to footsteps and patiently wait.
The blind man just didn't dream that this was the day
That Jesus of Nazareth would pass by his way.
CHORUS
Something good is going to happen to you
Happen to you this very day.
Something good is going to happen to you
Jesus of Nazareth is passing your way.
She stood by the well, so tired and alone,
Misfortune and heartache was all she had known,
She looked at the stranger, but who would ever think,
'Twas Jesus to offer her living water to drink.
They were only wee children so happy at play
And told to stay quiet and out of the way;
But then came the Saviour with arms open wide,
They're part of His kingdom, make room by His side.
My friend if you're listening now humbly to me
Yes this is the moment that you can be free
This very same Jesus is right here today;
Release your faith and touch Him, then believe me when I say.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate 2015? (10=stellar) Why?
10...because even in the bad and especially in the good, God has prepared the way...and I am learning more and more to trust and rely on Him.
7. What part of the upcoming year are you most excited about?
I am trusting and believing that just as many learned present day Biblical scholars are hearing from the Lord that because of the church's growing interest in prayer we as a nation are turning...ever be it slowly.... but a shift back to the God through revival is coming..... I challenge all who read this to join a prayer group and help bring this in in 2016!
8. Insert your own random thought here. Tomorrow is the last day of 2015 yet it is the first day of my precious daughter's returning from the hospital with her 2 daughter's in tow. Our little family is growing and may this new year be a great one for families everywhere.... May that be our daily prayer!
Happy New Year !!!
