How Do You Score

Today our administrator came for lunch at the clinic. We are always a little edgy when he shows up! But today he brought a personality test for each of us. Actually it was fun guessing each others scores before we revealed our answers.
I believe that we have all lived together here long enough to really know one another. Most of us were able to guess correctly .
We seem to have many type D which is a dominating personality. In other words , we have a lot of chiefs and not to many Indians! With 15 females and 3 men that can make for interesting days sometimes! But all in all, we get along great. Did we learn from this experience? Why yes, we did! Never ever call Cynthia the queen bee! Mr. Diener may never be the same! Fortunately, my type I personality helped me to keep my big mouth shut this time! I may not fair so well next time. I do like to talk alot.

New Beginnings

New beginnings is just another way of saying,that life changes in an instant. We have only to wake each morning to find this out. Upon looking out our east windows,I am overwhelmed with God's majesty each day. Never is there a sunrise that is exactly the same. Never is there a day that is exactly the same.God gives us new grace and mercy every morning. He is abundant in His blessings for us.

This summer God has graced my family with much of His grace and mercy. We have experienced many changes, that we could have done with out. But none the less,He felt it necessary to give us the opportunity to turn to Him often.Even though we have close relationships between us,we still are each unique in our own way. Therefore we react differently to any given situation.

Our new beginnings start with our Mom. Once the leader of this pack, she is now a follower,looking for guidance in her ever confusing world. Making decisions for her is difficult. There are days that I feel like a tyrant taking away her freedom. But I must remember that it is my Heavenly Father making the changes,not me,not my brother. So we trudge along,praying continually,that we are following God's wishes for our Mom.

Our youngest daughter, is healing from thyroid cancer, Amen! And again,we have been asked to trust in the things we cannot see. Alex is healing from this illness,but she is now going through a life change with her spouse. Hearts are breaking ,doors are locked and we face another new beginning.I pray for them, that they may have open hearts to each others fears and anger. I pray that they will find their own way in this world and be better for it.

My brother is going to be a grandpa for the first time. Yes,another new beginning! I know that God will bless Curtis and Kaci with a beautiful child to love. And Mike will have his little side kick to spoil!

New beginnings. They are blessings from God even when we are not able to see the good in it. Someday He will show us His ultimate plan and it will be great!

ANOTHER YEAR!

Well I just turned 56 on the 4th of July with a whole lot of fan fare! I have always told my granchildren that the fireworks are for me! Some day they will be old enough to know that Nana is full of applesauce, but that is another story! We spent the weekend with family and friends hoping for nice weather and plenty of food. We had both, and the scales showed it this morning. Ughhh.Anyway, life goes on and I am another year older, but God has blessed me more than I could ever deserve.
At the end of a long weekend with extra loads of laundry, 4 gallons of milk, food and more food to prepare( not by me of course!),it is nice for the quiet to return. But I have a hard time letting those babies go and I just want to squeeze their mommies and daddies for sharing them with us!
Church on Sunday was excellent and I love our church home.I pray for everyone that you will be able to find a bible based church that you can feel at home in.Life teeters on the knowledge of God's word.To say that God is good, just does not do justice to His love and mercy that He shows to me and to my family. Thank you Lord Jesus for the everlasting love that you have poured out just for me! Yeah!

ANXIOUS NO MORE

Philippians 4:5-7 " Let your gentleness be evident to all.The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything,but in everything by prayer and petition,with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
My heart has been anxious about a number of things lately. And this promise is going to be my mantra for the day. I need to practice giving thanks in all situations and to let God deal with the messy stuff that is causing the turmoil in my heart. It is so easy for me to think that if I just handle the situation then it will be better. But in reality,it would be better and much more effective if I would just pray about and release it.
Thank you Father, for giving me your promises this morning as I struggle with a decision. I will leave it in your hands and I will not waste my precious day of life, anxiously wondering what to do. I will go through the doors that you open for me today, and avoid those that seem to be closed. Give me strength and discernment as I wonder through the day.

HEARTATTUDE

Do you ever have those days that your heart hurts but you just don't know why? Mine is in a pickle today. I have found myself with tears several times this morning,with no apparent reason. Yet,I feel that the Lord is trying to lay something on my heart to hear.What is it Lord? What am I not hearing or seeing that is important? I think that I need some quite time to really get into His living word and discover what is there waiting for me.I think that I will go find myself a nice little spot and pour out my heart to my Father.Sometimes, we just need to sit at His feet for awhile and drink in His love and grace.

ANGELS ON DUTY

Do you believe in angels? I do more so today than yesterday. I have often felt the presence of someone or something at different difficult times in my life, but yesterday I became a firm believer in guardian angels.My little grandson Landen,had a close call yesterday at home. He proceeded to pull all of the drawers out on his mothers dresser in her bedroom. Now the TV and several picture frames and lamp were all sitting on this dresser at the time. Well the dresser became top heavy and fell on our little Landen.The television bounced off the bed and onto the floor, the glass frames and things all shattered and the edge of the dresser came to rest on the edge of the bed. Landen was trapped under it all but his guardian angel had made a little spot between the drawers for him to be safe. After much screaming and tears and panic his mommy and brother were able to get it picked up off of him to discover that he was unscathed by it all.Do angels exist? Yes, they do and I am one grateful Nana for them! I just hope that they have java in heaven because I am certain they will need the extra energy for this one!

SHOVELS

Yesterday, my brother Mike and my nephew Curtis came over to help me install an underground sprinkler system. My job was to run a shovel! I can do this I announced,silly remark!Anyway, the morning progressed well and fast, shoveling seems to help the time go quickly. By noon my sister-in-law Tina and niece Ashley came to help out. Yea! Terri is to pooped to pop at this point and we are only half way there.It is now 100 degress outside and the yard seems to have grown in size or maybe I am getting a little tired.The boys did an excellent job and my yard is being watered as I sit here and type. Tina and Ashley were troopers and manned shovels with me. I am pretty sure that ditch digging is not on my agenda for awhile.Ed arrived home from work and afford a back rub after watching me limp and moan.It had to stop,the pain was more than I cared for. Hopefully I will be able to move freely today.Thank you Mike,Curty,Tina,Ashley for all that you did for me yesterday. You guys are the greatest and I will never know how to repay the kindness.