Subliminal Messages :)

 

Do you have those days where it seems everything is going wrong?

Well,  sometimes we have days where everything goes so right,  it's like,  WoW!

I had a weekend like that.  God knows I NEEDED it!   (No vacations to speak of, for a longgg time).  

I usually list all the good in my journal,  but literally this time,  there is tooo much! :)

From fun times with a really good friend (unexpected) to also many unexpected gifts, to unexpected adventures with my brother and getting to relax while seeing beautiful scenery and also unexpected animals.   It was a weekend chock full of surprises!

Ate at "the wolf" in Custer.  Most
amazing bread pudding in the world!
And the main dish wasn't too shabby either!

People just came out of the blue at a gas station to tell us where to eat at!

I KNOW you all know that COVID has been wayyyy too long!

And it's especially noticeable because I'm so excited over every little

thing!   .....for example, a pair of socks hanging in a window.  :)

I adore symbiotic relationships...the birds and the buffalo.   they also look cute! :)

The End.  :)

(There's really more to be grateful for

There's a lot of pain in this life, but a lot of beauty, too.

 There's a lot of pain in this life, but a lot of beauty, too.  Golden anniversaries.

I'm walking through the valley of pain right now.   Unexpected disappointments,  so many of them, and varied!

But even through this valley,  I can look back and see where God has provided- a little flower-my favorite, of course, a rose-here,   a little mountain stream, waterfall there, sometimes the brief sighting of a big-horned sheep or coyote. 

Looking back, you know that He has a firm hold on you.   Even through the mist,  the vail of pain,  He is constant.  And we know that Love never leaves, but it doesn't always give us what we want, only what we need.  Therein lies the rift of pain, and also the endurance.  

Faith

 

To know that God is the God of the Impossible

We know that is Faith.

Today,  as I was asking for the faith I lack, that I NEED....I got this mental picture of two people pushing a bar or like a plow,  and it's like Jesus was saying,

"You need to push too!   You can't just expect me to do all the faith-work.  I will help you, but not until you initiate faith and push into faith and operate in faith.  That is how I grow your faith......not by handing it to you on a silver platter.   We all know that is a life-principal,  that those who don't work, don't learn, don't grow."  

Just Wait!

 

If you don't think you are loved,

            I encourage you to just wait!

                        Around the corner,  around the bend,  here it comes,   LOVE.

It may not be in the form you requested or expected,  but it is there just the SAME.

        There are toiling days,  when we feel nothing of love in our hearts from ANYONE,  not even

                        the CREATOR.  

                                But I encourage you.

                                                                        Just wait!

It will come.

I promise.

Wether it's a blue bird in the sky.     

Or a kind smile from a caretaker.

Or the lap of a puppy's tongue.  

Though your body and your mind are frozen from feelingless feelings.

                                                                Please wait.

God has a plan.  We might not know it off hand.  

But He wants us to wait on Him 'til the land.  

                                                                            It's a chore.

                                                                                                Tis indeed

God has goodness planned.

                                                He does.

He may be fighting a million demons right now in your favor.  

And all's He's asking you to do is

                                                        Please wait.

I'm coming,  My Precious Princes and Princesses, My bride.....but 

                                He has His hands a little full right now, 

                                                    saving the world.

So, please don't be selfish. 

                        Don't say,  I must feel love RIGHT NOW!    I must be well RIGHT NOW!

You really aren't thinking of Him (or anyone else, that is sure). 

                                                Don't snuff out the beautiful candle He made

                        Just because you 

                                            Wouldn't

                                                        Wait.

My take on yesterday's philharmonic orchestra! ;)

 

Love came down at Christmastime

It's like you make symphonies, a beautiful woven tapestry out of us!

So here's me on the strings;   an idea person if there ever was one.  (Coming up with the idea, but not necessarily the plan)

But, I'm no good at the actual planning and administration part.....so here comes Shirley on the drums!  (lol).......   She calls and plans and gets everything organized, set up, nice and neat and efficient.

IT WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT EITHER!

And then,  the leader, the person who leads the crowd,  the director.....He comes in, too and makes it happen! (Jon-it wouldn't work very well without him)! 

And the beautiful musician (Kate). the harpist.  :)   Making it successful through her ear for music!

And other instruments all taking their place;  filling in;  getting programs ready and offering another beautiful sound....the brass (Edna and Johnathan)

is God a good spouse?

 

I just wanted to thank GoD!   He takes good care of me.  the Bible says he is and will be our husband.  Just for all you married people out there,  your temporary husband will never compare to God!  

And when I am married,  I will need God to be my husband just as much then as now.  Maybe more!  Since I will have an earthly husband to contend with.  LOL

Okay,  so I've been in pain over a broken relationship and other broken things.  Many, many disappointments.  I preface this to let you know that God has compassion for the broken hearted.  Mostly, I need emotional and spiritual healing, but God gives little extras, too! ;)   

Today, it was a wardrobe excessory that made me feel special.  Sometimes that helps a woman who has been rejected!  

But God didn't stop at the wardrobe excessory.  He knows me inside and out (completely).  Isn't that what every woman longs for in her husband?   To know them and fulfill their longings?  So, I'm a bit girly girl and a lot adventure girl!   And it may sound crazy to some, but a flight (just the flight itself)!  was a treat.  I love to fly and see the world from up high and it feels so adventurous! :)  And.........not only that, but he threw in some vital connections that I had been missing in my life!  Getting to see my son,  go hiking (another thing I love) and connect with my son's wife and her family,  laughing and having a good time playing games was great!  They are such fun people!   Glad God put my son's wife and her family together with mine.  

Well,  the best is yet to come!

That is always vital to remember.  this world is really yucky and many horrible things happen, so much damage and destruction and imperfection.  

but, if you know the Lord,  have accepted His payment for you sins and accepted Him into your life,  you will experience the best when you pass and go to be with him.   No more yucky stuff!

Praise God!

Exploring

This is not a pleasant topic to explore, really.  It's like digging in the bogs or sifting through trash or the like.
However, sometimes it helps me to explore things.

There was the time I felt immense hatred toward someone.  I actually decided to explore what would happen if I went through the act of killing them in my mind.  SHOCKING   I know.  But, I wanted to see if there was any relief for the agony that was twisting all my innards and causing immeasurable anguish.  So, when I went through with it, I realized, that the person that does that (commits murder) -  is not going to release their pain.  Sadly.  Getting even (in whatever way) with another person does not necessarily release pain.  It possibly releases some stress, but the pain would INCREASE.
           So during this time of intense pain and hatred,  there was only one thing I could do - go to God.  Of course, if you're mad at an individual, you have a hard time relating to God as well.  But I confessed my feelings to Him,  told Him that I could not get rid of them on my own - that I could not forgive on my own.  But that I needed His strong arms, His strong help.  And after that confession - and God knowing that I wanted to forgive- I went to sleep.  And I told Him I would wait for Him for knead the right feelings into my heart.      
           When one has been deeply wounded, it takes considerable time to recuperate - And one has to let God heal you.  It is like this precious hurt thing that you are holding (maybe your heart) and you don't really want to give it to anyone, even to fix.
           You cry, "But iT"S NOT FAIR - BUT THEY........ Etc. Etc. Etc. "
And you have some mistrust of God actually through this whole process.  After all, if you believe that God is sovereign, you know that He ALLOWED THIS to happen.
             But trusting Him is the only way.  The only way to restoration (of your own soul- hatred just tatters and tears it to bits).  Hatred is one of the devil's favorite pet demons and the mission is to destroy..both you and others....to spawn more hatred babies, as many as possible.
            Trusting Him is the only way to restore your peace.
And you must live out in faith - that God WILL work EVERYTHING together for good