As we were leaving on Sat. for our annual weekend in TO I realized
the pink eye I was trying to ignore was suddenly getting much worse.
We stopped to pick up a prescription because all the over-the-counter meds were sold out!
(bit of a pink eye epidemic on in our area)
To top it off, a mild sore throat escalated into wild discomfort.
By Sat. night the long anticipated dinner, (and remainder of the weekend)
was more endured than enjoyed!
While I know this is small on the grand scale of troubles
it was/is still super disappointing!
But on we go...
with so much still to be thankful for!
1 Thess.5:18
give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
I didn't get any photos this weekend except a few at
Krispy Kreme donuts on the way home...
There's a good parable in watching the process of a donut being made.
A glob of sticky dough, mixed, pressed and fried before the
final, delectable sweet-treat finish!
So, speaking in donut terms, sometimes
when we're in the gob-of-sticky-dough stage
or the pressing and frying stage
it might be easy to forget
there's a 'sweet-treat' finish!
To roam among grave stones of seasons spent
Is but to squander what soon wastes away
To wander in deserts of discontent
Is but to miss the treasure of Today
To mourn for what we cannot change is vain
Distracting us from present precious sands
To dread the unknown is a futile pain
Better to pray and leave it in God’s hands
His grace, always sufficient for life’s lot
His mercy new each morning, praise His name
His love transcends the scope of mortal thought
His promises are free for all to claim
His goodness greater than affliction’s lathe
His peace, perfected in each leap of faith
© Janet Martin
Jim needed to leave for work when we got home!
I snuggled on the couch and listened to an extremely uplifting message
from David Jeremiah about faith.
I couldn't find the exact one on YouTube,
but below is a link to another gem of a message filled with invaluable reminders.
It starts in with this...
"One of the sobering thoughts about the Christian life is the truth that God is far more interested in who we become and what we are than in what we do. He cares a whole lot more about how we live than about what we accomplish. His purpose is to build Christians, not cathedrals. His focus is on people, not programs, and for this reason, when God is working in the life of a person, he often allows unexplainable events to prepare and perfect those that he is getting ready to serve him in a much bigger way in the kingdom. The New Testament says this: "Whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives". Often when difficult things happen in our lives, it's not the evidence of something that is wrong, but proof that something is right."
***
Life aka,
The School of faith
is filled with highs and lows,
joys and woes,
in all shapes and sizes
thorns and rose-
coloured surprises
Everything comes,
then it goes.
What yet waits
Only God knows...
But,
Whether we are enjoying the flower
or being pricked by its stem
God is faithful.
Forever
Amen
Donuts remind me of a song from days gone by when
our children were little...
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