WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PATH TO FOLLOW..

TODAY I WAS WALKING UP THIS WONDERFUL, COUNTRY GARDEN PATH.. OH HOW PRETTY IT WAS AND HOW IT MADE THE GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES FLOW. MY MOTHER WAS AN AVID GARDENER AND WONDERFUL WITH FLOWERS, AS WAS HER MOTHER BEFORE HER.. SOMEHOW IT SORT OF SKIPPED OUR GENERATION, EVEN THOUGH JENNA IS REALLY GIVING IT A GOOD SHOT AGAIN THIS YEAR.. EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. I TOO AM REALLY PUTTING FORTH SOME EFFORT NOW DAYS, TRYING TO MAKE OUR PLACE A PRETTY PLACE TO BE. I WAS REALLY GLAD TO BE THERE ON THAT HIDDEN PATH, AND EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME. I EVEN THOUGHT, "I WISH I HAD A PLACE THIS PRETTY ON OUR PROPERTY" IT WAS SUCH A PRETTY PLACE TO JUST "GET AWAY AND CALM YOUR NERVES, RELIEVE YOUR PAIN, AND CLEAR YOUR MIND OF UNPLEASANT THOUGHTS". BEST OF ALL, I COULD FEEL GOD THERE WITH ME, AND MADE ME EVEN HAPPIER AND MORE GRATEFUL.                    AS I CONTINUED FOLLOWING THE PATH, AH, A PRECIOUS LITTLE FAWN WAS LAYING IN THE MEADOW GRASS WITH WILD DAISIES ALL ABOUT IT. RAISING ONLY IT'S HEAD, IT WAS WATCHING ME AS I SLOWLY PASSED. NO FEAR IT SHOWED, NOR DID IT EVEN TRY TO MOVE, NO SOUND IT MADE, AND EVEN FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL. I WASN'T THERE TO UPSET ANYTHING, ONLY FOR SOME WONDERFUL PEACE AND CALM. THEN I NOTICED IT'S MOTHER OFF IN THE SHORT DISTANCE, SHE TOO STOPPED EATING AND WATCHED ME FOR A MOMENT, AND TIME STOOD STILL FOR THE THREE OF US. THEN SWEET PEACE ONCE AGAIN TOOK OVER AND RELIEVED EACH OF US OF OUR STRESS AND FEAR.  THEN I HAPPENED UPON A LITTLE POND. IT DIDN'T LOOK TO DEEP, BUT I COULD SEE THAT IT HELD THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.. I SAW A TURTLE, A COUPLE LITTLE FROGS, AND SOME "SKIPPERS"

WE USED TO CALL THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER HEARD WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CALLED.. I SAT THERE IN THE GRASS AND JUST "CAUGHT MY BREATH" AND TALKED TO THE LORD FOR A FEW MINUTES. I REALLY NEEDED HIS AWESOME HELP TO CALM MY FEARS AND EASE MY PAIN AT THAT POINT. ACTUALLY IT WAS THE MAIN REASON I HAD TAKEN THIS PATH TO BEGIN WITH. AND NO, HE DIDN'T FAIL ME.. AND I AM SOOO GRATEFUL. I ONLY WISH I COULD SAY THAT I DON'T FAIL HIM, BUT I KNOW I DO DAILY.. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY. I ALWAYS FEEL THAT I AM SO SORRY AND PROMISE TO TRY HARDER, BUT THEN SOMEHOW HE ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS AND LOVES ME IN SPITE OF MY DOWNFALLS, AND PICKS ME UP AND DUST ME OFF AND TELLS ME TO HANG IN THERE AND KEEP TRYING. I AM SO GRATEFUL, WHAT A FATHER HE IS! I LOVE YOU MY HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU ARE AWESOME FOR SURE! THEN THE LADY CALLED MY NAME OUT, "PATTY" FOR A SECOND TIME. I HEARD HER SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE THE FIRST TIME, BUT THE SECOND TIME IT WAS AN INTERRUPTION. SHE HAD FINISHED CLEANING MY TEETH AND I HAD MADE IT THROUGH IT WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF NUMBING MEDICINE.. IT MAY HAVE HELPED AT THE TIME, BUT NOW I KNOW I CAN JUST TAKE THESE MENTAL TRIPS AT ANYTIME, AND ANYWHERE AND FIND GOD THERE AND THE PEACE AND COMFORT HE GIVES, HE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH US, JUST AS MUCH AS WE LOVE BEING WITH OUR CHILDREN, AGAIN, I AM SOO GRATEFUL!...

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 THEN I WAS IN THE OFFICE, MAKING THE NEXT APPOINTMENT AND DISCUSSING MY INSURANCE. I AM SOOO GRATEFUL TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR MAINLY NORMAN, BUT FOR MYSELF AS WELL.. "THANK YOU GOD!"  ANYWAY, BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN IN MY LITTLE BLACK CAR... HEADING HOME BY WAY OF THE CEMETERY TO CHECK ON MOM AND DAD'S FLOWERS AND MR KIMBERLIN'S FLOWERS, AS WELL AS BOTH OF MY GRANDMOTHERS AND MY GRANDDAD'S.. SOMEHOW I ALWAYS FEEL EVEN CLOSER TO THEM WHEN I AM THERE (funny as that may sound.. guess it's because that is where I last laid eyes on their caskets and know that their precious bodies are there) BUT I WILL SEE THEM AGAIN IN HEAVEN ONE DAY.. I KNOW THEIR SOULS ARE THERE WAITING!

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TODAY WHEN I GOT OFF FROM WORK, I HAD A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE, BEFORE MY DENTIST APPOINTMENT. FIRST I RAN TO JENNA'S "COUNTRY HOUSE" AND PICKED UP THE CEMENT ANGEL THAT SHE GAVE ME, IT'S PRECIOUS, ALL SITTING HERE IN A LUMP, HEAD SLIGHTLY TO ONE SIDE TAKING A NAP.. PRICELESS! THANKS JENNA! .. THEN I WENT OVER TO CHRIS AND LILY'S TO GIVE HIM HIS FATHERS DAY (small) GIFT FROM US.. THEN SPENT JUST A FEW MINUTES BROWSING AT KMARTS (and using the restroom, ) BEFORE I WENT ON TO THE DENTIST. I HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH FOR A LITTLE MORE AND TO ACTUALLY TALK TO HIM (the dentist). TODAY ONE OF HIS ASSISTANTS DID ALL THE WORK. (*.*) (at least on me, LOL)
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 NORMAN JR JUST CALLED, HE'S ON HIS WAY HOME. HE HAD TO STAY OVER AGAIN TODAY WITH THE ELEVATOR REPAIR MEN.. I TELL YOU, I AM PRAYING THAT THEY WILL JUST COMPLETELY REPLACE THOSE ELEVATORS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BAD OR WORSE! ANYWAY, HE SHOULD BE HOME SOON.. SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S BEEN A PRETTY LONG DAY, AND HE SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD FOR HIM AS WELL. THANKFULLY HE THOUGHT ABOUT MY DENTIST APPOINTMENT AND STOPPED BY KFC AND BROUGHT US HOME A POT PIE, KNOWING IT WOULD BE EASY ON MY GUMS. THANKS BABE!
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DIDN'T WE HAVE SOME KIND OF RAIN EARLIER? BOY IT WAS POURING THE RAIN DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME. THANKFULLY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HAIL OR THE THUNDERSTORM LIKE SOME PLACES DID. WELL, I GUESS THE "WELL CAN STORE THE RAIN FOR A LATER TIME, SO I AM ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THAT." I'D NEVER BEEN ON A WELL BEFORE, BUT, THIS ONE WORKS WONDERFUL THANKFULLY.. AND THANK YOU GOD!

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AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE RAIN, FOLLOWED BY THE SUNSHINE, MANY TIMES A WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW WILL BE SEEN: Genesis 9:13-17

King James Version (KJV) 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR JAKE AND FRANCES TOO.. PRAYING FOR EVAN AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB, CANCER AND EVERY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES.. AND THEIR FAMILIES...PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH NASTY OLE CANCER.. SUCH A DREADFUL THING.. GOD COMFORT, HEAL AND BLESS EACH AND GRANT INNER PEACE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE NEEDING A JOB AND (OR) THE WANT AND WILL TO WORK! .. PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GOD'S GUIDANCE UPON IT.. PRAYING FOR ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS AND THEIR SAFE AND QUICK RETURN HOME AND THEIR PEACE OF MINDS AND SOULS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN REQUEST, AND NEEDS" .. (and asking that you'll pray with us about ours) PRAYING ALSO FOR THE FOLKS AT "THE RETIREMENT HOME" AND THOSE CRAZY ELEVATORS, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN WITH THEM TO EASE THEIR STRUGGLES.. AND THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS GOODNESS, HIS LOVE, GRACE, MERCIES, GUIDANCE, AND BLESSINGS. THANK YOU TOO THAT WHEN WE CALL ON YOU THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT YOU HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS, EVEN TILL THE END OF THE EARTH.. THEN WE WILL BE WITH YOU FOR EVER, IN THE PLACE YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US. HELP US PLEASE TO LIVE IN YOUR WILL FOR OUR LIVES.  THANK YOU GOD IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN..