Are you a lighthouse or are you a storm????

     Good evening, as another day comes to a close I cannot help but think about the wonderful story I posted earlier about the threadbare quilt, our book of life was written before we gained our earthly bodies, he knew everything that we would do, every turn that we would take and every hurdle that we would be faced with before he let us leave our heavenly kingdom as the pure spirits we were. He knew the trials and tribulations that would face us and he was hopeful that the faith we possessed would be enough to carry us through. I pray that my quilt is threadbare and filled with holes when I return home to him, I pray that my scars will be enough to make him pleased with the person I have become, with the decisions I have made and with the obedience I have had to him. My life has been filled with ups and downs, mostly downs, not by his hand but by the choices I have made, by my inability to stay on the straight and narrow and by my thinking I know better than HE when it comes to  mucking through. It has taken me many years to "get it" to understand that I do not know it all, that only HE does. My life would have been so much easier if I had, in my youth, figured things out and depended upon him to lead me. Many people say I am hard headed, I am stubborn and I am like a bull when it comes to getting my way! I do not like being likened to a bull but in looking back on my "day" I must confess that it does not miss the mark! Today I like to think that those negative characteristics have been pushed to the wayside and that, thanks to God's patience and understanding, I am on the right track, I see more clearly and I am pushing up hill to secure my right to passage when my time here is done.
    Tonight I bow my head humbly, I pray for each of us, for our salvation, for our ability to "see the lighthouse in the storm and know if we keep it in our view that we will make it to the glorious shore safely, that we will all meet there, a song on our lips, a smile on our face and so much love and awe in our hearts that our light shines as bright as the northern star. God please shine a light in us tonight that might get us, each and every one of us, back on the track, back in your footsteps and walking up straight and tall. I ask you God to bless those who are in dark caverns, that they might begin to realize that just past the cavern wall is a light, a beautiful light, one that has been made just for them. Father please allow each of us to be more aware of those in the dark, allow us to be more empathetic to those who have lost their way, allow us to be your eyes and ears here on earth and send us where we need be so that we might be a light to bring the darkness to a halt for them. I ask that you bless all with their needs father, you are all knowing and all seeing, look into the hearts of each earthly body and supply us with your light. Father God I ask these mercies in the name of Jesus Christ, amen and amen again!
     Might you be the light of a person who feels that there is only darkness, take time to listen to the still quiet voice of our Father in Heaven and be the instrument he needs. Stop, look and listen, he will always provide you with what he needs you to see and hear! Love in Christ to each of you. 

God sees all things and will never have you soar in the wrong direction!!!

  

 Good morning and a happy day to you! I slept in a little later this morning so I apologize for being late with my blog! It is still a little overcast here this morning but not raining, it is a breezy 80 degrees with a bit of humidity in the air! The sun is shining brightly even through the clouds, the birds are singing loudly...the magpies especially loud this morning, they tend to think they are the king of the birds around here and like to bully the little birds. In the tall pine I can here our ring necked doves cooing, they are my favorite of all we have here in the yard!
     In prayer this morning as I sat in my quiet place chatting with God I found myself being bothered by those loud, screeching magpies, the more I tried to settle into my quiet, happy place, the louder they seemed to screech. I lifted my head several times to see if I could determine what had them so riled up, what was making them so excessively loud this morning and then I saw it, there was a cat at the base of the tree that call home, the cat was being very sneaky, slinking around the tree trying to make his plan as to how he was going to attack! Instead of flying to a new safer area, the magpies continued to screech louder and louder, seeming to taunt the cat in a way! I was intrigued in knowing that a single stretch of the wings and a soar would bring the magpies to a much more safe place but they did not seem to want safety they seemed to want to stay at risk. In thinking of this, I thought how much people are like that, we know when things jeopardize our safety, we know when we are in peril, but still we continue to stay in the same situation, seemingly taunting fate! Today I pray that if you are in a situation that could bring harm to you, if you need to make a change so as not be like the magpie, that you will take the promptings, that you will recognize the potential danger and that you will make a plan with God's assistance, to have your feet on safer grounds! In our books of life, there are many hills and valleys, many heres and theres that we must recognize when he is ready for us to move into the next chapter, I am talking about the need for all of us to recognize when we need to be led to a safer situation...the one thing the magpie has going for them is that they sit high up in the tree and have the ability to look down and what could be coming their way, we sit low and have to depend upon God to be our eyes from that high place, we need to listen to him and be obedient in all things as he is the one who sees possible danger for us! If you need to make a change today, open your heart and listen to him, he sees all and will lead us to our next branch for safety.
     May God bless you this day, may he help you to see what is needed in your life to keep you both, physically and emotionally safe, and may you open yourself to him so that he can map out for you the next step! Love in Christ to each of you!!!