March 31, 2010

• Hmmm. Where do I start?

  

  I was hoping to come up with something creative, but without the mocha boost, I am plumb dull. The dullness could also be blamed on the allergy medicine! Our life has been so busy! Last week was almost unreal. It wasn't unreal to God, however! At the beginning of the week we learned that our older son, Jonathan was offered a job here in our area! He and our daughter-in-love and the 4 little Grands are now looking for a home to lease here and will hopefully move within the next few weeks. You can imagine how EXCITED I am! This is jumping up and down excitement! Around the same time as this news came, I had a phone call from my dear brother that our other brother ended up in jail. He has messed up his life badly and the messes go way back. I have mixed emotions about him. I could hate him for what all he's done and how he's caused so much pain for certain family members and who knows who else. Hate doesn't exsist in me though. The Lord has heard my heart, asking Him to work in my brother so that he'll decide to finally choose life in Christ, not life in death.  Now we move to another GOOD thing. We took our daughter to Phoenix to the Christian college she's been accepted to attend. She had a singing audition and afterwards, we were informed that the music department accepted her, which means they'll give her a $2,000.00 scholarship! We are so happy for her and she is looking forward to going there, especially since they have cotton candy! (One of the small perks.) Because she'll be in Phx., she'll only be an hour and a half away from us. Here's another GOOD thing...we went to hubby's brother's place, which is where his parents lived. We were given my mother-in-law's old antique china cabinet, lots of OLD books, blue willow dishes, a set of china, a very pretty tea set which I gave to my daughter-in-love, hubby's grandmother's little sewing machine, his dad's and grandfather's old tools...SO much stuff. I could've opened a store if I'd taken everything. We just didn't have space for it all. Another GOOD thing is that I celebrated my birthday and hubby and I got to go see a Spring training baseball game: Dodgers vs. Cubs. The weather was gorgeous. We've been spending more time with friends, discussing what we're discovering about God. Easter has so much more meaning as I realize with complete clarity that my sins, all of them back to the beginning and clear through the future, were paid for and totally forgiven at the cross with Jesus' s blood. Because he rose up to live, his resurrection frees me from the ties that satan would love to bind me with. I am not under the rules of the old testament law. I am free to live; the Holy Spirit living through me, directing me, nudging me, inspiring me. I don't have to perform or exhaust myself doing work or any kind of service just to show people that I am a good Christian. What I am commanded to do is love the Lord with all my heart and mind, and love my neighbor. So, I am studying LOVE. Love is what happened at the cross. Love is what God covers me with every night. It is what wakes me up every day. Love is freedom. Love is truth and loves what is true. Love is kindness, understanding, giving as the spirit directs, which is fun because people aren't used to receiving unexpected joyful love. His love is fresh and new all the time! Never gets old, never boring! It's like a new, beautiful flower opening up in springtime.

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