Deep Thoughts and Little Happenings

Children are delighted by dandelions.  They love to pick the yellow flowers and take them to loved ones as tokens of their affections.  I’ve had small bouquets of those little flowers in my house on numerous occasions thanks to my children and grandchildren.  I loved receiving that spontaneous gesture of love, and proudly displayed them in little vases.  Bonus: Picking the blooms will prevent them from going to seed. Many a child has enjoyed those stems of fluffy  “wishes” that we know are future dandelions. Root hairs are what I call those tiny roots that run off the main root of a dandelion.  You can pull the dandelion and its big long root, but there are oodles of little root hairs still in the ground.  Underground, those root hairs get busy.  Soon, new dandelions are sprouting up in your yard again. George and I had words on Saturday evening.  Well, it was more me than George.  Yes, the topic was silly, but...

I’ve just experienced an amazing weekend, and the LORD used it to continue the process of opening my eyes. I spent all day Saturday at the Park Valley Church Women’s Refresh Conference.   The keynote speaker was Lisa Harper, and the topic was Grace. Lisa's final session was entitled Launched, and  she used the verses in Mark 10:45-52 to point out three truths.   1.   Jesus had a specific mission statement, and He never forgot His mission.   What was that mission?   Serve the Father! 2.   The blind man did nothing but sit on the curb all day until He asked Jesus to give him the ability to see. 3.  Jesus opened his eyes, and i mmediately after receiving his sight, the man began to follow Jesus. Sounds sort of ho-hum, right?!   Jesus healed the man and the man stopped sitting on the curb and started following Jesus.     But… The LORD had already prepared my heart to hear...

Shalom is a Hebrew word that means peace and can be used to mean both hello and goodbye.   Ho-Hum!   Yawn, Yawn!   Peace is an overused word today.   We all laugh when Sandra Bullock says, “And world peace,” during her interview in Miss Congeniality.   It’s a joke! Well, I’ve been learning something new about Shalom.   It started about 18 months ago with what is referred to as the LORD’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4).   I got no further than… Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven .   How is His will done in heaven?   Immediately!   Without question! Willingly!   With a joyful heart! You get the picture.   That’s when I began to realize something about myself.   When I struggle to obey what His Word says is right, it is because I do not trust Him.   And when I do not trust Him, I do not have Shalom because I am at war with Him.   I have become His enemy because I am against Him and His wa...

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10B I’m not sure all blenders are alike, so I’ll tell you a little about mine.   It has several options, but there are two that grabbed my attention this morning. First is the pulse button .   When I press pulse, a light is on, but nothing happens until I press one of the blending options (stir, chop, mix, puree or liquefy).   Additionally, I have to keep pressing that option or the blender stops until I press it again. Second is the crush ice button .    When I press crush ice, the blender begins a start and stop pattern until I press the off button. This morning, I wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing until my kitchen and I were doused with iced coffee.  Yep!  You guessed it...I removed the lid while the crush ice button was on! All too often, my focus is on my own agenda, and it takes a mess to get my attention.  Today...