Posted on 05/04/2024 5:08:18 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
An I was wondering about Luvie yesterday. There were Tornado Warnings nearby yesterday in her neck of the woods and I mentioned it to her on Facebook when I was watching the Midland/Odessa weather office tab on Iembot.
We'll see how today goes. It's forecast to be nice today but there is a forecast for more severe weather tomorrow.
Seems I missed all the tornado drama by taking a nap. Sorry I missed your post on FB, but thank you for thinking of me. Hope y’all stay safe and that you have a good time at the lake! If you get to go!
Oh, my goodness. I hope you have heard from her again and that she’s all right. The tornadoes missed us, it seems. Thank goodness!
Bible in a Year :
Tears of joy will stream down their faces, and I will lead them home with great care.
Leaving home one morning, Dean found some friends waiting with balloons. His friend Josh stepped forward. “We entered your poems in a competition,” he said, before handing Dean an envelope. Inside was a card that read “First Prize,” and soon everyone was crying tears of joy. Dean’s friends had done a beautiful thing, confirming his writing talent.
Weeping for joy is a paradoxical experience. Tears are normally a response to pain, not joy; and joy is normally expressed with laughter, not tears. Italian psychologists have noted that tears of joy come at times of deep personal meaning—like when we feel deeply loved or achieve a major goal. This led them to conclude that tears of joy are pointers to the meaning of our lives.
I imagine tears of joy erupting everywhere Jesus went. How could the parents of the man born blind not weep for joy when Jesus healed him (John 9:1-9), or Mary and Martha after He raised their brother from death (11:38-44)? When God’s people are brought into a restored world, “Tears of joy will stream down their faces,” God says, “and I will lead them home with great care” (Jeremiah 31:9 nlt).
If tears of joy show us the meaning of our lives, imagine that great day to come. As tears stream down our faces, we’ll know without doubt that the meaning of life has always been to live intimately with Him.
Reflect & Pray
When was the last time you wept for joy? What do you think the meaning of life is?
Father God, thank You for the joy ahead for those who love You.
Morning Kathy! Last night my router up and died with no warning. But lately there has been lots going on with my life. Part of our family moved to North Carolina so we spent some time down there and started looking for property with acreage. In a few years we will all be there. NY has become unlivable.
Life changes with us and my health has not been good. Doctors appointments have become a part time job. Appt tomorrow, CT Scan the 14th then doctor again the 16th.
Please Pray for good test results. This is something I have been fighting for few years and just got worse when I collapsed and had my hospital stay.
Stay positive and bring everything to the Lord in Prayer.
Sorry about the router. One of those arrrrrhhhggggg moments. Ours has to be rebooted constantly!
I hope and pray that you get to move to N. Carolina before long. I think you will find peace there, and the fact that you now have some family there is a great reason to do it. I think the more moderate climate will help you feel better. Did you, indeed, feel better when you visited?
I also hope that you never have to go through a nightmare like your collapse again. I imagine Jul hopes the same thing! .....and yourself! You scared all of us, too!
Never want to go thru that again believe me. I did feel better and am going ahead with my plans to find a campground to park my 5th wheel camper during winter. I will make a few trips down there in the next few months for a campground and to look for property. Get some acreage and I can park my camper there, I have a few generators and holding talks for water and sewage.
Doctors appt in the morning, then a CATT scan in two weeks and then the pulmonologist after that. My lungs are weak from spending so much time being intubated. That damaged my lungs but I would have died without it.
So much going on so my attendance here and Amy’s has been sparse, yet I don’t see things slowing down soon. I get an engine for my Impala Wednesday, so we will be installing that, interior is being installed, paint after the engine goes in. It’s finally coming together after a year. I’ve put so much work into it tho. Can’t wait to go cruising in it.
Thank you Ladies, my two closest on FR now is you two.
God Bless, be well, stay safe and healthy, I’m doing my best.
Don’t you worry one bit about how much time you spend online. You just take care of you and Jul, and concentrate on finding that new place for a new beginning. N. Carolina is so beautiful. I’m sure you won’t have a problem picking a location.
I hope and pray all the appointments go well and you get a clean bill of health. Try not to stress. I know...hard when there’s so much at stake.
Just keep in touch when you feel like it. Either here or on FB.
Thank you Luvie, I’ll still post coffee, I’ve been doing it so long it’s become my morning routine : )
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