Use your time wisely

To all my friends:  I have enjoyed each one of you  thru out my time of knowing you.  The good times, the not so good times.  The times we were on the same page, the times we had major differences.  Oh the good times we had! I will not forget them as I look thru my picture albums.
        By the way did I take time to tell you I love you.
To all my loved ones and family:  You have been there for me.  I never meant to take you for granted.  Its just that you were always at family dinners and family reunions.  I knew you would be there, I would see you again. We had so much fun at the holidays.  Oh the fun   we had when our families got togeather.
       We thought they would never end.
To my children: I had this idea that you would always be my baby girl or boy.  You were so perfect, I loved you so much.  All those times of praying with you at night before I kissed you good night.  All those  crafts you brought home from school for me.  All those sleepless nights when you  were teething or out late at night.  Those nights that I took you to the throne of God and put you in his arms .  The times we as a family so God work in powerful ways.
       I will not forget God's faithfulness
To my grandchildren:  I love you so much.  Your everything my children were but better.  You look like them and when I see your eyes light up , I see your poppa.  I pray daily for you.  That God will be near you and that you walk with him every day  of your life.
       Basis your decisions on WWJD
To my wonderful childhood sweetheart : We have had good times and we have had some really rough times.  But God walked with us and even picked us up and carried us if we needed it.  We have been married so long, we know what the other is thinking and what they will say before they say it.We also can sense when they are not telling us(when they are sick)
       I love you  and that will never end
As 911 is approaching its 10th anniversary.  Maybe we should stop and take time to think.  Were those harsh words said and  those things said and done in anger so very necessary?  Did we take time to tell people and show people how much we love them?  Did we thank God for his faithfulness in calling us?
                                   We may only have this one last moment .  Use it wisely.

Looking Back- God Cares For Us

This morning I was sitting in our sun room,watching the birds so eagerly eating food at the feeder.  Seems like there are so many lessons to be learned from birds.  There is a pecking order for sure.  A oriole was being pushed back out of the way by a tiny  little sparrow.  I thought it was kind of funny considering oh big the oriole is.  But than I thought of David and the giant.  The giant laughed when he saw David come out to do battle.

As I sat there for my morning devotions, I considered some of the needs that I and others have.  Those birds come flocking to the feeder because they expect food to be there.  If the food is not there, God has still provided for them. There is seed in the grass and surrounding flowers.



Mat 6:26

Do we come to God expecting? Our heavenly Father tells us we are so much better than the birds.  I am reminded of a time in our marriage when  John had lost his job and we had no money, for housing or food or gas.  We saw God provide for us in ways we didn't think possible.  From unheard of directions.  Nevertheless God provided for us.    Because of proving God a match for the difficult times, I know nothing is too hard for my God.

The secret?  Put God first. We paid our tithes first.  We trusted God even when we didn't understand. Jumped up with our testimony of how good it was to serve God.

Lessons we learned? God became our Redeemer, our Father, friend, healer and provider.  We learned that if God did it for us that time , He would do it again.  We learned it was not important for us to have the answers.  But we learned that God already had the answers.


Going thru difficult times is not fun or easy but it enables you to become a victorious christian.

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Fine tuning

In the last week I have been learning new things with video taping.  At our camp meeting, I  ran three cameras and enjoyed doing it.    It seemed so easy.  One button for each camera, six corresponding  buttons for each camera,that enabled you to preset shots. I would think I had camera close enough. My teacher would say "Closer Paula Closer!"  I would have too much unnecessary things in the screen . Thus taking away the attention from what we wanted to focus on.  Sometimes I would be told, " Give me something I can work with, Paula!"   What a thrill,when I was told, " That's good, Perfect.  Don't move the camera" 

As I was focusing on my subject, my mind went to our Jesus.  Do we make Jesus the focus of our daily walk? Spending  time in prayer, helps us to focus. What does Jesus want of us?  As we surrender our will to His will, the picture becomes clearer.  As we rid our self of those unnecessary "things", We find that we didn't need them as much as we thought we did.

Can we give God something, He can work with?  Our life, our mind and body?  Those promises we made when He saved us.  He has not forgotten them, have we? Daily prayer and reading God's word helps us to grow.  Applying what we have learned will strengthen our relationship with Jesus.

My desire is to stand before the Lord and hear him tell me," Well done."   No greater  joy than what, we will experience when we   hear these words from our Lord and Saviour.Mat 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.



2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

I'm excited

There is a song I have heard that goes like this:

I 'm excited I'm excited

I'm excited in the Lord

When You walk with the Lord,

You don't get bored

That has been so true for the last 30 some years.  Ever since I got saved when I was 16 yrs old.  Its has been a exciting walk.  Right now,we are getting ready for camp meeting. The excitement of getting out the suitcases, choosing your clothes, trying to remember everything you need.  Getting calls and texts from others that are going.  You feel the excitement going ,with the questions that are asked.  Do you think it will be hot or will it be cold this year?   Wonder if my friends from last year will be there. Wondering who is preaching the first sermon. And will they have the aqua Launch, canoes, minuture golf?

One person we know will be there is, Jesus.  He will be there to answer prayers, heal bodies, mend hearts.

Going with a excitement to know that Jesus can and will meet you there not just once but everytime you reach out to him.

Driving on to the grounds and seeing that friend you haven't seen for maybe a year. The joy of making new friends and reaching out to old friends.  Does it get better than this?

1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1Th 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Soon and very soon, our Lord will be returning.  Are we excited? Are we making preparations?  Have we forgot anything?

Psa 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Psa 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
 Like we, call our friends to share or excitement of camp and questions of what we need.  We need to read God's word, search the scriptures. Communicate with Jesus on a daily basis, asking him to search you and show you. 

IT WILL BE TIME WELL SPENT