This is my very favorite time of year , a sigh of summer ending and a hazy threat of a what is yet to come-this year has been full of surprises! Don’t forget to grab hold of what is beautiful around you before it is all gone!

I was painting my sun porch yesterday, looking out the window I noticed that two doors down someone had left their lamp post on. It was the peak of a very beautiful , sunny day and I thought if I had not looked closely , I am sure that I would have overlooked that light burning in the sunlight. In dark places -this lamp post would map out a path for many; here in the brilliance of the sun- just a wash out of light. I hope that the light that can be seen from my life is never a wash out among other lights , but instead, I pray that you will not have to look hard for the Son’s light to shine forth in me-“Walk in the light -for He is The Light” – God gets all the glory!

I heard a message today that was powerful but practical at the same time. The speaker (Jim S. @Redeemer) was saying that mankind cries out for a promise that something or someone in our lives will stay unchanged -so that no surprises will come our way. Life is so filled with changes-people will always change-so we crave for someone who we can count on, someone stable and consistent.
More than anything people need to be supported,…loved. Jesus is the one promise that we all can count on, He is the same yesterday and He will be the same forever more. If we put our trust in Him-He will keep us stable , He will be our support, He is the only one that we can count on , He loves us with an everlasting love! Jesus is our anchor home!

I am on vacation in the UK and this is the first chance that I have had to write on the blog since the tree fell. On May 29th I was speaking at a nursing school when I received word that a tree had fallen on top of my house. It was a strange wind storm and muddling through the media, and insurance adjusters, neighbors and local tree companies and the stress of it all . I definitely did see God’s hand , holding me through it all. I know that in all things , God works things together for the good.

If my people shall humble themselves , turn from their wicked ways and pray, then I will hear from heaven , I will forgive their sins and I will heal their land.(Paraphrased) Father, today I cry out that you forgive us as a nation for thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to think; for pretending that we are God and changing your statutes, your morals, your guidelines for man and more than anything for sinning against out own bodies in so many ways. We have not seen the destruction of our own kind at our own hand. Forgive us , oh Lord for not putting you first before the desires of men! Forgive us for discounting the value of human life and worrying about so much other nonsense. Help us ,Lord to change, to turn from our wicked ways. Please heal our land! Let your kingdom come and your will be done in this nation!