Some folks have mentioned that they have wanted me to write more. I am humbled by that. Some have said I should write a book. I've thought of that often through the years, but the task of writing a whole book always seemed rather daunting to me. Then there is that gentle, patient, incredible nudging from God. Although my knowledge of God, who He is and how He works are very minimal compared to many, I have never minded sharing what I do know even though I fall on my face a lot. Some have said I should have a Bible Study. That didn't fit for me either because the people I know and love come from all different faiths and walks of life and honestly, I can't see us all sitting in one room together sharing our common ideas. Yet most of us are all believing in the one true God and the basic gospel truths. So in the middle of my own indecisiveness that continually plagues me, I began to pray and ask "How God, how do you want to use all that you have taught us, how can I contribute to the growth that you began in all of us before Kaelee's memory fades. That's when the thought came to me "Do a Blog", and I thought to myself, "How on earth does one do a blog, I haven't even learned to copy and paste yet ? So I asked a couple of brilliant people I know and learned.........Behold, here is a blog.
Before we start with anything else, I have to tell you that I couldn't begin on this blogging journey without telling you how it all began for me. My entire life has brought me to this point where I am sitting down with you sharing what's inside me. My husband always tells me to give him "the short version". So I'm trying to submit to that challenge......sigh........It's hard when you're a wordy person. The beginning:Everyone has a beginning. We begin in the mind of God, we are born, we live out our lives, and we die. (Psalm 139:13; You God created me in my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;) It's what happens in the "living part" that changes the lives of the people around us and is passed to the next generation. While Kaelee was losing her battle with cancer and we knew she did not have long, people would often say " I don't know how you can do this, it must be so very hard." It was, it was unthinkable, and it still is hard to grasp even though we know where she is. Some days are still filled with tears. I would answer back what had become our reality " God does not promise us tomorrow, none of us, yesterday is gone, all we have is now and we are learning to live only in today." We HAD to live in the moment . We had to present normality for each others sake or madness would have overtaken us. Madness DID NOT WIN, but not a speck of it was easy, it was incredibly difficult, up hill all the way. God doesn't usually remove you from the storms, He walks with you through the storms. It is my hope and prayer that the things that are written here will help us all nurture that gift of life, living in the day, not in the past and not in the future . Because like it or not, that's what 'time' is for us here on earth, we have today. Matthew 6:27... Jesus said: " Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"......Nope
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