God's View

I am from a very small town of 1,072 people

the town had only one blinking traffic light
We had to drive 30 miles to see a movie or shop for clothes
My husband was raised on his grandfather's Dairy
by the time my husband was a little boy the dairy farm was out of business
his parents began to raised cows, gardens and boys on the 200 acres :)

moving to the fastest growing city in the U.S.A was a sock to us
The city now has a population of over 107,500
and
it is STILL growing

Our small town hearts hurt to see the city backyard views

It was emotionally claustrophobic
We prayed for a view of trees, trees, trees, and if possible a pond
Impossible you say – in the heart of the city

Well not for God

This is God's view

because

ONLY God could give us a view

like this

right smack in the middle of a town of 107,500 people

We Praise God and give Glory to Him alone

He is so kind to let us enjoy His beautiful trees, trees, trees

and

yes a view of a pond!

When we became stewards of this property

I was a teacher and my husband a programmer
and at the price of $160,000 we were able to make the payments
IF
I continued to work

A couple of years latter God blessed us with a child
and my heart was at home
My heart's desire was to be with her all day
but how?
We prayed again
and
we Praise God!

He has graciously allowed me to be home
where my heart is
for the last 7 years
WOW!
How?
We still can't explain it
but

God is Faithful!

This year we found out I have a heart disease
again

God is good
He has shown me how temporary life is
and
to share His Hope and Love daily

May God
give you peace and hope
and
showers of Love

Luke 1:37

"nothing is impossible with God."

A Vase for Dandelions?

When two young bright shinning eyes look up to you

with delight!

When five little fingers

carefully

hold

a Dandelion

out to you.

Do you express

joy and thankfulness

with an expression

like.

"Oh Wow,

God sure makes LOVELY flowers

for us to enjoy!

You picked them for me?

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing

God's love

and

beauty

with me!”

I have to be honest...

I used to say -

"Oh thanks, that's nice."

And in the back of my mind

I thought,

"This is a WEED!

I need to throw it away.

And

Oh I hope she didn't blow the "wishies" all over the yard

so MORE weeds will grow."

This sweet

little child of God

used to follow me out into the yard

ANY time the door was opened.

She always found

a leaf,

twig,

flower,

rock

or some other bit of nature

to give to me.

I used to continued to think,

"Why does she give this STUFF to me

and

with such a big smile

like she is giving me something

of value."

Then one day I noticed...

she did not follow me outside anymore.

It seemed like it happened all of a sudden

but it probably happened a little bit at a time.

Well, I am a slow learner

but I finally prayed one day,

"God why is she not coming out to discover nature and play. "

Playing inside;

coloring

watching life

instead of living it

seems to be her choice now.

It hit me like a ton of bricks...

I had not delighted in her gifts.

The

ONLY

gifts she could give me

- those from God's nature -

flowers,

rocks,

twigs,

leaves

and yes weeds.

I had TAUGHT her that SOME flowers were of value

a rose, for example.

But the rose pricked her finger,

so how could it be considered

good.

The little yellow flower

so close to ground,

so abundant,

so easy to pick

was of

NO

value?

I see now how confusing this must have been.

I put her coloring sheets on the fridge

and

displayed them for all to see.

But God's art work

that she so lovingly gave me

(behind her back)

I tossed out door

int0 the yard

where I thought it belonged.

now

Praise to God alone....

and

thank you God

for

gentle

correction!

in our home

we have a place

of honor,

value

and respect

for

His

beauty

The stones,

leaves,

twigs

and

other bits of nature

she so lovingly picks up

are

displayed

on a stand.

The dandeliones

now have a vase. :)

Psalm 24:1

"The earth is the LORD's,

and

everything

in it"

"The grass withers

and

the flowers fall,

but

the word

of our God

stands

forever."

Isaiah 40:7-9

Pinwheels - My first blog!

I just finished my first blog!!!

It was soooooooo exciting!!!

Finding the Christian Instrumental music!!!

That was a God thing!

Mark 4:42

Consider Carefully

what you

hear

My sweet husband

spending two hours

coaching me

through the Blog set up.
Now that is

what I call

QUALITY

time!

My two love languages are

spending time with me

(doing the activity I choose :)

and

encouraging me ...

He gave me

LOTS OF LOVE!

Figuring out how to post the photo

was soooo much fun

not to mention

TAKING

the photo!

To me

a blog

without

a photo

is like

Easter Eggs

without

pinwheels.

Hope you liked

the pinwheels.

I wanted to say ice cream without sprinkles

but

I don't have any ice cream and sprinkles to photograph.