365 days of blessings

i have loved living this past year,
and felt a bit like I was dying at times
but a new day is upon us,
and i will make the most of it
you can be sure of that.

Happy New year to all

Lovely

Turning a calendar page ( almost )

when the going gets tough, the tough go visiting....  relatives
but they will toss me out after a day or two and I will be back to Big Bear
and the VERY cold temps and snow on the ground.  No idea what I will do for the week in between holidays
but I will visit the tree where mom and dad's ashes are buried, and I will drink a bit of eggnog
i will pray and read the Christmas story,  I will give thanks for mt friends and family and a very good year.

winter planning

this blog has been quiet since i have  been working away from home,
doing a very intensive project, and a bit of self examination.
I am challenging myself to stretch in faith toward my next goal
which includes some schooling and some funding.
God knows what I need before I ask,
and He is gracious and ever so generous,
Pray for me as I get ready to take these next steps.

long ago

but in a dad's mind, seems like yesterday

I hesitate to start

i hesitated at starting this post with "normally" because then it becomes a paragraph of me explaining what that means in my world.

Here are examples of what i might have written:

Normally i do not make big changes going into winter...but
Normally its almost light out when i get up. not today
Normally on a given Sunday i will fellowship with my friends in Big Bear Lake, but since i am working and staying in Redlands for a good sized work project ( commuting would be 120 miles round trip) I will seek a church here which is different, not similar to my home fellowship. The purpose of the difference is that i know that many of my brothers and sisters worship in ways that are quite different from what I am accustomed to. I seek out that uniqueness today, and wish to have some time to reflect on what God is saying to me. He has no limits on where He addresses me or whom He uses to bring the good news.
normally i do not need google to find my church on Sunday.....
but i am far from what the rest of man calls normal., but I am very happy.

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