Blue Monday

Happy Blue Monday. Whew...I've been gone so long, I'm not sure I know how to write anymore! Thank you all for your words of love and support and most of all, thank you for your prayers! My Uncle Martin is with the Lord and my Aunt Margaret just accepted Him!!!

We do not know how much longer she has, but she is now at peace knowing that she has a loving Savior who awaits her. Praise the Lord!!

I am joining with Smiling Sally today and throwing some blue your way....I hope you enjoy!


This is my son and I recently at some of his friends graduation celebration! Would you look at that blue!! I just love that young man!!

This is going to be a 'different' sort of picture. This is my new friend, Lynn, who I recently met while doing an outreach with the Soldiers for Jesus. The blue you see is from a blue light...we were inside of a building that was a bar because that is where a lot of the motorcycle clubs ride and we were there to witness. We had Jesus keychains, 'Jesus loves bikers too' t-shirts, we passed out gospel tracks, etc. It was like nothing I had ever done before. My husband and son had, but I had not. I want to be clear that we only went inside of the bar to eat...we did not socialize or partake in what was going on inside of the bar....we were stationed outside.

This group of ladies welcomed me, loved on me and taught me the ropes, so to speak. I can tell you that I am very naive to the expanse mission field right in our own back yards!!

May the Lord bless you today! May you find the most incredible blue painted for you by the Lord, Himself. The kind of blue that doesn't match any crayon in any box and you look at it and say "well done, Lord" as it soothes your soul!

Big hugs from me to you today!

Word for Wednesday

Matthew 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be."

May the Lord bless you today! Big hugs from me to you!

Tuesday blessings

May the Lord bless you abundantly today! Big hugs from me to you!

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays

This song was playing at my Uncle Martin's funeral. I had never heard it before, but it seemed to bring everyone a lot of peace. Thank you, Amy, for being our host.

May the Lord bless you today. Embrace and love those around you. Big hugs from me to you!

Thankful Thursday

Happy Thursday, my sisters....my friends. The hour is late and I am extremely tired and this post is going to be a bit rough as I don't know who is hosting Thankful Thursday this week/month....I've just lost track. However, I want to post the following:

I am thankful that my Uncle Martin surrendered his life to the Lord one week before he died. I was with him Friday, May 22, early in the morning and he had begun what the nurses called "end of stage" breathing. I sat and held his hand and talked with him about the fun things we did when I was younger and told him that I didn't say "thank you" enough but I wanted him to know that he was a great Uncle and I had appreciated him in my life. I also told him that I was so glad that he had accepted Jesus and that he would soon be wrapped in His arms and he would be reunited with his bride, my Aunt Pat.

I assured him of my love and then assured him of the love of the Lord ten thousand times more. And then I left him. He died that evening. The pastor that had witnessed to him for over 34 years cried at his funeral and spoke of the peace my Uncle had in his last days after he laid his pride aside and accepted the Lord...and it was true. Many remarked about how peaceful he was.

So I am thankful for the Holy Spirit that was ever persistent and never gave up on my Uncle and I am thankful for the peace that transcends all understanding. My family has lost now 7 family members in this last year...it has been an extremely hard toll and we are now looking at my Aunt Margaret who was just put back in ICU and we have been told she probably won't make it. This is my father's sister.

So again, if I am absent, please know why. I am feeling a little overwhelmed and needing to be with my family in Vero and realizing there are only 24 hours in a day. I want to also say thank you for all of your prayers and outpouring of support. You have lifted me up and I do feel weary. I am thankful the Lord put you all in my life ... even in this arena of blogland. You all mean so much to me.

May the Lord bless you. I truly do think of you often and pray you are all doing well. I love and miss you.

Monday, Monday

Good morning! I would like to thank each and everyone of you that have stopped by and given me words of encouragement and have been lifting up my family and I in prayer.

I saw a dear sister at church today and she simply edified my Spirit by her kindness of offers of help in any and every way while I am back and forth helping my parents. I would like to give you an update.

Last Wednesday when I took my father to the doctor, we went to see his brother together and found my Uncle Martin awake and in good spirits. I was able to feed him oatmeal and two cups of coffee and get a couple of smiles out of him. The very next day he went into a coma. I arrived to feed him and he was unable to respond to me and the nurse told me he would not be waking up anymore.

When my cousin, Susan, arrived I told her about her Dad and walked her in. She also told me she was able to handle all of this because her father had accepted the Lord just the week before. Praise the Lord.

My father's sister, my Aunt Margaret, went into ICU at the same time and went on a breathing tube for a collapsed lung. She is still in ICU and has undergone surgery and just today they took the breathing tube out of her. It is still touch and go at this point. My father and his brothers and sisters are holding up the best they can.

I am so thankful for the Lord and His Word and the strength He has given me throughout this ordeal. Although, I must confess, today after church all I wanted to do was sleep sleep sleep.

Please forgive my lack of getting to your blogs and commenting. And thank you for your encouragement anyway to me in the lack of my ability to reciprocate.

Psalm 23:2 " He makes me lay down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters"

May the Lord bless you today. Big hugs to you.

Circle of Love

Good morning! Laurie over at Women Taking a Stand is highlighting

my blog today on Circle of Love. So .... if you'd like to, go check it out ... click here.

May the Lord bless you! Big big hugs!!