THE RAINBOW AFTER THE RAIN

IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE POSTED ON MY BLOG. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.

MY SWEET FRIEND ALEXA'S DAD, STEVE SMITH IS NOW WALKING THE STREETS OF HEAVEN. HE NO LONGER HAS TO TAKE LITTLE STEPS, PULLING ALONG THAT HUGE OXYGEN TANK....HE IS FOR SURE SKIPPING AND PRAISING THE LORD.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING HIS FUNERAL. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT PERSONALLY KNOW HIM, I FEEL LIKE I MEET HIM THERE. EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH HAD ACCOLADES TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT A GODLY MAN HE WAS AND HOW HIS LIFE HAD MADE NOT ONLY THEIR LIVES RICHER BUT HOW HE HAD MADE SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITY.

AS WE WERE DRIVING OUT OF ROCKMART, WHERE ALEXA'S FAMILY LIVED, WE ENCOUNTERED A VERY BRIEF RAIN STORM. WE MADE A WRONG TURN ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO TURN AROUND TO BACKTRACK TOWARDS ROCKMART. AFTER WE MADE THE U-TURN WE FACED A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW!!!! A FEW MOMENTS OF RAIN, A WRONG TURN, AND A PERFECT RAINBOW.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE I SPENT TIME WITH THE GROWN CHILDREN AND THE GRANDCHILDREN OF MY BEST FRIEND WHO ALSO RESIDES IN HER HEAVENLY HOME. CAROL ST. CLAIR WALKED INTO HEAVEN 13 YEARS AGO. I SPENT LOTS OF HOURS LAUGHING AND REMEMBERING HER ON MY VISIT WITH HER CHILDREN. SHE GREATLY IMPACTED MY LIFE, JUST AS STEVE, ALEXA'S FATHER IMPACTED THOSE IN HIS COMMUNITY.

I THINK BACK ON THE HEALTH STRUGGLES BOTH OF THESE SAINTS ENDURED....WITH GRACE, STRENGTH AND FAITH. THEY ENDURED SOME RAIN, BUT AFTER THE RAIN.....CAME A RAINBOW. I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY GOOD HEALTH....I WANT TO GIVE IT UP DAILY IN SERVICE TO THE LORD.

I HAVE ANOTHER DEAR FRIEND, JUDY KENOBBIE, WHO IS BATTLING KIDNEY CANCER. SHE IS JOYFUL, HOPEFUL, AND AT REST.....AT REST AS SHE BATTLES A MONSTER. THANK YOU, JESUS,
THAT YOU HOLD HER IN YOUR PROTECTIVE CARE...LOVING HER, HEALING HER AND ENCOURAGING HER. SHE IS SO PRECIOUS. SHE IS ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LIFE HAS DRAWN MY HEART CLOSER TO JESUS. SHE LIVES FAR AWAY BUT EVERY TIME WE TALK ON THE PHONE, OUR HEARTS FEEL RIGHT NEXT DOOR. JESUS IS THE ONE WHO CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN!!!

SO I END THIS BLOG POST WITH PRAISE.....FOR THE ONE WHO CREATES THE STORMS, THE RAIN AND THE RAINBOWS.

ONE DAY.....WE WILL ALL BE SKIPPING TOGETHER IN HEAVEN.

I WILL POST SOME HAPPY PICTURES OF MY PRECIOUS LITTLE GRAND -ONES SOON!
THIS SKIPPING PICTURE IS OF KATIE GARRETT'S THREE DAUGHTERS DOING LIFE!!!!! OH, HOW I LOVE THEM.