WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME HEALTH ISSUES.
I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING.
BOB WENT WITH A DEAR FRIEND ON A WEEK LONG CANOE TRIP AND I GOT TO GO TO THE BEACH!!!!!!!!
MY DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN BE STILL AND BE QUIET AND KNOW.
TODAY WAS AMAZING AS I WITNESSED THE LORD'S BLESSINGS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY AFTERNOON STARTED LIKE THIS....
I WENT TO THE GOODWILL HERE TO GET SOME HYMN BOOKS TO DO LITTLE WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR MY QUIET TIMES. I PURCHASED TWO OF THE SAME HYMNAL, WONDERING WHY I GOT TWO OF THE EXACT SAME ONES.
THIS IS WHY!!!!!!
WHILE VISITING MY FAVORITE GIFT AND GARDEN SHOP, PICKETS, I MEET A DELIGHTFUL YOUNG ARTIST AND HER MOM WHILE VISITING WITH THE OWNER OF PICKETS, ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL LADY. I FOUND OUT THE YOUNG 19 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS AN ARTIST TOO. SHE WAS ON CRUCTHES. I ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED TO HER LEG. SHE LEFT ME SPEECHLESS AS I FOUND OUT SHE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE SHOOTING VICTIMS AT THE AURORA THEATER. I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER THE HYMNAL I HAD PURCHASED....TWO COPIES. GOD KNEW I WOULD GIVE IT TO HER FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND FOR HER BEAUTIFUL ART WORK. SHE IS EXTREMELY TALENTED. I KNOW ONE DAY SHE WILL ILLUSTRATE A BOOK....PROBABLY A CHILDREN'S BOOK.
SHE TOLD ME GOD HAD WORKED THIS TRAGEDY FOR GOOD IN HER LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. WOW!!!!!
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| BE STILL AND QUIET AND KNOW |
SHE WAS MY "GOD MOMENT" TODAY AND SHE GAVE ME A HUGE DOSE OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. OUR GOD IS BIG. HE WORKS ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!!!!
I FOUND THIS CROSS ON THE BEACH DURING MY MORNING WALK
ALONG WITH THE SHELLS!!!!!
