Odds and Ends

I've not been in the mood to blog of late, I hope that changes in the future because I really am uplifted by the thought of possibly uplifting someone else with my blog. But right now, I'm just pulled in different directions with puppies and other things going on.

I did want to mention that patience has paid off for me and Mark this month. After hoping and praying for bluebirds for over a year, and after repositioning the bluebirdhouse yet again, we now have a pair that has taken up residence. It's wonderful to watch them coming and going and taking care of business. I just pray that God keeps them safe from predators while they're living in our yard. Mark has also been patient waiting for an opportunity to build a garage. The work has finally begun after months of praying for wisdom and guidance. I hope God is watching over the construction and that we will make wise decisions concerning this addition to our property in the weeks ahead.

Weather has sure been dictating our walks here lately. Yesterday I tried taking Riff and Roy up the hill before the rain and taking Pepper the opposite direction for his turn. Unfortunately, the rain caught up with us, so that was cut short. Today, with more impending rain, I took all three out together, but not uphill, where we run into other dogs. Instead, we took the walk on Finnel Pike past the pasture of cows and turned around in our church parking lot. Thankfully, we made it home before the rain.

Last night, I did have a wonderful opportunity to see a speaker that I had previously seen on the internet. His name is Nick Vujicic. Back in February of 2008, I printed out his story as it came around on the computer. He was born in 1982 without arms or legs to a pastor and his wife in Melbourne, Australia. At the age of fifteen, he accepted Christ and today, he ministers around the world. A couple weeks ago he was at Southland Christian Church in Lexington. As I record their program, I was able to watch it last night when my sister reminded me that he was the guest speaker. Wow, what a wonderful inspiration for us all.

One of his key messages is "Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds". This is so hard for most of us to accept, because trials mean discomfort and often uncertainty and we always want comfort and certainty in our lives. Certainty that everything is going to be fine. But isn't that what Jesus has promised us, that as long as we trust in Him, we do have certainty. We have the certainty and promise of eternal life with Him. I hope we all can have patience and trust in Him.

If you want to see Nick Vujicic, his website is lifewithoutlimbs.org or check out his message at Southland Christian Church's website. Have a great day, luv, Susan