It has been awhile since I was on. Between dealing with the start of a bulging disk and the holidays, I have been remiss. I am doing quite a bit better. The Pain is decreasing and Dr. Steve says I am balancing out quickly. Suck it up! My massage therapist said, hold your stomach in and it will help things go back together, it is called strengthening the core. I say - Boo Humbug! That is hard to do.
I must say that kicking off this season has been really sweet. We got out of our nightly comfort zone and went downtown Wednesday the night before Thanksgiving. We ate at Champions the restaurant down at the Stadium. Then traveled over to the Festival of Trees. We went at 6 PM which is a trick everyone needs to know. Everyone else was at the lighting of the Santa. I got some really beautiful pictures as a result. We also got to listen to the Children's Choir sing beautiful carols. Afterwards, we looked at the old W & D window action figures and finished with Fireworks at the Parkview Stadium. It was fabulous.
We look forward now to a night at the former "Castle" (library) at University of St. Francis and then the Christmas Pops.
While I was sitting there in the Embassy auditorium listening to carols I thought about how does one really want to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This was one way, and then I picked up this writing and want to share it with you.
"THE PERFECT GIFT" (I dedicate this to Jim Hefty who won't be here this Christmas, but will stand in perfect victory and free from cancer with His perfect Gift - Jesus Christ.
I shall tell you a story, so true that you'll sing. It's a story that speaks of the greatest True King. It was promised He'd come to us long long ago. He's the promise of God and the Love He would show. This Gift came to man in the humblest of ways. Though He once sat in Heaven in brightest arrays. Foretold by His Prophets in a time long ago, This Way of Salvation for His people to know. You see God's Perfect Gift is for each and everyone, For people of every race, tribe, and tongue. And, the Gift that God gave was the Sum of His Parts, It's still here for the taking if we'll open our hearts.
God's Gift came as a Child to this dark fallen globe, Though born in a manger He deserved a Royal Robe. But though a child in the flesh, in His Heart lived a King, Sent to save us from our sins, Oh the joy it would bring! See this Gift does for man, what man simply can't do, To save us in life and in death see us through. For He came and He lived and He showed us the Way to find our home in Heaven forever to stay.
To know of this Gift that was God's Perfect Choice, is the Reason for the Season, and a Reason to rejoice! So celebrate God's Love and your Family and Friends1 But don't miss the "Gift" in Whom all else depends.
He's Jesus Christ the Savior and Redeemer of man, He's loved us from eternity and was God's Perfect Plan. To save each man and woman, each child and every soul, so come to Him and trust His Name, let Jesus make you whole.
by Bill Frauhiger 11-12-2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
DON'T YOU LOVE GOD'S BEAUTY!
Couldn't help myself. I have another one I wish I could share from my phone. Walking down the beach at Jekyll. Blue sky and no one around. Water, 80 degrees and beautiful sand. Can you tell I need a vacation?
As I sit here and look out the window I see "The Land of the Black Sticks!" Some people laugh when I say that, and it is my own coinage. The sky is blue, however, and I have the doors open. Dakota and I will take a walk here pretty soon, and hope the hunters are gone for lunch. Dakota kept bucking me this morning. She did not want to go outside. And, then I heard it, the distant roar of men hunting deer. Okay, this is it, we are not moving into a new season. Here is where I get to cowgirl up. I don't do ovens, pap smears, and winter. There is nothing - oops, I forgot mammograms. There is nothing worse than this group of items for me.
Of course, after reading my devotions I have to recant and say, okay Lord, your will, not mine. I came across Exodus 14: 13 and 14 this morning. It has been awhile since I looked that verse up. it was a major set of verses that I memorized back in 1983. I was in my masters program at University of St. Francis. We had just purchased a hatchback Honda that was fairly new. It had power brakes and power steering. I was on my way to school on a rainy morning. Over on 52, there used to be a steel bridge. As I crossed it, a dog stepped out in front and I blew the horn, but nothing. I over corrected and ended up in the ditch on my side. God's is awesome when He writes on our page. A hatchback means you pull a lever and walk out the back of the car. Which I did. The dog was deaf and blind and had gotten out of the neighbor's house. When they pulled the car out, the frame was not bent and I drove it home. Sound good! Well, two things began to happen. No matter what I incurred on the road, I could not blow my horn. It was like I was in suspended automation. And, that whole summer, everything from tree limbs, to kids on bikes, to animals came in front of my vehicle. I could not blow the horn. The panic was getting out of hand. I cried out to the Lord and one morning there it was. Exodus 14: 13 and 14.
"And Moses told the people. FEAR not; stand (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest."
Is that not fantastic. There are a zillion do not fear's in the Bible, but this one just came flying out at me. The enemy had been using my phobia to bring anxiety and the idea that this was going to happen again. I claimed those two verses, memorized those two verses and claimed victory. God's promises are true. What a peace I received from that. Am I over the horn blowing thing. That has been years ago. I still have a moment of freezing, but I have gotten better. The main point for me was, I would never see that Egyptian again. And, I didn't.
Hope your weekend is beautiful and remember suit up, remember God's promises, and tell others.
As I sit here and look out the window I see "The Land of the Black Sticks!" Some people laugh when I say that, and it is my own coinage. The sky is blue, however, and I have the doors open. Dakota and I will take a walk here pretty soon, and hope the hunters are gone for lunch. Dakota kept bucking me this morning. She did not want to go outside. And, then I heard it, the distant roar of men hunting deer. Okay, this is it, we are not moving into a new season. Here is where I get to cowgirl up. I don't do ovens, pap smears, and winter. There is nothing - oops, I forgot mammograms. There is nothing worse than this group of items for me.
Of course, after reading my devotions I have to recant and say, okay Lord, your will, not mine. I came across Exodus 14: 13 and 14 this morning. It has been awhile since I looked that verse up. it was a major set of verses that I memorized back in 1983. I was in my masters program at University of St. Francis. We had just purchased a hatchback Honda that was fairly new. It had power brakes and power steering. I was on my way to school on a rainy morning. Over on 52, there used to be a steel bridge. As I crossed it, a dog stepped out in front and I blew the horn, but nothing. I over corrected and ended up in the ditch on my side. God's is awesome when He writes on our page. A hatchback means you pull a lever and walk out the back of the car. Which I did. The dog was deaf and blind and had gotten out of the neighbor's house. When they pulled the car out, the frame was not bent and I drove it home. Sound good! Well, two things began to happen. No matter what I incurred on the road, I could not blow my horn. It was like I was in suspended automation. And, that whole summer, everything from tree limbs, to kids on bikes, to animals came in front of my vehicle. I could not blow the horn. The panic was getting out of hand. I cried out to the Lord and one morning there it was. Exodus 14: 13 and 14.
"And Moses told the people. FEAR not; stand (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest."
Is that not fantastic. There are a zillion do not fear's in the Bible, but this one just came flying out at me. The enemy had been using my phobia to bring anxiety and the idea that this was going to happen again. I claimed those two verses, memorized those two verses and claimed victory. God's promises are true. What a peace I received from that. Am I over the horn blowing thing. That has been years ago. I still have a moment of freezing, but I have gotten better. The main point for me was, I would never see that Egyptian again. And, I didn't.
Hope your weekend is beautiful and remember suit up, remember God's promises, and tell others.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
LIGHTER SIDE!
Thought it might be the day to take a lighter side. It feels like I am always looking for what we don't do right, and maybe we could take a break this week.
What a gorgeous weekend it has been. Just taking in God's fall beauty as it ends the season; causes us to think how blessed we are with the different seasons. I hear a lot of people who leave this area and go out west complain about how their seasons are all the same. Same temperature - hot. No brightly falling leaves, and beautiful snowy trees. No spring rebirth of flowers and green leaves, and of course, summer breezes.
The other evening, my friends Lori and Valerie took in a gorgeous sunset from the famous DeWitt porch. Lori and Rick had this porch built two years ago and they use it almost year round. It has a heater for the fall and winter. A See through curtain to break the wind, complete with surround sound, and lovely furniture. What a delight that was to share with two forever friends. We ate, (with jackets on, but toasty to say the least. We got caught up on our busy lives and watched another God treat - his sun going down. I admit, I miss both the sunrise and sunset from our home view.
Friendships are another of God's creation and I am grateful for mine.
Have a blessed week and remember our creator.
John 14: 27
What a gorgeous weekend it has been. Just taking in God's fall beauty as it ends the season; causes us to think how blessed we are with the different seasons. I hear a lot of people who leave this area and go out west complain about how their seasons are all the same. Same temperature - hot. No brightly falling leaves, and beautiful snowy trees. No spring rebirth of flowers and green leaves, and of course, summer breezes.
The other evening, my friends Lori and Valerie took in a gorgeous sunset from the famous DeWitt porch. Lori and Rick had this porch built two years ago and they use it almost year round. It has a heater for the fall and winter. A See through curtain to break the wind, complete with surround sound, and lovely furniture. What a delight that was to share with two forever friends. We ate, (with jackets on, but toasty to say the least. We got caught up on our busy lives and watched another God treat - his sun going down. I admit, I miss both the sunrise and sunset from our home view.
Friendships are another of God's creation and I am grateful for mine.
Have a blessed week and remember our creator.
John 14: 27
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