~~FEMININE MATTERS~~

TWO MONTHS LATER...

I RECEIVED A PACKAGE FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

I have a wonderful internet buddy who seems to pay extremely close attention to everything I tell her throughout a year.  She knows everything in the world about me.  She packed a box with various treasures.  I found a darling mug for coffee or tea.  I'm guessing I could use that as I read the book of Adrianisms by Adrian Rogers.  I mentioned a desire for that book forever ago.  She sent me the funniest cookbook I've ever perused.  Peppered among hundreds of simple recipes are helpful hints and quotes such as:

"An optimist sees the glass as half full...the pessimist sees it half empty...a realist sees it as just one more thing to wash."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!"

There were two bottles of Hyland's flu tablets to aid a recovery should I get a case of swine flu after I neglect to get an H1N1 vaccination.  She included a book, "Turn My Mourning Into Dancing".  Don't know if I can dance quite yet, but so far it has been an interesting read.  Also...nestled in the collection of goodies was a CD by Adrian Rogers that she and I had been chatting about in emails. "Five Ways to be a Successful Husband".

Before I put away all the contents of my birthday box, my hubby came home and was looking at it all.  He saw the CD and asked if my friend thought he needed help as a husband.  I laughed and explained that I'd wanted to hear Adrian's message and thought it might be a good CD for our grandsons.  Before I could explain our conversations, he quipped, "Well, just so you know...I'm only doing 3 of them."

He's so funny, doncha think?  selahV

IN THE SHADOW...by SelahV

Sometimes we go through dark times in our lives.  We face heartache, despair, and sadness.  I have found that in the hardest times, that Jesus is my help.  He did not raise anyone from the dead for me.  But He raised my spirit from the dead.  He did not always heal me of my illnesses, but He comforted me in the midst of them and gave me strength to endure.  He did not silence the storms, but He calmed my anxiously beating heart.  "For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice."  Psalm 63:7

Yes, I"ve learned to rejoice in the shadow of His wings.  And when I rejoice, He strokes my heart with love.  selahV

“Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,” (Psalm 17:8, ESV).

EXPECTATIONS...by SelahV

What can I expect today?  No interruptions?  No rejections?  An encouraging word?  A sunnier day?  Perhaps these things will come my way.  Perhaps not.  Yet in each moment of the hours ahead, may I be all I can be to another and wait expectantly only in You, O Lord, my Redeemer and Provider.  selahV

CONFORMITY....by SelahV

It's not about my nail polish.  Nor the latest style of dress.  It not about coloring my gray hair, or dropping twenty more pounds to fit into last winter's skirt.  Life is not about me.  Life is not about how good I look, nor even how comfortable I am.  Life is renewal in Christ and Christ alone.  Every day.  Every moment.