Greater than Imagination, Who?

So yesterday, I was sitting on the couch over at K and L's place, and a little one was drawing pictures in my head. She stood behind me, dancing and jeering, all in hopes that I'd catch her in the act. They were laughing and giggling and having fun, all the while I was attempting to sleep. There is a beauty in children that we all should try to match, and a lesson to be learned that we should all try to enact; live in the moment, and enjoy every second, life is too short to get lost on the temporal.

My grandmother gave me some great advice yesterday. Who knew it would be so profound? I guess that I did; my father's quote runs through my head, "You don't get to be old by being a fool." I called her and was just checking in. She told me that I should be there to enjoy some ham, collard greens and sweet potatoes, mac and cheese with ice tea - I was only left to reminisce on how wonderful those Sunday meals used to be. I told what I was going through and all that was on my mind. She listened and injected "uhm hmmm," and "agh huh's" to calm the swells that swooned within my soul as could be heard with my words. She let me finish and she replied, "Baby, all you need to do is pray because you can't fix it on your own." I love my grandmother - she is wisdom in my eyes.

I enjoyed a great service learning that God is in everything and that the reality of God is greater than my imagined perception of God.

I wondered if off-shore drilling is the gravy chain we're putting our hopes into for lower gas prices. If anything, the relief would be many years out and not occur in the immediate.

Mrs. Lazaga told me that the subconcious reacts to the conscious mind. If in our conscious we say that we cannot, or that we are going to fail then our subconcious blindly follows. Are we then to be surprised if failure is the result?

It seems that when it comes to ministry, beginning a statement with, "I don't..." means that God'll put you in situations where you will.

I got to talk to my sister yesterday and learned that we all dream of having the same things. The great thing about having dreams is the value they accumulate in the pursuit of attaining them. I'm excited about what the future holds!

Will somebody ask Ilene if she's up to cooking before she leaves on vacation? Call me selfish, but her food is good. I like that yogurt dish with red onions and cucumbers that can be put over rice and curry. I wish somebody would teach me how to make that, Shawna, are you game?

I'm back to writing long posts. Keep your eyes out for an action-adventure series being developed by me and Joe.