Tick Tock Tick Tock as I am writing this post, the only sound I hear around me is the clock going Tick Tock Tick Tock. Time is something we can never take back, but can always hope for.
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 3 that There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.an indefinite, frequently prolonged period or duration in the future: Time will tell if what we have done here today was right.
What have you done with your time? Have you spent it well? Did you take the time to tell those you love how much they mean to you? Did you do your work as unto the Lord? Did you tell others of God's love? Did you enjoy looking at a rainbow? Did you listen to God speak through his Word?
These are just a few of the things that came to mind today, there are countless ways in which we can use our time here on earth.
Over the past 2 weeks, I have lost 3 friends who were all beautiful Christan women. They all used their time wisely and for the kingdom of God. What they did and how they carried their lives was reflected in the outpouring of love when they each left this world. Their time was well spent. They each touched lives for God and they showed love to their love ones. They were hard workers and they carried God's love to their workplace. They loved their families and trained their children in the ways of the Lord. They were all Proverbs 31 women, whom loved life and the beauty that God created for them to live in.
Tick Tock Tick Tock.....What will you do with your time left here on earth? What kind of legacy will you leave? What will people say about your life when you are gone? And most importantly .... What will God say about your life?
Will he say "Well done tho Good and Faithful Servant, Enter In"....Tick Tock Tick Tock.....
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
A Place in Time
Our beautiful Mema has Alzheimer's and after a visit with her today, I realized the Mema we all love who knows us all by our outward appearance no longer is able to do that. We have to tell her who we are and then she is taken back in time to a place where she remembers.
Mema is 89 years old and told us with tears in her eyes, that she had been saved at the early age of 15. She recalled the times of her childhood where she yearned for her Daddy to be saved and how excited she was the day he gave his life to the Lord. She can tell you all of her children's names and remembers so many detailed things about their lives growing up, but just moments later, she is trying to recall who the face before her is.
The Alzheimer's Foundation states that Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time. I find this disease so interesting. Observing Mema the woman we have all grown to love is slowly slipping away, but the beautiful christian spirit that she has lives on. While visiting with her, she quoted scripture after scripture with us and sang songs to us of God's love. The spirit of God that lives within each and everyone of us cannot be broken. The Bible tells us "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:38-39
The legacy that Mema is leaving for all of us is far beyond any disease that would try to rob her of her testimony. I found this poem today and thought it was befitting for such a wonderful person whom I love so dear - Willa Lee Thurmond (Dink) A Devoted Christian, Mother, Grandmother and Friend.
Do not ask me to remember.
Don't try to make me understand.
Let me rest and know you're with me.
Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.
I'm confused beyond your concept.
I am sad and sick and lost.
All I know is that I need you
To be with me at all cost.
Do not lose you patience with me.
Do not scold or curse or cry.
I can't help the way I'm acting,
Can't be different 'though I try.
Just remember that I need you,
That the best of me is gone.
Please don't fail to stand beside me,
Love me 'till my life is done.
- Unknown
Mema is 89 years old and told us with tears in her eyes, that she had been saved at the early age of 15. She recalled the times of her childhood where she yearned for her Daddy to be saved and how excited she was the day he gave his life to the Lord. She can tell you all of her children's names and remembers so many detailed things about their lives growing up, but just moments later, she is trying to recall who the face before her is.
The Alzheimer's Foundation states that Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time. I find this disease so interesting. Observing Mema the woman we have all grown to love is slowly slipping away, but the beautiful christian spirit that she has lives on. While visiting with her, she quoted scripture after scripture with us and sang songs to us of God's love. The spirit of God that lives within each and everyone of us cannot be broken. The Bible tells us "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:38-39
The legacy that Mema is leaving for all of us is far beyond any disease that would try to rob her of her testimony. I found this poem today and thought it was befitting for such a wonderful person whom I love so dear - Willa Lee Thurmond (Dink) A Devoted Christian, Mother, Grandmother and Friend.
Do not ask me to remember.
Don't try to make me understand.
Let me rest and know you're with me.
Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.
I'm confused beyond your concept.
I am sad and sick and lost.
All I know is that I need you
To be with me at all cost.
Do not lose you patience with me.
Do not scold or curse or cry.
I can't help the way I'm acting,
Can't be different 'though I try.
Just remember that I need you,
That the best of me is gone.
Please don't fail to stand beside me,
Love me 'till my life is done.
- Unknown
Friday, February 4, 2011
Why doesn't God answer all our prayers?
After a long battle with cancer, a friend of ours went home to be with God today. She was a very strong woman of God, she never waivered in her faith and believed that God was going to heal her right up to today. When I think of this, I as a lot of others ask "Why doesn't God answer all our prayers?"
I think when we look for answers like this, we only are looking at the result - the healing, never looking at how through the unanswered prayer God had a purpose had his own answer.
Through my friend's unanswered prayer God taught us all faith, endurance, dedication and love. Lavonne was dedicated to her family and her God, she endured a lot of pain and suffering and the love she had for her spouse, her son, her grandchildren, her family, her church and her friends. The example of her Godly life was a legacy none of us will ever forget.
The prayer for Lavonne to be healed went deep into God's heart, he cared enough about us that he was willing to let another one of his own suffer so that we might come to know him more.
I dedicate this blog today to a woman of God Lavonne Dilmore-Gause. May we all be as trustworthy with our lives to God, the way that you were.
I think when we look for answers like this, we only are looking at the result - the healing, never looking at how through the unanswered prayer God had a purpose had his own answer.
Through my friend's unanswered prayer God taught us all faith, endurance, dedication and love. Lavonne was dedicated to her family and her God, she endured a lot of pain and suffering and the love she had for her spouse, her son, her grandchildren, her family, her church and her friends. The example of her Godly life was a legacy none of us will ever forget.
The prayer for Lavonne to be healed went deep into God's heart, he cared enough about us that he was willing to let another one of his own suffer so that we might come to know him more.
I dedicate this blog today to a woman of God Lavonne Dilmore-Gause. May we all be as trustworthy with our lives to God, the way that you were.