Housework or Dad? hmmmmm...

Dear God,

Should I clean the house or go play music with my dad tonight?

The old house work will be around till way after I am dead and gone.

My dad will only be around till You call him home.

I think there is only one right answer here......a true NO BRAINER!!

See ya later housework!

God, thank you for dads.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:12}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus+20%3A12&version=NIV

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may
live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12

This Wonderful Possession Called LIFE

Dear God,

Proverbs 12:26-27
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.

God, it is a bit frightful to me how the entire social media works. People are befriending people that they don't know nor have ever met and divulging precious information about their children, their spouses, their vocations, their LIVES. I am just as guilty as the next guy about being lax in this area as well.

I think it is wise to hold back a bit on informing the world wide web about every tiny detail of our lives. Our lives are a precious gift to be prized, not a dead carcass of an animal to lay in the street so flies and maggots can collect on it and buzzards can pull it apart. This is a gross analogy....HEY...maybe this is what my dream was about last night!

Anyway, help me to be more cautious and to prize this wonderful possession called LIFE.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Proverbs 12:26-27}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+12%3A26-27&version=NIV

The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 12:26

Sometimes, Dreams are Weird

Dear God,

I had some weird dreams last night. I am not sure if it was one dream with sub movies inside of it, or a multitude of dreams with space between each one.

One part of the dream had me and my husband driving down a dark country road. Tree leaves were acting like a huge canopy above us. It was kinda creepy. Suddenly, we came upon a baby deer that had been hit by a car and it was laying in the road. It was sitting up looking at us, but there was blood on the road and the poor thing was dying. That was THE END of that part of the dream collage.

Why would I dream that? How weird. It is really cool how our minds work and the things that we dream seem to come out of nowhere. I think there is meaning to everything that goes on around us. Sometimes the meaning is good, and sometimes it is bad.

Thank you for dreams and meanings.

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Daniel 2:1-28}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=daniel+2%3A1-28&version=NIV

Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can
explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is
a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown
King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.
Daniel 2:27-28

Fruit Glorious Fruit

Dear God,

I love grapes, strawberries, watermelon, raspberries, oranges....just about all fruits! Fruit is so good!! Thank you for yummy fruit, even the seeds that we have to spit out.

Thank you for the fruit of Your Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. {Galatians 5:22-23}

Who wouldn't want the fruit that Your Spirit gives us? This fruit is YUMMY too. There are no seeds to spit out either. This is fruit in its entirety.

Just like the fruit that grows on trees and vines, my question is:

Does the fruit of the Spirit have different stages like the fruit that we eat? Is there times when "love" isn't ripe or when "patience" isn't as big as it could get?

Every single word listed in the fruits of the Spirit....I just LOVE and I want to eat EVERY ONE OF THEM!!

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:16-26}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A16-26&version=NIV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Galatians 5:22-23

Jesus, the Best Doctor Around

Dear God,

I do not like it when someone in my family is sick. Please be with my youngest right now as she is battling something. The doctor says it might be a kidney stone.....those HURT because You know that I have had three attacks from those little boogers (OUCH!!).

The doctors on this earth can only do SO MUCH for a person. They are not You. We give them all the information that we can and then based on their experience and their knowledge, they make a diagnosis and treat what they think it might be. It is the BEST we can do as humans. Experience and knowledge are two VERY strong tools to help us help others.

But, without You in the mix, it seems incomplete.

Thank you for the minds and gifts of doctors.

THANK YOU!

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Matthew 4:23-25}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4%3A23-25&version=NIV

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the
kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness
among the people.
Matthew 4:23