Another lovely and amazing day.  God is so good!  It seems God just brings the nicest people across my path.  I forgot to even mention one from yesterday that I met at a resale shop in Placerville area on the way back to Rebecca’s from Lake Tahoe.  A young man came strolling across my aisle and I couldn’t help but notice is short spiky corkscrew hair sticking out all over his head.  It was wonderfully interesting and I couldn’t help commenting on it.  I asked him if it was dreadlocks.  He said no, it was very naturally curly and he just spike it up (each spike about two inches or longer) with a tight question mark curl at the end.  I wished I had taken a photo but felt that might be too intrusive.  We ended up talking about a half hour and he told me a little about his story.  He is from the United Kingdom, had a very seriously, difficult accent to comprehend him fully, but was a delight to talk with.  He was with a group that came to the states to live in American with families for free room and board by giving 5 hours daily to any kind of work the American family needed to have done.  I wish I had asked him what kind of work he was doing but our conversation veered away from that topic before I could ask the question.  I asked him why he decided to come here.  With his sweet smile and a red blushed face he said, well…his parents needed a break from him.  He told me he had been in some situations that were not so good.  Oh my interest was peeked but again I refrained from prying.  The topic (through my help) came around to God.  He had no real concept of who Jesus is.  I shared a bit with him, gave him some book titles to think about reading and asked him if I could pray for him NOW?  He said yes.  God gave me a prayer that must have been just for this young man named Craig.  It was more cohesive and beautiful that any words I could have come up with.  When I was finished he looked and me and said “Wow,  I’ve never had anyone pray for me before”.  And I tought WOW!!  He said thank you to me for praying for him.  I told him that God and His son Jesus were real and that should he ever be in one of his low spots again to just call out Jesus and He would be there.

I asked Craig what words of wisdom did he have.  He said “The most important things is to learn to love yourself so you can love others.  People have to learn to love themselves.”  I told him that those words were in the Bible, that we are to love our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind and our neighbor as ourselves (My paraphrase).  He found that interesting.  I do hope some seeds were planted in Craig’s heart for future watering and future harvesting.

Today was no exception to my meeting new, interesting and delightful people.  One young lady captivated me by her smile, sparkling eyes, and the exercise she was doing, a new position which works the back muscle strength.  I asked her  if she would show me the proper form and she did so willingly.  We engaged in conversation and it was such a delight to me to see such life and health in a young woman.  We shared many things.  She was such a courteous listener that I fear I might have taken both of us off course in our purpose for being at the gym.  I did learn a few things about her too.  One, that she is getting married in the fall and that she is a child of our amazing God.  When God is in the equation there is always so much to talk about.  I asked her what her wisdom would be.  She answered, “Smile at everyone because you never know who you might meet”.  I thought that very interesting because when I met her she had the most beautiful smile on her face that just drew me to her.  She is living out her own wisdom.  Thank you Corrisa for being so kind to me today.  I enjoyed our time together!

I heard through Rebecca’s husband that it might rain and storm today…and I awakened to a bright sunny spring day.  After workout I came back to Paulette’s house, we changed and headed out for shopping and a Kia car dealership visit to see if they could figure out my media system for me.  When we dressed, we dressed for the sunshine and warmth that the day offered.  As we drove away I looked at the sky and it was blue with the most magnificent clouds ever.  We went to Kia first.  When we finished there we drove out and oh my, clouds had come together as if in counsel.  I prayed for rain.  Paulette didn’t think it would rain.  I just had an inkling that there had to be rain in the making with the blackness of the cloud that seemed to be hovering over us.  It was just over the area where we were.  Other clouds could be seen beyond in the blue sky.  I again prayed for rain for this dry and parched land.  It seemed the clouds were gathering together as we drove.  Well, we went into Costco and stayed awhile and then the sound on the roof gave proof that what I had prayed for (along with probably thousands of others) that the prayer was answered.  Not only did it rain, as we approached the door to leave, it started blowing sideways, coming down in sheets of hail.  It was very cold for California in May.  We retreated and found a place to sit for quite awhile hoping the “squall” would pass.  Paulette said that squalls don’t pass here in California.  She was right.  I finally gave in, made a dash for my car so I could bring it up to the door to load up.  I was soaking wet, shivering, and cold before things were loaded.  I grabbed a jacket in the now messy back end of my car, ran back into the store, took off my outer soaking wet blouse and put on my jean jacket and wet jeans.  We had the heater blasting, the wipers swishing and took my little Kia for a swim.  I had to go slow in the low spots so I would not hydroplane or be swept away by the splashes of the cars passing me spewing water over our my little Silver Fox.  We made it home all in one piece.  I put my blouse in the dryer, my pants on a hanger to dry, put on my most favorite garment I own (my housecoat), thawed my feet out with a hair dryer (I had worn sandals), put my striped toe socks on and called it a night!

Dinner is over and my cousin wants me to finish this blog.

Before I go I want to mention another wonderful person I met today.  God is so good to provide places for me to exercise and He did it again.  I spoke with a the manager of a gym and he was so gracious to allow me to workout at a rate I could afford.  Thank you so much Todd.  We had a delightful conversation but I feel amiss because I didn’t really get to learn much about him.  Perhaps tomorrow when I go back.  He is one of those kind of people that make living in this world a pleasant place to be.  He has something very special he is bringing me tomorrow that he wants me to have.  I will tell you more after the event.  I just always wonder how I am so blessed to meet such special people.

In closing, I just want to say that this day has been a blessed day for me.  Blessed because I am a child of the King.  Blessed because I have so many really nice people who walk into my life everyday.  Blessed because I have the opportunity to pray with so many people who are little more than strangers to me but leave with hugs.  I thank God for this blessed day.  May your day be full of sunshine EVEN WHEN IT POURS.  Remember, be prepared for what you pray for.

Hey it is only 9:16 p.m. and I am done.

Good night.