Wednesday August 19 2015  IT WENT TO MY HEAD!

When I sit down to write a blog I very rarely know what I am going to write about.  I just usually wait for something to trigger my mind, like the hummingbird did on the August 10^th blog, (a reader reminded me via email of that today regarding a comment she had about that particular blog) or I would not probably of remembered the poem she referred to that I wrote that day.  I actually looked back and re-read the blog and poem.  And it made me realize something another reader mentioned in an email recently, that my blogs are quite long.  So I am taking that comment literal.  Yes, they are long, I agree.  I could tell that it wasn’t a “good” thing.  The blogs never seem long when I’m writing them and trying to get my thought across.  I do apologize if I am too wordy.  I will try to be more concise.

Today happened.  We had a new experience.  For the first time in our lives we now have a disc sitting on top of our roof.  We are trying out Direct TV because it is so much more affordable than our Charter bill increases have become.  So, we’ll see what happens.  After the installers left at about 1:00 p.m.  Dave went to workout and I had to go to bed because I had an extreme episode of vertigo.  I ate a fruit smoothie and it caused my heart to become erratic and had a case of vertigo.  Not a fun thing to experience.  My world was spinning.  I only realized my heart was involved when I laid down.  Dave was gone, I was alone, so I just prayed that my heart rate would come down and go into normal rhythm.  One thing I can’t do is eat much sugar at once (like in an 8 ounce fruit smoothie) without rapid, irregular heartbeats because IT GOES TO MY HEAD!  I don’t think I would mind the skipping of the gym if I just wasn’t dizzy.  I listened to a sermon, napped a bit and woke up to feeling just fine.  So, I went to the gym, had a good workout, came home and worked around the house and in my computer room.  It is Dave’s Wednesday night out so I was alone.  And now I sit here at 10:08 p.m. (way past my bedtime) writing a SHORT BLOG.

And I wonder, should I think of something to share with you or just write my poem?  Actually I wrote a poem this morning during my time with the Lord.  I’ll go get it and copy it here for you tonight.

So I went downstairs, came back up and Dave is having a low blood sugar reaction.  We have a call into the nurse on call to find out what to do.  Because of our schedule today we did not eat as usual and I was not as attentive to what portions he was eating.  I think he ate too little.  I do hope they call soon.

Well, they did call soon.  I think we discovered what was going on.  Too lengthy here to say (remember I am keeping this blog short).  We’ll see what his blood sugar is in ½ hour and we’ll know if he is on the way out of this temporary woods.

This morning I was just writing to God in my journal and again realized some of the sentences I had just written seemed like they wanted to be in a poem so I added to them and a poem came out.  Here it is.

IT MATTERS NOT WHERE I COME FROM

By Kathleen Martens

August 19, 2015

I come now to walk in our quiet place

You come out to meet me face to face.

I come now to offer You praise,

The most perfect way to start my day.

I come Lord to rest in You.

To receive Your refreshment ever new.

I come now to honor the King of Kings

And to forever let Your glory ring.

I come in worship to lift up my voice

And in Your love to ever rejoice.

You wait patiently for me to come

And it matters not where I come from.

In solitude of thought You are my desire

You are my Father, my heavenly Messiah

I am so humbled to be in your presence

The One and Only, who is Omnipresent.

You hold me gently in Your strong arms

And keep me safe from all alarm.

You are my strong tower where I run to hide

And you never sweep me aside.

You wait patiently until I come

It matters not where I came from.

You offer mercy and Your unlimited grace

And direct me toward Your righteous place.

Good Night and God bless you!

Amish Calendar Wisdom for August 19:

WITH DIFFERENT STONES

GOD builds  His church with different stones,

He makes each one belong;

All shapes and sizes fit in place

To make the structure strong.

P.S.  Perhaps tomorrow I will have something to talk about, after all, it is FOOD DAY!