Friday September 9 2016  TIME PASSES WITHOUT WARNING

Time relentlessly passes by and I sometimes am totally unaware.  Yes, in the back of my mind I realize that the day is waning but keep insisting that I can just get one more thing accomplished.  And then I must halt.  Last night I finally halted at 12:05 a.m.  I climbed into bed and only wished I could have stayed up longer to do more.

Awake at 6:30 a.m. this morning and I was raring to go.  Since I have restrictions as to how much I can exercise at the gym I am taking advantage of these no interruption days.  On days when I don’t go to the gym I plan to be partially dressed and ready for a marathon.  Oops!  I just remembered that I forgot to lie down this afternoon.  Oh well, it just means more trips to the bathroom through the night.  Lying on my back with my feet propped up puts my kidneys into high gear.  And that is a good thing!  But, if I forget, then I pay with many trips to the little girl’s room.

So, another day has “skedaddled” (a word my friend used in her message to me today), so I will just write a quick blog.

I have not forgotten about the last two biographies I have yet to write; again, just time constraints.  Today was album day.  Scrap-booking is a slow and tedious project and I made a BIG MISTAKE yesterday!  I peeked ahead at all the photos I have yet to do!  I have two boxes of organized photos in envelopes, standing on end, and the boxes are heavy!  It takes several hours each day to lay out, cut, organize, and reorganize, arrange, and then carefully attach everything to the background.  I’d like to know who made up this idea of “SCRAP-BOOKING”.  Just between you and me, it sure is fun!

I won’t look ahead again.  I will just do what I can each session and allow that to be my motivating factor.  Today I searched my own photo archives and found a few photos that were not included in my mom’s photos.  Years ago I made some copies of some of my mom’s photos and I actually found them.  I took a phone snapshot of the ones I had and I plan to have some digital prints made so I can include them in my sister’s books.  Some of my photos were given to me by my mom when I was just married and some I actually made from a couple of negatives my mom still owned.  I wish I still had those negatives but I had to return them and I did not see them included with my sister’s cache of photos.  I hope the iPhone prints will be decent enough to include in the albums.

It seems one thing leads to another.  Doing the album gave me incentive to dig up the old biographies of my mother’s siblings.  The old biographies gave me incentive to update their stories.  The amounts of paper I am using up so quickly instigated me to search out a great sale, which made it necessary to spend a couple of hours choosing additional supplies and the more pages I do, the more I realize how many photos I remember once seeing that were not included with this batch of photos.  And that is what caused me to search out my own old photos.  And all these new endeavors equal more hours.  Today I used the iphone to take pictures of my photos, and I put them through computer processing so I could have prints made.  And that led to a call with the photo-lab I use and then the discussion of what it will cost to print a digital copy of the album; astronomical to say the least!  That sent me on a computer and phone quest to inquire about other methods of reproducing the album when it is finished.  The only problem I have is trying to estimate how many pages there will be.  That will determine the cost factor.  And there will be a lot of pages!!!  And that is why I peeked ahead.  Big mistake!  It looks unending!  And I haven’t even begun my own saga.  Perhaps I need to plan on living to about 110 years old.  Oh my…maybe on second thought I’ll just work faster.

And in the midst of all I have to do I picked up the ringing phone this morning and spoke  with a new friend for over two hours.  I should have taken that time to lie down.  I could have accomplished two things at once.  Even though we (more me than her) spoke a long while it was a very refreshing reprieve.  I actually awakened this morning thinking of this friend and desiring to go over and visit with her today.  So, even though it was a day I planned to stay at home, I still had my desire fulfilled without even leaving the house.  She is a friend that God brought into my life recently while I was shopping at Aldi’s.  She has the countenance of an angel, and after getting to know her better, I realize it is really the essence of God that causes her to glow.  I believe she is in her eighties.  I so look forward to hearing her stories.  God is so good to me with the wonderful people He brings into my life.  

JESUS LONGS TO LIVE INSIDE

By Kathleen Martens

August 9, 2016

Every day can be a wonder

When one is prepared to receive.

And when we live in God’s presence

It seems easier to believe.

God is such a great Father

To His children who walk among men.

He only desires the best for us

And He offers to be our friend.

What a journey we are on

When everyday is full of God’s glory,

And when He dwells within our heart

He is the foundation of our story.

There is such joy to be experienced

When living connected with the Divine,

Because regardless what my day may hold,

I know I’m His, and He is mine.

But so many who know His name

Do not understand He longs to live inside.

He so desires a personal relationship

So together you eternally abide.

The above poem was actually inspired by something my friend told me today.

Lord, my prayer tonight is that You would open the eyes of those who do not understand what a personal relationship with You means.  Put a love in their heart to read Your word and give them insight and discernment to understand your scriptures.  Lord, bring others into their lives to help turn their eyes and hearts to what it truly means to have a “personal living relationship” with You; one where You are ever present in their lives and they are ever mindful of Your presence.

Thank You Father for Your scriptures.

Thank You Lord for abiding in me.

Thank You God that You are ALWAYS THERE FOR ME!

Thank You too for my new found friend, Marilyn, who loves You so deeply.

Thank You for this lovely day.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.