Monday January 23 2017  WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS

Last week was an unbelievable week due to the problems with the well, icy roads, painting delays, and other things that cropped up that I can’t even remember now.  It all seems so long ago.  And now this week is just as busy with the unexpected.

I will be leaving on Wednesday before dawn for Corpus Christi, Texas.  I will be dropping a friend off in Kansas.  And supposedly I should be packed and ready to go by  6:00 a.m. on Wednesday.  Hmmm…I wonder if that will happen (the packing part that is).  I will be leaving, Lord willing, but I just wonder if I’ll remember to take what I need.  As of yet I have not had a moment to even get my suitcase out of the closet.  I did think to gather the dirty clothes so Dave could get them washed.  At least those will be ready by tomorrow’s deadline.  I’m so thankful for washing machines AND WATER!

And now, I have another cog in the wheel.  It is time to pay my blog fee and I can’t figure out how to do it.  Two years ago when I set up the blog a friend helped me.  He set it up through his computer, paid for it with his credit card, and ever since he has received my renewal notices.  He forwarded this year’s notice to me, as he did last year.  We couldn’t figure out how to get it transferred to my name and my computer, so I still can’t pay it.  When my friend forwarded it to me he wrote, “Make sure your domain gets renewed”, but my computer will not allow me to access what I need because my purchasing history is all on his computer.

How fortunate that I received the message before I left for Corpus Christi or my blog may not have been waiting for me when I returned.  Now all I must do on this late date and time is contact my friend and figure out once again how to get around this.  I would rather have everything transferred to me but it seems unlikely that it will happen.  There is not even a contact for me to connect with.  I’m just hope my friend is in town.  I suppose as long as he is alive and well he could keep renewing it but one never knows what tomorrow holds for either of us.  I’ve sent out my SOS so I hope he responds.  Just one more thing to take care of before I pack.  When it rains, it pours!  And that sounds like a pretty good forecast when I look at the weather report for Wednesday and see that it is supposed to snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.  If the Lord wills, we will go on scheduled.

The “we” I am referring to is me and my friend Marilyn.  And, if all goes well we have some adventures to attend to.  On Wednesday we plan to visit the State Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa, stay in an Airbnb for the night and then on Thursday drive to Independence, Kansas and view Truman’s Library.  I will then drop Marilyn off at her niece’s house and spend the night at her niece’s home in Fort Scott, Kansas.  Friday I will travel to Hurst, Texas which is outside of Fort Worth, Texas.  My cousin lives there and has graciously said she could put up with me for one night.

On Saturday I will point the car toward Corpus Christi, with a short stop in San Antonio, to have a visit with a very special friend from over 40 years ago.  This special lady was the catalyst for Dave and me to adopt our daughter.  Our story is phenomenal and was definitely orchestrated by God’s timing.  No coincidence, all divine encounters, with the day and time in perfect synchronicity.

Then for the last leg of the trip I will finish the day driving an additional two and a half hours  to Corpus Christi. 

I will return by the same route and will be home sometime in February.  Dave seems confident that he can fend for himself.  He knows he has two freezers to eat out of and I have left prepared foods in the fridge.  But, I am taking all the Brussels sprouts with me!  I might allow Marilyn to eat ONE.

Please pray for us to have a safe round trip.  I really need to finish my sister’s Family Heritage Album.  Should something happen to me my husband said he would not finish designing the album for me!  I just hope I don’t leave too many loose ends when my expiration date arrives. 

 

FOR YOU ARE HIS CHILD

Kathleen Martens

January 23, 2017

http://www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

We never know what tomorrow holds,

Nor this moment, nor this hour.

Seize each instant and live it bold

As you walk bravely in the Lord’s power.

 

Live every moment in the moment given.

It is the only time you are guaranteed living.

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes,

Cherish life’s pleasures, both work and fun.

 

Put your whole being in the presence of now

For each tick of the clock is what life allows.

Fear not for the future, nor regret the past,

Because the human body will not last.

 

But you can prepare for the great unknown

By discovering the truths that are shown.

In God’s Word, is a map written in love

That gives direction how to meet God above.

 

Where there will be no clocks, no deadlines to beat,

No more sorrow, no more defeat.

And you’ll live eternally in God’s perfect plan

Because you were first born as woman or man.

 

So regret not your years for you are God’s treasure,

And He created you for His own pleasure

That someday you would dwell by His throne,

For you are His child, one of His own.

 

Thank You God that I can put my entire trust in You.

Thank You for the opportunity to go to Corpus Christi to be with my friend.

Thank You for my little KIA SOUL.

Thank You for Your protective angels.

Thank You for opening the door so Marilyn and I could enjoy this venture together.

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU!