OK, all you bloggers....I started easily....showing off my grandchildren...cute pictures... beautiful creatures...full of love.... how hard of a task is that? So, I am taking a hint from all of your blogs...I will make this a little more difficult for me, I will venture into a deeper side of blogging, which requires, thinking and a higher degree of vocabulary than my thirty years of teaching elementary age children prepared me for...See, I already goofed...ended that sentence with a preposition...oh well, I hope that, even if some of you are teachers, you will be able to read through my inevitable errors in spelling and grammar to see the message. If you see references pulled from your own blogs, and I did not give you credit for them, I'm not taking credit for them, and will try to remember to put hose pesky " " around the words if I use them verbatim. Then you will all have to go back and reread everyone's blogs to see where they came from. Hey this could be a new game of "Tag"!!

Alright, you noticed that I did include pictures..that is my visual self, if I were more auditory, I would have included a song. The first picture is the best one I could fine right now, that was a good distance away, and does not accent the aging process...except for all those stinking brown spots...I've been watching my Daddy closely at almost ninety...if something isn't "sluffing off him", some new more grotesque thing is growing on him! Oh the joys of aging, not a good spot for sissies!

The next picture is me at age 5 or 6, it's been so long ago, and Mama forgot to include the date on the back! Cute, huh? This is the picture that shows how I truly see myself right now...no I'm not blind, yet! This is how I see myself in my journey with God. A willing, happy little girl, ready to listen and please my loving Father.

During my experiences at the time of my mother's death, I began "noticing" God's attempts to really get my attention. Sometimes these attempts were kind and gentle, the ones I've always had. Other times, they were painful, not so kind and gentle, and not so well received. The most recent ones have been like sledge hammers, but suprisingly not painful. That is because, I finally allowed Him to take control and I finally listened!!

At this time, can you believe, I signed up for a Bible Study concerning prayer...Do you think that was a coincidence? I did not do my first week's work, making one excuse after another. I don't have time ( or was it "not a priority" ?)and I can hear what others are thinking and I will figure out the week's work. This was not a good choice on my part, as He woke me up at 4:15 two mornings in a row to "discuss" some things with me. I know my walk with Him is maturing, because for the first time in a very long time, I actually listened and heard His voice. I know that my walk is maturing, because I can see so many events He is placing in my sight, that I know are not coincidence. I know that my walk is maturing because.....well, I will consider making a list of top 10 reasons I know my walk is maturing on another blog. If each blog is this long, they may start charging me for space..

I now know that my quiet time with Him must be in the morning??? Uh, I wonder where I got that? So now, I am getting up early, and spending that very important quiet time with my best friend in all meanings of that word.

Thank you Lord, for not letting me believe I had You in my back pocket, so all I had to do was pull You out and wave You around when I "needed" you. Thank you for not giving up on me and breaking through the obstacles I had put in between us. I now stand with all of Your children who wait on You. I might not be as "patient" as I should be...but I will begin today....and I will begin tomorrow, if I fail today...and I will begin again the next day, if I fail tomorrow...I will never give up , as You will never give up on me.