Sun 23 Sep 2007
Tomorrow I go in for knee replacement surgery. While I’m not worried, any major change in life gives one pause for philosophical thoughts. My thought for today is a paraphrase of the Psalms.
“What are human beings that God should give us a second look? We are insignificant balls of dust being blown around like tumbleweeds in a desert until we encounter the Spring of Living Water and become clay in the Potter’s hand. Then we are shaped into vessels to be of use to God.”
Wed 5 Sep 2007
It was a wonderful time of celebration of fifty years of marriage (to the same man!!). The children were all here –gathered from north to south. Friends from many locations joined the fun. I am certainly grateful to all my children and grandchildren for their faithfulness and devotion. God is Good!!
The only flaw in the perfect weekend was the death of one of my Siamese. SugarPlum somehow contacted a bug that destroyed her red blood cells and immune system. She couldn’t fight it.
I am reminded of one of my books that needs a lot of work yet. Here is a short excerpt. The wolf, Mozart, was killed in saving the life of Rachel.
“Aunt Rachel, does God allow wolves in heaven?”
Rachel answered, “Jimmy, I really don’t know. But God created him and used him to help us, so I’m sure there is a special place for him, if not in our heaven, then in a special heaven for faithful animals.”
“Thank you, Aunt Rachel. I was afraid God would forget all about him after he died.”
“God never forgets any of his creation, Jimmy, good or bad. He rejoices when we do right, but he grieves when we do wrong.”
What ever kind of heaven God has for faithful animals, SugarPlum is there.
Sun 19 Aug 2007
With the approach of the big 50 Anniversary, I ponder about time. (No, I didn’t mean it’s about time I ponder.)
With each tick of a clock we are suddenly thrust from one time to another — from one day to another — one month or one year to another. The past fades quickly into pools of memories and the future stands before us like an unread book. I think wisdom is seeing the past for what it was and the future for what it can become and living the present as a melding of the two, no matter how imperfectly. When I think I am most wise, I am fool of fools. When I am foolish? Only God knows.
© Mary Lu Warstler, 2007
Fri 17 Aug 2007
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