I am once again so grateful for the many blessings You have showered upon me.
My goal for today was to finally get back to church. Then I saw the sign at WalMart for the EZ Pet Clinic to get the dog's shots cheap. However, the weather report said rain this morning! You know I try not to go out in the rain for many reasons, the most important one is that I don't feel my car is safe anytime but especially during bad weather. I just don't trust the tires, the brakes, etc.
Anyway, not wanting to sit in the car with the dogs in the rain, or standing in the rain to get the shots, I decided not to do that today.
So, church was once again on the list! But I woke up this morning with a very sore mouth and unable to comfortably wear my teeth. I do not go to church without my teeth.
And the rain DID start when I would have been driving home. And now it's pouring!
God, I know it's very important to attend church services. But I can honestly say it doesn't get me any closer to You. As You know, I start each day with my Daily Guideposts reading and end each day reading the Bible In A Year. And I often manage to read another Bible Study during the day. But I don't feel the least bit that I am neglecting my faith. We speak all day long. There is nothing that I do, or don't do, that I do not talk to You about it. I try to do everything, even the smallest chore, totally believing that You are right here with me.
My requests are few.
My granddaughter Amy needs a healing touch for her CVS and the physical, mental and emotional drain that disorder puts on her.
My friend Suzanne Hinman and her family need your comforting touch as You have taken her father to Heaven with you.
I'm always grateful for my two little furbabies and all the love I get from them. I ask You to keep them healthy and safe. Tequila is suffering with his spine issues, as am I, and I know he's not the truly happy little guy he should be. I don't have the money to have him checked out by the vet, nor for any medications that could help him. The bad weather affects his priority. More so than even my getting a hair cut. So please help me to care for them as I should, as the treasures and blessings they are.
Lord I know there are things I should be doing that I don't do. I need courage to make the phone calls I need to make. It's always difficult for me to ask for help, and to accept that help when it comes. I've always prided myself on being not only independent but able to be the 'giver.' Being the receiver has been difficult at best.
Please keep all my family and friends safe. I am so grateful for the love You fill me with so I can allow it to spill over unto others. I thank You for the opportunities each day to make people laugh, to give them Your blessing, for making their day a little better by a word or even just a smile.
I thank You for allowing me to see others through Your eyes. For the ability to love everyone unconditionally as you love me.
I am very sorry, Lord, that I sometimes hold anger and frustration over those that behave evilly by causing death, injury and chaos in our schools, and elsewhere.
And very important, Lord. Please continue to bless the USA, it's citizens and yes, even the aliens and immigrants. God, You need to be there if/when our President Trump meets with the North Korean government. I cannot imagine two more opposites meeting to discuss issues that will affect the whole world! It doesn't always seem like it, but I believe the majority of Americans ARE Christian and do pray for our country every day. It wasn't those of us who love You and Praise You that insisted Christianity be taken out of the schools. I know that You are always there with those innocents whose lives are snuffed out through violence and terrorism to comfort them and take them home. I also ask You to touch those first responders who put their lives on the line for our safety. And their families who deal with great sacrifice when those who serve are killed.
So much trouble in the world and in our own country. I often wonder if this is becoming the end of the world as we know it? I am more than ready to come home, God, but You will have to take me kicking and screaming the whole way.
Amen