Momentum

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you" Acts 1:8

Life is a series of mountain highs and valley lows. Sometimes it seems it will never stop raining. Our circumstances seem so overwhelming and we are hurt. We see difficult times as totally negative instead of opportunites for growth. We want to grow and mature but we don't want to go through the fire to get there. We don't want to hurt. But, all the while, I hear the Lord say " I've got you...I'll keep you steady" I've got my grip on you and I won't let go"

This idea came to me the other day when a friend & I were talking about the time we helped our children learn to ride a bike. I remember holding the bike upright while my son pedaled and that moment I let go of the handlebar and the back of the seat. He had the momentum going just right. Similiar to our journey in living, there are times when we wobble along; scrapping a toe here, a small slip there. Sometimes a nose dive as we hit the ground. It's when we are on the ground that we hear the loudest "Don't stay down, get back up, keep the momentum going"

We learn that when we are at our weakest, His strength makes us strong.

I've often thought and said to the Lord " No Lord, this can't be happening" No Lord, not this. I don't think I can take it" "I don't think I can take much more" . I think about the Lord the night He was betrayed....He knew what was going to happen to Him. At the garden of Gesthemane He prayed in great anguish to His Father with his sweat falling to the ground like drops of blood "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me.....

I notice that immediately after surrending to His Father, ...An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. His momentum was strongest. He never lost sight of his mission and never lost sight of his father.

So where am I going with all of this...? The next time we wobble and loose our balance, have fear of falling , nose dive, or experience our own gesthemane ....The Lord is there with us and has sweated blood for us and gave the ultimate sacrifice willingly. He WILL accomplish His purposes to save and redeem all that we go through for our greater good just as he did 2000 years ago.

That momentum for every believer lives on.....His invisible hands gently direct & hold us up

As running in a relay race, we must take the baton from the one who has the power and from there we will keep the momentum.

LIFE IS MOVEMENT!

I attended a class today on CranioSacral Therapy. My thoughts were that it was going to be another good modality for helping people get relief from body pain. It is so much more than that. It's kinda hard to explain. It just works.

We watched a film about vietnam veterans who were suffering with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & the result was that they rid their mind & body of the residual affects of trauma resulting in a remarkable improvement in the central nervous system (consists of the brain & spinal cord)because of the releasing of restrictions in the cranial system.

I learned that the cerebral spinal fluid that circulates from your brain all the way down your spinal column and back up to your brain has a rythm all it's own at a rate of about 6 to 10 beats per minute; apart from your heart beat ranging from 60 to 100 beats per minute, and apart from your lungs at a respiratory rate of 12-18 beats per minute. This cranial pulse is so faint that it could be quite a long time before I can discover it. It is a skill to be acquired. Also, the serous membranes that surrounds your heart, lungs, stomach& intestines, and the male testes does not circulate. It is there for protection and ease of friction. Your brain & spinal cord have a different membrane called meninges which contains 3 layers of protection called the Pia Mater, Arachnoid mater, and the Dura mater...how cool that that as an acrostic it spells out the word PAD! Our Lord does inside neat stuff like that! no pun intended! The cerebral spinal fluid CIRCULATES & ReABSORBS throughout your spinal column giving the body nutrition and removing waste. This is a unique system called the Cranial Sacral System. The CSF is produced in the center of your brain called the charoid plexus. Anytime there is and abnormality in the body or blockage there will be an increase in cranial pressure. Your brain does make slight movement unseen by the naked eye!
Anyways, while I took a break for lunch I read the headline of the newspaper sitting there and saw the article about the "New Addiction" being video games. I hope they don't prescribe a pill for that. Couldn't a little touch ease an addiction? Think about the root causes of why addictions exist...there are all kinds these days..... Could a little touch so light as the weight of a nickel help someone overcome and rid their body of pain they have not knowingly or knowingly stored there? How about spinal cord injury, autism, migraines, scoliosis, stress, chronic fatigue, & fibromyalgia to name a few? That's what's happening with cranio sacral therapy.



Dear Lord-
Thank you for holding the whole world in the palm of your hand. Your hands are like no others. Your touch changes everything. Each time I study the human body I am awestruck by how it works and moves all perfectly together. May the way I live my life and the works of my hands reflect your glory and bring praise to you.
Lord, may there be more discoveries just waiting to be found of ways to heal verses popping pills to cover over the root cause of disease.....starting from the heart level and working out from there.
One other note Father is just like this cerebral spinal fluid is the core station of the physical body and is mysterious and can be undetected, if we take our mind out of it and feel it with our heart, it can be found. It is there . It is with you. Even though we can not see you, we can feel your presence and know that you are there. May you have the "Core" position in both our hearts and our minds.
In the name of Jesus
Amen

New Friends

I had lunch with 2 new friends today. They are both about 10 years older than me. They both have children about 10 years older than mine. We shared some laughs and then talked about serious stuff like aging parents, our personal experience with one of each of our parents death and the grieving process. One subject I'm hoping doesn't occur and that is when my children get old enough and totally on their own with families of their own and when it's time for a visit, they are way too busy and it becomes more like an obligation than just purely wanting to spend time with their parents. I got to thinking about myself with my own parents. Regardless if my parents had time for me growing up, have I grown complacent? My Dad got married last year and is very happy and I'm truly happy for him. Since he's been married, I have only seen him a handful of times because he is busy with his wife and her family alot. The rest of my brothers and sisters are pretty annoyed about it. He's just returned to the man he use to be.
I think the Lord is telling me, it's up to me if I want a relationship with my Dad. I've accepted the fact that my Dad & I didn't have any real communication or relationship while I was growing up and I have healed those wounds and discussed them with him. It's not like he has ever called me before just to see how I'm doing. After my mom died and the 5 years that followed we got closer as my Dad became more open to sharing himself and in turn I became more able to share myself with him. We had some great conversations about both our childhoods and I shared the gospel with him and sharing specifically about being saved by faith alone and not by works.
I know what I need to do and I see the value in having these two new friends. So many times we say to one another "Hey, let's have lunch sometime and get together" and then time passes and it never happens. These two new friends want what I want too and I also want that with my Dad.

Friends are God's way of speaking to us with His Love

Happy Father's Day!

To My Husband

Through the years I have seen you grow. I have seen a boy turn into a real man. A man of God. A forgiven and humble man.
I feel your love for me more than anyone else I know.
I love your servant heart and how you love me not so much with words, but with little acts of kindness. You take care of your family before your own needs and always see that we have what we need. Daily you take care of yourself physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
You are faithful, available, dependable, & my best friend. I see how your heart has grown tender and are a man able to love and be loved; a man after God's own heart!
"Happy Father's Day" my love

Scarlet Rose is 5 yrs. old today!

The 14th of June 2002-

God has big plans for you little one
He made your unformed body
in your mother's womb

God has big plans for you little one
Your father in heaven saw to it
that you were placed by your mother
with a family to give to you her very best

It was an agonizing choice to make
& the road has been tough without you
But, like the Lord above sacrificed His life for us
true love never fails. It goes all out for those it loves.

The one prayer I pray is that you know of this love for you from your father in heaven
and that if we don't meet you this side of heaven, we will see you there eternally!
Happy Birthday Dear Abigail Rose!

I love you
from your biological Grandma Kelly

A special girl

I pray to the Lord for this special girl I'll be seeing every week on Mondays & Wednesdays. She is a new client.
I'll be massaging her hands, feet, & legs to stimulate the nerve endings & aid in circulation.
You see, she's paralyzed from the chest down.
She is 19 yrs. old & a C6 quadriplegia.

She just got back with her family from Russia
She received her first round of stem cell injections into her spine
She now has movement in both thumbs and
sensation in one index finger.

I know I must not try to go into this by looking at the outcome -
That's not my job.
My job is to be the care giver
she is the care receiver
and Christ is the cure giver

Dear Father
You are Love
more than I can comprehend
You bring good things to all you touch
You are the radiance of God's glory,
the morning star
I turn to you to touch me
as a servant on bended knee
Help me Lord to radiate you in all your
wondorous ways and be a light of your hope
to one so precious to you. I ask of nothing of what I can do,
but only what you alone can do through me. I know nothing
of these plans of what you have planned in advance with this daughter of yours.
I believe you have orchestrated this whole thing . I'm excited and humbled and grateful
I get to be apart of this glorious work - not my work...but yours..not my will...but yours.
Thank you dear Lord for your love, compassion, and mercy
In Jesus Name-
Amen
This is Love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2John 6

4 Weeks & 5 days!

That's creation in that picture....see the dot? That's an embryo...that's my grandchild. I had picked Molly up from work and as we were pulling into the McDonald's drive thru to pick up a quick burger she said "Mom, I gotta tell you something" As I gazed into her eyes I already knew what she wanted to tell me. I told her " I know what it is you want to tell me" There was a little pause as her eyes started to water. She said "How do you know?" I said "I don't know, I just saw it in your eyes" She said she was scared to tell me thinking I might be mad at her and disappointed in her. How could I be mad at her? I told her I gotta live with what life gives me and accept things as they are. Then something deep in my throat filled with gladness as I blurted out "I truly am happy for you Molly" She said in tears "Mom, thanks so much, God couldn't have picked a better time to allow this to happen." It is what it is. All I know is God offers new beginnings to those who return to Him & that children are a blessing from the Lord.