The Pure White Bird

I just arrived home and as I got out of my car, the birds in our Oak tree flew off. It was the car door and my movements that scared them off. Something caught my eye as I watched them all fly off to my neighbors tree. It was a pure white bird in the midst of them. I quickly went inside the house to get my nifty binoculars. I love to watch the birds this time of year. Steve just got a new bird feeder and placed it just outside the front window for a good view of them. I was hoping the bird didn't disappear. There it was, flying from limb to limb. As I continued to watch the bird, I noticed he was "The Boss" of the group jumping in on everyone and chasing a few around my neighbor's rose bushes.
Fast forward 3 hours. By now it started to rain a bit. I was heading for the car to go over to a friends house for a get together and as I passed our Oak tree something caught my eye. Surely, it couldn't be THAT bird....It was getting dark and I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me...It WAS the white bird! The color WHITE shows up pretty good in the darkness. I thought, nobody is going to believe this and I quickly went into the house and got my digital camera and took a few pictures of it and showed them to my friends. When I returned home, there was my friend, perched in the same spot blowing in the breeze with the rain coming down. I got another picture....I think I'll name him "Whitey"
I think he might possibly be a cockatiel or a friend said a bungy)

Time Well Spent

I spent most of today with my daughter. She will be moving back home in a few days & will be getting a new job at the spa. She's had alot of trauma in her life to recover from and I praise the Lord for His protection over her. She has been in the depths of despair on many accounts so deep, that it could have only been from the Lord's intervention that she is alive today. She has literally been brought out of the pit. She is opening up to her heavenly father and her earthly father, is making good choices, praying alot & reading her bible, & not running from Him anymore.

Every day is valuable and every day counts. Do what you can to BRING BACK those who matter to the Lord.....let it start with your family!

Isaiah42:6
"I, the Lord have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand.I will keep you and make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the gentilesto open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness"

Deuteronomy 11:18-19
"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds, tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you lie down and when you get up. "

Katrina Refugee

He decided to turn himself in
He couldn't run anymore
He couldn't leave behind that
which is before him.
It kept him unmoveable
bound by invisible chains
unable to move forward.

For just a little while
the time will tell
just how much you have grown
how truly free you can be
after having been behind those bars

You did it for your dignity
You did it to live responsibly
You did it for hope of a future
for love & to be loved
to wipe the slate clean

I pray that you confess:

"Though your sins are like scarlet
they shall be as white as snow:
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18

I pray for you to:

"Enter through the narrow gate.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life" Matthew 7:13


I pray for you new beginnings:

For no one can lay any foundation
other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ" 1 Cor. 3:11

I pray that you call upon His name:

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord"
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved, For it is with your heart that you believe and
are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved"
Romans 10:9&10

Trust in You

I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
for your will is the perfect way
Your way is the only way

Way down deep inside
I wanna live
I wanna give
I wanna give you it all

You are mighty and the brightest star
you calm the storms
and still the raging sea

You provide shelter
a covering of protection
and the sun to bring the warmth
to help all living things grow

You are alive
and nature speaks of your beauty
it speaks what you would say
it shouts your beauty
with an abundance of color
creating joy in what your hands have made

I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
as sure and steady your love is
I wanna give
I wanna live
I want to give you my all

*this is just what came out of my heart tonight...I don't know if it's a song or a poem

Motherly Love

Today I had an experience that blessed my heart and touched my emotions with a few tears. It was my 2:00pm massage appointment client. He was 14 years old. His mother had given him this treat while she herself was getting a massage in the room next door.
This boy was a gentle and polite boy and very appreciative & respectful to me and really enjoyed his massage. He said it was the best he ever had. The first massage he had was when he was on vacation with his family. I was humbled to know he trusted me and he showed that by his ease in relaxing his body. When I got down to his feet I laughed to myself because I saw something familiar. His toe nails were long! Boys his age just don't know how to clip their toenails! It reminded me of my son Billy.
I think that is what touched my emotions. I thought....Did I love my son the way he needed to be loved? Did I bring him comfort with a mothers touch? I sure miss my Billy since he's been out on his own. He's a good son & I know the good Lord watches over him.