Good Saturday morning to you from our corner of Iowa where Spring has arrived......although today our temperature will not leave the thirties! The snow is gone, and everyone's yard look like they need a good raking. It is that time period where everything is still brown and drab, as the earth awaits sunshine and warmer temps. Soon things will turn green, bud and bloom and the drab landscape will be replaced by some of nature's best colors.
It has been a quieter week for me. I did go to the cancer center for labs, an appointment and injections. I also fractured a molar so will head to the dentist next Monday. Eye injection scheduled for Tuesday. Surgery for left kidney stone the following week. Are we having fun yet? Joel has been busy dealing with the winter season of people's lives. He officiates today at a funeral for a 50 year old man who battled brain cancer. He has another congregation member in hospice and a third from one of his churches died. Over the years we have noticed that quite often deaths come in threes. A mystery for sure.
About a week ago I received a beautiful blue prayer shawl in the mail from a ministry located in a town abut 35 miles from here. Joel's college roommate's wife asked me if I would be interested and of course I said yes. The people who make the shawls pray over them and pray for the people they send them too. A blessing all the way around!
We have started reading a book by Beni Johnson titled "The Power of Communion". Joel and I often have communion at home. We know God is present in the bread and wine/juice. There is forgiveness in communion as we come before God to confess and partake. What about healing? And deliverance? There is a lot to contemplate in this book and we are looking forward to going deeper into its pages.
I was excited to see that one of my favorite movies is on Netflix. "5 Flights Up" with Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman is now available to watch. It is a movie I have mentioned here before. The story of getting older and feeling the pressure to move from their apartment 5 flights up (with no elevator). It deals with their past, present, and future as "seniors".
Our granddaughter Abbi went with her HS choir to Nashville this past week where they performed at the Grand Ol' Opry and later cut a cd at Studio B. What an amazing experience for them. Things have changed since I was in HS choir. Our big trip in 1965 was to go up to Mpls., 2 hours away, to attend the opening of The Sound of Music at a large screen theatre. That was a big deal! Now? What amazing experiences kids have.
It is really windy here today. The sun is shining but the winds have brought in cooler weather. The wind will dry up the ground and the small piles of snow that are left . Oh, I am looking forward to all that spring brings. Spring offers us a new thing! It helps us to remember that God works all things together for good. It helps us remember that winter does end. Just like the earth having a fresh look, it gives us hope for change and healing, and a fresh look at life.
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