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How to roll with the punches. God is marvelous. He is an awesome God. He shows us where He wants us, when He wants us there. He puts who He feels best suited when He feels those who are best suited should be there. He is in control always. And I will always love Him because of that. He gave me my animals. He gave me Henry, and Robert and Kit and Misty. In 1976 He blessed my family with Dolly and her three kittens, Frisky, Tony and Dawn. And two more a year later, Mama cat and Tweety. He blessed me with money to survive. He gave me relationships with friends I will always treasure and treasure and treasure. How to roll with the punches. Be thankful in all things.

God is everything

One thing we forget in all the issues of the election, and ISIS, and poverty and Recession and the high cost of living is that Adam and Eve were thrown out of the garden of Eden. Did we inherit those traits? I would say yes. We all want to do things our way, we all want to play God at some time or another. But God is God. Our thoughts are not His thoughts. And He is everything and in control. There are two things about events that occur; They are occurring because of God's will or because of His purpose or both. And if we try to put a handle on His thoughts, well let's just call it futile. All we are here for is to enjoy His blessings and glorify Him and magnify His love and peace.

WAITING

I hate to wait. It makes me cranky. It makes me feel boxed in. Worst of all it makes me worry. And when I worry I eat, instead of charging straight to God. I forget that He has everything under control. I forget that He dictated that the Allies would win WWII and that Hitler would rise to power. It may not have been His preference but He knew that because of world events and because of things that we had become Hitler was inevitable. We earned him. Instead of running toward God in times of trouble, we ran to Hitler. Until we realized how much a mistake that was. We earned WWI. All countries lined up against each other and war was inevitable. Again instead of running toward God, we ran toward war. Countries hate to wait too. Just like me. May God forgive us and may we run to Him instead of our own instant gratification.

Winter's blanket

Ever notice how each season blankets us in various colors? Winter blankets us in white, Spring in purples and blues, Summer in green and golds, and Autumn in reds and oranges. God is quite the artist, and all are perfect to what is needed to meet needs of livestock, other plants and forages and of course us. Which when those needs are met then then other needs can be met because growth always occurs. There are times we cannot see the growth, either due to our own blindness or the growth is so slow that it is not apparent. But in God all things grow toward Him. Like flowers facing the sun, all life turns toward Him, as if by instinct. May we all allow His handiwork within us to flourish.