Meeting the new Boyfriend

The other day we had the pleasure of meeting our only daughter's new boyfriend.

She was very nervous and told us how to act, “be nice Dad”, and don't embarrass him, and please don't embarrass me. We were quite shocked that she was nervous about how her old parents would act... after all we are a very normal family (maybe NOT) ! On the other hand her two older brothers were the ones she really needed to give advice to... not us... Hehehee. We were nervous as well, because we knew this new guy seemed very special to our daughter.

We all want to make a good first impression.

I got thinking about how often that happens to we humans in our daily lives. Meeting a new boss, going to a new church, going for a loan...

That is one of the many extraordinary facets about God, we do not need to make an impression, He created us, molded us, and He already loves us. He knows what we are thinking, and He knows how many hairs we have on our heads. He knows how many hot flashes I am going to have today!

And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His Love really is. May you experience the Love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Ephesians 3:18-19 NLT

PS. The meeting of the new Beau went well, we only embarrassed him a couple of times.

Timmie and the Mouse

The evening started with a scream from my Daughter...

My husband and I rush into the kitchen and the shouting continued,

“Timmie has a mouse, Timmie has a mouse”

Our 6 year old Siamese cat certainly did have a mouse.

Timmie was innocently playing with the poor creature.

When we got onto the back deck, we realized we were way too late to save the mouse.

Now that might surprise some people why would we try to save a mouse.

Although I realize it is very normal for cats to hunt mice, I try and not kill a thing, flies, beetles, and even spiders; if I find them in the house I carry them out carefully and set them on the lawn.

(OK no-one said I was normal)

I got thinking that sometimes life can feel like we are being batted around with heartache, sickness, disappointment, unemployment, depression, the list goes on.

But God is never too late to save us. God is always on time.

God in in control of all the storms in our lives, and he knows how much we can handle.

The Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a terrible storm came up, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went to him and woke him up shouting “Lord save us! We're going to drown” And Jesus said “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then he stood up and rebuked the the wind and waves, and suddenly all was calm. The disciples just sat there in awe. “Who is this” they asked themselves. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

Matthew 8:23-27 NLT

Eight years ago I came to Christ when the waves in my life were breaking over my boat, and I had nothing left but tears, and sorrows. I still get storms, but they are easier to get through knowing my God is in control and cares about everything that is happening in my life.