Friday

 Grateful for improving health

Grateful for your prayers

Grateful for your support

Loving finding joy in new spaces and places. Love one another and yourself. 

Bless you all

Continues

 I’ve started physical therapy again. As I was told it’s been two years. The streak ended. My body is in sore need of a tune up. It feels almost like failure. I couldn’t keep my body from breaking down. It did break, and now the building starts again. I’m thankful that I have the chance to start again. I don’t know, but maybe repairing my broken body will heal my bruised spirit. So if this begins the PT chronicles, so it will be. The journey continues. 

Grateful

 Thank you for your love and support. 

I’m grateful. 

Loving also exploring my own wanderlust. 

Finding new authors to read

International fashion magazines

Receiving snail mail

Christmas cards

Your prompting

 Lord,

You know

What I need 

Today

And everyday

May I be

Willing

To listen

And heed 

Your prompting

If you would grant me your prayers today, I’d be grateful and most appreciative. 

Love you all. 

Thank you for your love and faithfulness. 

Love yourself and one another

Goodness

 Please grant me

Your love

Peace

And hope

As I trust

In Your goodness

Sunday word

 Even as the Blue Jays lost last night, they won. They won my heart. They won the real prize. And in life, my life even as I struggle with the what ifs, the pain, the almost, what could’ve been, God appears. God says your reward is not hardware. Your reward is your response. Even when I think I lose I win. Even as I struggle with the mounting disappointment of each new question, I’m reminded that I’m being tested. And I’m tired of being tested. But the test has a point. A purpose. Whom do I serve? God or my own pain?  In losses I learn what a win never does. Why does the loss always teach me more?  Why is it more valuable?  I will tell you every team for the most part has been the loser, yet the victor for me. 

Pain teaches me more that joy ever has. Because in pain, I learn what joy really is. Joy is not a victory. Sure it’s the desired outcome, but sometimes outcomes don’t teach us clarity and a peace that passes our need to know. Jesus is not giving me what I want. He is giving me what I need. Even if what I need is very unpleasant or unpalatable right now. 

Merci Toronto for giving me joy and hope. Even in losing, you are my winner

unknown

 God grant me

Peace as 

I embark

On the unknown

In the unknown

You’ve not left me

And don’t intend to 

EVER