HOPE FAITH AND FRIENDSHIP

 January 07, 2021

I love the stars. My friend's hubby has this really cool telescope. My whole life, I have wanted two things, a train set and a telescope. I am getting the telescope. You need mega money to buy trains today.  Having recently seen Saturn through another friends telescope, I can honestly say, seeing something so far away up close and personal took my breathe away. I am amazed my God's graciousness. I am hopeful to see Him one day.

Joyce is one of those people I think everyone should know. She has an incredibly strong faith and she and her husband have been down some very rough roads, cancer and floods to name two of them. Take it or leave, the bible is the Word of God. Some of the younger generation  are so unhappy in today's world they want to rewrite everything.  Nothing makes them happy. Sadness seems to engulf their being. I think if you have lived a short while and have had everything handed to you, you can not comprehend much else. But we are going into  a time that is going to require having faith. So many things that once mattered will no longer be a priority. Life is our country is going to change. If you have nothing to hold on to life is going to be even more difficult. I spend my days in prayer. I search for comfort. I search for love and I Hang on to my faith like there is nothing else that matters. In the end, it will be all that matters. So I am trying to stay faithful. I wish I had a magic wand and could give that everyone I know who does not have it. But I am just one person and I do not have the ability to change lives. One one who's word remains the same forever and always, He has that power. Keep the faith.

This is my oldest friend. Karen ( and her dog Lucy) and I were born three months and 11 days apart. I'm the older one. This girl can read my mind and I can read her's. Take today for instance. I had a video I wanted to share with her but I hit send before I Left a text to go with it. Shoot, stuff happens. Dogs need potty breaks, cats need water. My life story revolves around these fur balls. So twnety minutes later my phone rings. It is Karen, I said, Oh my Goodness, I had you on my mind. She said, I had my phone in my hand, I was going to call you and the video came over. I watched it before I called you back. We had the best conversation. We just fit together nicely and have our entire lives. She makes me laugh out loud. We can talk about anything. We have some differences of opinion but we can laugh, let it roll and get on with our lives. That is a great friendship. She said, I remember being a little kid and my dad talking to me about the old country (Yugoslavia n/k/a sLOVEnia). He escaped from there from Communism! Of course, I Knew this already but her words sent a shiver down my spine. I had that same conversation when my paternal grandfather. was alive. They both left the old country, sailed across the sea and ended up in America. They left there to escape a horrible political theory praying their ancestors would never have to live thorugh those horros. Yet here we are, all these years later and we have people who have lead us back down that road and folks, there will be no escaping this time. God's word is so important. It is the ultimate fact checker. His words are tue. Once everything is set into motion God is going to send his revenge on this world. Do not be left behind. I will not argue with anyone. I will not hate anyone and most importantly I will not wish death on anyone. But we have seen so much hatred spilling over our country.  I am fearful for those who do not beleive. Many may not like what I say but I feel it is so important. If one person can be saved because I shared this with them and God saved their life, I feel like it is about the best thing I could ever have accomplished in my life. 

My mom and dad were born in this country. Yet they lived through the Great depression and so many sorrows most of us could not even comprehend much survive it.  But they constantly reminded me, boy oh boy, do I Miss my mother. Her comforting words, Life is hard, Pray harder stick to me like glue. I do mom, I do pray harder.

Tarrah: Grateful to be home

Nick: Thankful to be heading back to his home office here

Ella: Blessed to be so love and so appreciated.

Life is hard, please pray harder.