My Lord,

It's almost midnight and I can't believe my eyelids are not shut. I wrote in my gratitude journal and read a page from my favorite book, Simple Abundance. Thank you for that. She has encouraged me to get back to pen and paper. With my iPad and laptop, I've become rather spoiled and lazy. After all, aside from your sweet bride, who am I without a pen in my hand?

You and I both know that I've got to purge my thoughts, emotions, ideas, poems, etc. In order to make room for all the creativity you've blessed me with. I read a quote once. Author unknown, but it said, "Once you open the door to creativity, there's no shutting it." Oh, how very true. I so miss making my greeting cards. I know if I had the space, equipment and tools, I'd totally perfect my craft. After all, they started at $1 and ended at $6.

The little girl in me hasn't given up. Expressing that part of myself made my eyes light up and to see the customer's reaction was like having funnel cake all year round :)

Only you God. From the smallest pleasures and treasures to the most profound epiphanies, I simply adore my life. You've placed contentment in my heart and I wouldn't trade it for a day from youth. That girl was so lost, so unsure of the future and so longing. She was always in survival mode and so unable to appreciate life or it's pleasures. And being still was completely unheard of. If she wasn't in control, she wasn't going to rest until her ducks were
lined up.

How funny is that? They were never going to line up-lol

I cannot end this entry without expressing my deepest gratitude for this morning's sermon. Knowing that I have within me the power of the Holy Spirit within me and guiding, comforting and interceding, wow- who can top a gift like that. Tears on the way into the office and tears on the way home. Tears of revelation and joy because you my Lord, are my joy and without a doubt, my strength. How can repay the Lord for all His goodness to me? Deep breath...

Eternally yours