Been awhile

Today is Friday and right now it is cool outside and I have just finished breakfast. I am pretty much at peace and look forward to work. Work has changed a lot for me since Doris has started there. She is a bubbling personality--the type who brings out the best in a person. The positive thinking kind of individual that I need to be around.

Lucy had her baby--a healthy little girl. She has two boys already so girl is what she wanted. She and the baby are doing well.

Kelli is coming in tomorrow I am looking forward to the visit.

Plan to go to church meeting tonight--I can't even remember what it is called but it is their equivalent of a 12 step meeting.

Went to Trinity last Sunday and got to see my old friends. It was good to catch up on what is going on in their lives and Rochelle brought a new person to lunch so she shared some of her story. God knew what we needed to hear to keep us on the right path.

God is sovereign and doesn't have to explain Himself to us or make sense to us. Somehow we have gotten confused on this issue. We have gone heavily into the "God loves us" and that is true but do we really know what "love is"? Does "love" always make us feel good? Discipline is love, disappointment can come from "love', hurt can result from "love", pain can come from "love"....

I think we need to focus more on obedience to God's desire for us and even when it doesn't make sense to us obey and trust. Trust that He has a plan and He knows what is best--He sees things in their total context we see things in the immediate.

I am very grateful that circumstances led me to move to Syracuse and that I found employment and that my life is where it is today. God uses different circumstances to get me where I need to be--often I think it is for one reason but it really is for another. Like I said He has a plan and it is a good one--I need to follow it more willingly-without second guessing so much and trying to figure everything out.

Time for work or at least the shower!