We can't change the past

Jan 30, 2017

It's still summer, 75 degrees today, sunny and warm. WOW!  (I told you, after every winter, comes a spring!)  Some of us  "choose" to be in winter, way past the season.  "Winter" comes in our life, no matter how we try to avoid it, but we don't have to "live" in the "Winters" of our life, we can choose Spring or Summer and appreciate the winter time to reflect and acknowledge God's grace and goodness, especially in the "Winters", of our lives.  It is not what happens, it is what we do with it.  We can choose to better ourselves in the "Winter" to prepare for the "Spring" when things are growing and springing up to distract and "take over" our attention and our lives.

Eric Worre said,"There is a difference between pain (winter) and suffering.  We can't always choose the pain, but we can choose not to suffer."  Are we suffering because of our choice to do so?  WHAT? Why would we choose to suffer? I don't know.  That's it, I don't.  Well, maybe we didn't know we had a choice.  Well, now you know the truth about pain and suffering, what will you choose?  You control the suffering part.

When my son got killed on the street (shot 7 times in the back, at age 33), we had a choice, to live in the "who did it", "why did it happen?, " "why did God allow it?" instead of "why did Satan do it?", "Why was his life cut short?" the grief, letting the Winter "freeze us" so that the devil killed more than our son or to realize that we may never know the answers until we get to heaven and then, who cares?  We will all be together again, and no one will care then. 

He had accepted Jesus as his Savior, he went home to heaven, it is done, we miss him but if we look at that carefully, that is even selfish. (I'm just saying). So what do we do with the emotions?  We took action.  We prayed for a harvest at the home-going .(23 people got saved).  We forgave whoever shot him, and prayed for their salvation. (We never found out who did it, it is OK, God knows, we don't have to).  So even though it seemed like a terrible thing, and it was an; "all things work together for good." thing and we won't even know all of good things until we get to heaven, then we probably won't care then either. Romans 8:28 So bottom line, there is a season for "Winter", we go through it, glorify God in the going through, silence the devil and bear fruit in it. (My husbands last message). 

When my husband passed over 4 years ago, I decided not to grieve because I didn't have time.  I was left here on earth to finish my work, Floyd finished his.  We had a wonderful 43 years of marriage, the last 6 years were the best, when we were going through the "winter".  God showed us so much of what was important and what wasn't.  When my husband went home to Jesus, I  missed him, but then I realized that was a waste of time and very selfish.  So I received the comfort and the joy that Jesus gave me and I chose to "finish" my work.

I don't know all of what He has for me but I am getting that information on a "need to know" basis.  It is OK, I am loving my life, Jesus and me and all of my "Grandchildren" and God's children.

The word for the day in Our Daily Bread was:

"We cannot change the past, but God is changing us for the future."

Yesterday after church, I rested and later heard a knock on my door.  It was a man staying here in the park, he and his wife were from Canada.  He came because he was referred by my "go to for help" guy next door. He had neck pain and Andy and his friend had gotten a sample from me of Shaklee's "Joint and Muscle  Pain Cream" and he told him to come and ask me about it.  We talked for awhile and he left with samples, a product guide and information.  He was already taking Cosco supplements, all the right things but probably synthetics (they are cheap for a reason).  That was fun.  I love sharing Jesus and Shaklee.

Later, I walked around the Park (in the dark) but it was a nice night and I ended up at the pool where a couple I had met before were swimming.  It seemed like a good idea to swim at night when it is not so crowded, I may try it, the pool is open until 10 PM.