Good morning sunshine

Well after a most eventful night... I'm back at work for the daily grind, but there is no work to do. That's cause in the lumber business alot of business depends on weather, and season. Since we do custom decking, molding and trim, and most folks don't install decking in December...lol we end up slow.

Last night was something else. I got a call from mom around 2:40 saying that one of my sisters was in trouble, again and could I get my nephew off the school bus. Of course. Then it was run all over the city to get the car out of the ramp downtown, go to the police station to get the car keys, go to sisters house to get the dog... feed the kids, then at 10:30 we get the call that everything is cleared up, and she's being released. Good gravy. So I go to get her and take her to Tim Hortons and pray that I can talk some sense into her.

You know... when you try to change on your own there are 2 things that can happen - 1, you can't do it. This increases your feelings of self-worthlessness, failure, and inability to impact your surroundings. 2., you give up.

My love letter from God tells me how to effect change in my surroundings. By surrendering all my cares and worries on him. Jeremiah (My life verse here) 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you. Plans to bring you to a good & expected end". To use the old cliche, when you let go and let God, amazing things happen.

Sometimes I think people look at Christians and say "yeah yeah what do you know about my life - you've got it all together now. You don't know suffering like I do. You've never dealt with pain, loss, anger, humility, hunger, financial woes...." I wonder if these people think we didn't have a life before Christ? lol But my sister, she's a different story -she knows how I was before God started working on me. I'm not perfect, no where NEARS perfect, but I am being transformed and changed by the renewing of my mind. And I like it.

Life doesn't have to be a constant struggle to get ahead. It doesn't have to be constant pain, suffering and re-paying for everything.... it can be washed clean and made new.

I like new.

Kisha