Special People

TO ALL THE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE!

If you've ever wondered how much you mean to me, words probably could not express, but I think is MUST be said. Words are powerful and can transform, so this is what I need to say:

For all the times you took time to call,
For all the times you stopped to chat and spoke words of encouragement
For all the times you've let me cry on your shoulder when I was so discouraged, that I couldn't see the forest thru the trees.
For all the times that you made me laugh so hard that I was able to forget my troubles, and feel freedom and release.
For the times you helped me see the truth thru the lies.
For the times you helped with my children, when I needed a break.
For the times you went out of your way to bless me with prayers, or physical needs, or a much needed hug.
For the times I needed to talk my way thru my fears of my future.
For the girls' night out or the movie night at home.
For being there when I've needed you most, this is what I want you to know.

Because of you, I am who I am, and I am becoming who I desire to be.
You have been a blessing in a time of need, and a comfort in time of hurt.
You are my cherry on my sundae, my flower that blooms in May!
You are what keeps me going when I think I have nothing left to give.
You are my oasis in the desert, and my sunshine on a day that's gray.
God created us to be his hands and his feet, and that is exactly how he's used you for me!
Without you, only God knows where I'd be!
But I know that's why he's hemmed us together, a cord not easily broken!
Two are better than one, and that's why I needed to say these words to you!
I love the special people that God has placed in my heart and life!

A Prayer for a Particular Boy

Dear God,



I know a particular boy who lives in my neighborhood. I forget his name, but he walks by my house often, and if I am outside we talk about school, home, and whatever mischief he's been in that day. I always try to have a sense of humor about the trouble he causes, but I also tell him how he may be making others feel when he does these things. As he ponders what I share, I really sense your Spirit doing a work in this boy's life!



Today, he and a friend came by with a handfull of freshly pulled daffodils, probably from a stranger's yard, and was trying to sell some to me! I laughed! I said, "If those had been my daffodils, I would have come after you!" He jokingly said, "Yeah, my friend thought about it!" I recommended that he GIVE the flowers to someone, and his friend thought of taking them to the hospital, because his mom worked there. So, we chatted a little while longer, and they ran off deliver their flowers to some people who would probably appreciate it!



Lord, I pray that someday very soon that this particular boy would come to know You, and then YOU could tell him not to pick other people's flowers! But in the mean time, thanks for sending him my way and using me to touch his life with Your love!



AMEN!

Dirty Faced Kisses

There are few things that are more precious in this world to me, than a big, wet smack on the lips from my daughter who just finished eating her cinnamon toast! It's moments like these that I wish I could stop time and hold that little face in my hands, and somehow make her understand how much I absolutely adore her, and how proud I am that she's my daughter! I realize in that moment that this won't last forever, and as the years pass, she may forget to give me a simple kiss goodbye on her way out the door to go visit her friends.

Have you ever wondered how mom's can put up with those dirty faced kisses? I use to, until I became a mother myself. You see, I think God created mothers with the ability to see past the "cinnamon toast on the face", as a picture of how He loves us! Not that He, nor the mother, ignores the mess, rather they choose to express their love in spite of it. To everyone else, the dirty faced kisses are completely undesireable, but to a mother, they are priceless!