A One Way Street

My Mother-n-law and myself are in Michigan, near Bay City. We brought Riley to camp up here so we are hanging out, this week. Last evening we decided to find a unique restaurant for dinner. In the process of looking we pasted a food place that looked fun so we decided to find a spot to turn around and go back. I came to a corner and started to turn right when all of a sudden all these cars start honking at us. We quickly discovered that we were trying to turn the wrong way into a one way street. I hurriedly corrected that and we went on our way. Those people can forgive us, I hope, because we had an out of state tag on our car. Made for a good laugh, that's for sure.

You can bet we learned where not to turn as we head back into Bay City today. 


This morning as I am looking through some scriptures and I come across this passage....


Psalm 19:11-12

11 There’s more: God’s Word warns us of danger
and directs us to hidden treasure.
Otherwise how will we find our way?
Or know when we play the fool?
Clean the slate, God, so we can start the day fresh!


How appropriate these verses are considering our last night's blunder. 

God, if we listen to Him, is like all those honking cars. He wants to show us the correct direction to go in this life. He wants to keep us safe. He wants to keep us from doing foolish things. I do know that when I listen to Him I feel like a weight is lifted and relief sets in because I know that I am not alone in all this world of one way streets. I find that I when I am going in the right direction for me, anxiousness becomes calm, stress becomes peace and the feeling of lostness is gone.

I hope you find a peaceful, safe direction to travel in today.

Blessings

Corn On The Cob

I realized how much my husband's family loved their Indiana corn the first July I was a part of his family. We sat down to dinner and there was basically nothing on the table except corn, butter and salt. Not really, there were other things to eat that night, but as I sat there I watched Rodney and his father eat at least 10 ears between the two of them. My mother-n-law, who is a very small eater, ate 3.  

It was pretty amazing to see how corn season made them so happy. This love has continued over the years.  When we lived in Minnesota, Indiana corn was one of the things Rodney missed the most. 


It is now corn season again, here in Indiana, and I just shucked a couple dozen ears. These were a gift from some very good friends. Sure made Rodney's day to see how much went into the freezer. This will make sure the joy of corn season lasts a little longer for him.   

God brings us joy in a thousand different ways. He works very hard at trying to keep us smiling. Look at the sunrises and the sunsets. The beauty of flowers in our gardens. The smile on our children's faces. The sounds of water when it trickles down a stream or when it crashes in the surf. There are so many things from God that He made just to bring us joy, even corn on the cob.

Yes we have tons of wonderful things in our lives that bring us happiness. But even when we are sad, He comes to us. To give us hope for a better tomorrow. Helping us to look forward to the joy that will come again. 

Giving praise is something we could do all day, everyday and not even begin to thank Him for all He does.  I love how David, in Psalms, says just that.... 

Psalm 68:3-4a

The Message (MSG)

A David Psalm

When the righteous see God in action
    they’ll laugh, they’ll sing,
        they’ll laugh and sing for joy.
Sing hymns to God;
    all heaven, sing out;        

My hope for you is that you realize all the joy that is around you in your life!  I also hope you know the one who made it all, just to see you smile.


Blessings!