THE LORD'S MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING

Hello...how's your day been...mine was quiet and relaxed...I spent some time with James this morning, we had a bite of lunch...he went out and brought me home a very nice card to remind me how special I am to him...we were both really tired...we laid down and chatted a bit about the funny things our kids did, about our memories in Vancouver, and then OOPS...I talked about an unfortunate event that happened to me in the fall of 2008...I thought...great, now I won't be able to sleep, but I sure fell asleep fast...and woke up to my alarm that I'd set...2 hour naps are the best...but ohhhh, then you have to wake up...so we shared a coffee and then I did a bit of study on the internet about some verses I thought of when I awoke from my nap...

When I was 18, I lived in a small community on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. I was pregnant for our first child then and met a few neighbor women in the apartment we lived in. I met Marie, a precious lady who used a wheelchair daily, due to polio from her childhood. She was a wife and mother to 2 children and such a caring person...as we had coffee she asked me if I knew about Jesus? Who? I had heard of him in sunday school, but not after that...I said not really. She told me how I could ask Him into my life and left it at that...I chose to do that by her example, not of words, but by watching how she treated her children. So, just before my first daughter was born in January of 1978, in the privacy of my own home I asked Jesus to come into my life, He did.

That was 32 years ago and now I know without a doubt that all Gods promises are true and He is faithful...I have had so many answered prayers that I know too that I can ask God anything and nothing is too big or small for Him to care about. So the verses below speak of compassion and that every morning is new, they speak of hope and of waiting for God. Over time I have learned that God's timing is so well planned. Many times I have made things happen and they have not turned out well, so I am learning to wait on God and pray more so that my life is more peaceful and joyful...I want people to know me and see in me the beauty of the Lord...the love of God I want to come out of my mouth to encourage all my friends, not to preach, just to say hey I care and I'll pray for you. (And not just say I'll pray but truly do it.) I have never had many friends, but the ones I have had are lifetime friends whom I could see over a coffee and we would have the same bond today as we had 10 or 20 years ago...I would encourage you to talk to God about anything that you need help with, He does care and He always takes time to hear the cries of His children...and that we are...we are all God's children.

21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;

therefore I will wait for him."

(Lamentations 3:21-24)