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My tribute to my soldiers who are serving now and who have served us in the past..Thank you!! Blessings! Kari

Time Out

SITTING....

Taking "time out". It happens in our lives, doesn't it? We don't personally put these times in our lives. We don't go to God and say, "Please, give me a trial that will seem to put me flat on my back."... we are not wired that way...
How do we approach God when the "time out" comes?...He can handle what we are thinking and what we are feeling...He knows before we do!!...
Maybe our prayer could be, "teach me to be real, God"... not what I think you want me to be, but what You want to be through me!..You planned me..You were there when I was conceived...and as I came into this world...and as I roam here on my journey...and as I leave this planet and arrive in your Heaven...your perfect Haven of Safety.

Last week my son brought a few boys from the home that he works in..They have many needs..and have learned to be very manipulative in this life.. now they are basically retrained while they are in the "home" and when they reach the plateau of behavior and thought processes that are acceptable, they move up the ladder of independence and accountability.
At this point though, my son has to keep his eye on them every minute they are here..They are polite and thankful to be in a "normal" home...the way they think, in the scale of growth, is alot younger than their years would tell you they are.

These guys had no Mom to visit them for whatever hard reason. So, Kev had mercy on them and brought them for a visit..They love our cabin and are so amazed that my "Mr. Flick" built it himself...it is pretty amazing I agree!...but they feel safe here...

If God has you in a sitting time with Him, accept it and believe He will give You strength to see the purpose later and may you find the quiet,kind spirit you need right now; to endure maybe the long moments at this point.

One of my sweetest friends wrote and shared her daughter is on bed rest during her pregnancy and is in her home so my friend can watch her 3 yr old Grandchild....her daughter is having a "time out" with God...
My friend is not sitting while she cares for, I would imagine, an active little girl!....

I bring her needs to The Well....we can meet here with the needs of our hearts...everyone needs His "water" of life....no one is left out with this need that only He can meet and satisfy....

If you are sitting with God, I would love to give you a cushion for your back or a cup of cool water while you wait...God Bless You!! Kari

All Things Are Possible!!

Bless You!! Think Positive!! Kari

My Will Lost In Thine

Memories must enter the mind of every Mother on this day in May every year...babies brought into the world with such joy and plans made for their lives that could just not be broken...young hearts bound together into the life of the child....as they grow through each "stage" of life...being there to kiss the soreness away from a fall...is just the beginning...

To pray into their souls as you hold them in your arms and rock them to sleep that, as they do grow in your care, that their "will"...that you are trying so hard not to break but to mold....will be lost in Gods' will someday...

They don't know that. They may feel your prayers in their little hearts, somehow. Maybe, the comfort they have in being a family together, content with the little things that you do together, over time. But, for their will, to be lost in Jesus, is the ultimate joy to see!

So, it must be with us and God too...I don't really see myself as a "child" now...my Mom and Dad are both in heaven now, along with other wonderful people God put into my life growing up....but we are always children ... in Gods' eyes ....

Is my will really lost in Him?...it is a searching in my heart right now...

We watched a movie tonight with our precious daughter in law (oh how i wish we had another name for that! she is soooo much more in our hearts!) but that song was sung, in the beginning, and it rested in my ears and soul as the movie progressed, "Bella" beautiful she said in spanish...

I am not sure why God woke me to write this, to share the words of blind Fanny Crosby...it is an old, old song..we have all sung it through our lives...but,

Forget the tune and read the words....

There is something beyond the horizon rising in this land....be ready please and let your will be lost in His....please.... Blessings! Kari

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Refrain

Draw me nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,

And my will be lost in Thine.

Refrain

O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

Refrain

There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Refrain

Whatever Brings You Glory, Lord

May God Bless You today is my prayer, Kari

Need Clearer Vision?

See clearly! What a statement! How it affects our lives and others.

Do we look at life always with our own "vision"? Do we use God's sight, His Word?

Just lately I was brought to a complete stop in my "walking on this earth". I went in to have my eyes examined for new glasses. My old ones had suddenly started to loose the coating on the lens and the scratches were so extreme that I could only see out of the very top of them..we were between moving my quilt business back to Northern Indiana and my hubs new nursing job back home...so needless to say buying glasses was put on the back burner...

As I sat and said....a,e,h c or is that an o?....to the chart exam...the sweet young female Optometrist came in and finished the eye check.


She stopped and pulled her stool back...being a nurse, I am extremely sensitive to "body language", facial expressions and eye movements (many years of head to toe assessing, I guess).....she was pausing...then we started talking about my problem with my eyes....the last exam a couple years ago did not show my macular degeneration worsening...so, I was not expecting her concern...

We got the eye photos completed and sure enough, my right eye (which was always my strong eye growing up in glasses) has a hole in the center of the retina ( in the dry stage, which I am thankful for!)

...and my left eye is "soft"...I admit I had gone off my eye vitamin and I could kick myself for that because the degeneration is a "silent" one...so!

I am encouraging my readers, whomever you may be!..to have your eyes examined regularly....and take your lutein faithfully! .. if macular degeneration runs in your family history, respect that history and keep track of your eyes! and eat anything dark green!!!

I do so appreciate this Spring more than others.

The one in 1971 was a very hard one for me and then it came into full bloom through a tragedy.... My husband was in Viet Nam and we had had our first child, Leah, in December 70' after he had left in September for his year tour.

..He had not seen her and I was living with my Grandpa whom I speak of and am writing a book about on oldgloryquilting.com....my hubs sister died suddenly in April 71'

...the Red Cross called him to a telephone booth in Cam Rahn Bay (he was in the Air Force) and told him that his sister had died and that he was flying home...

That Spring April 4th.... was tragic with our loss of Gwen but I greeted him on the tarmack 3 days later, with our 3 1/2 month old precious babe wrapped up in her nylon zipper blanket, appropriately dressed in her pink dress and bonnet...

As we hugged tightly, I could see clearly that my young bridegroom of December 69' had grown up into a strong handsome man...hesitating with tears of great loss and then the joy of holding his young family safely, "clearly", in his arms...

We did have to send him back to the war for 4 more months....

The flowers were never more appreciated that Spring 37 years ago, as they are this year 2008....the yellow, the pink, the white is so pure this year!! Vibrant!

As the Lord shares in His printed word... "we will see clearly"....in His Time....

May you be so totally blessed today! pointedly and clearly, is my prayer! Kari

Running Water

I come to the Well when I am thirsty....isn't there a song about that...Yes, I thirst for Him and His Word..there just is no other truth that we can stand completely on but our Saviours Word. God woke me up to come to the Well in the middle of the night...He does wake me more as I get "older" to pray...sometimes with tears on my pillow..other times just a short time for someone particularly...God never sleeps, He never slumbers!
My thoughts went to the feeling of isolation that was in my heart as a very young child. The more I learn about the process of growing up on this "groaning" earth, is that some seem to be born with that place in their souls that run so deep and look into the eyes of others and see past the color but into their hearts...My parents were good people, they worked hard and cared for us..we were a large family..I was the 5th child of in the end, 8 kids spread out over 24 years...For some reason, I am suppose to share my experiences...truthfully...not with rose colored glasses on.
So, truth can hurt, but just as the surgeon uses his sharp knife, so God does in our hearts for His and our good.
My first memories were of needing glasses of water in the middle of the night...I would go to Mom's side of her bed, nudge her and tell her I was thirsty...she would get up, take me to the small bathroom that was in her bedroom, rinse the cup out 3 times and then give me a glass, then I would ask her to please wash my hands...I loved to have her take my hands with soap under the warm water and wash them in hers...isn't that a picture of prayers...don't we need a glass of water from God every day...and he makes sure it is pure for us and then we need his cleansing...running our souls into His soul for warmth and protection...then I would scurry back to bed or crowd into bed with my older sister Judy or older brother Ken....I was a night roamer...I guess that has not changed!!
Can these childhood memories and openings of truth help us see something that God is groaning above to show us...in such a hurry!!..is time that short for His returning?..are we ready?...are our lamplight full of fuel...
Jesus Loves Me This I Know, For The Bible Tells Me So, OH YES, Jesus does love!!!!
If you ever have a prayer needs please leave a comment .. we will pray with you..
Blessings!! Kari