May 24 2014

May 24 2014

Greetings My Friend,

We are in MI this week. We got in last night and we are staying with a niece which is fun. Today we ate at a Greek restaurant and then spent the rest of the day shopping. By the time we got to Home Depot our last store I had run out of steam so I stayed in the car and took a nap.

We are home now and the rest of the group is taking a nap. I called my Son and had a chat with him. We will get together for lunch tomorrow which should be fun catching up with his family.

With each conversation of late I get that we have arrived at the same place only by a different route. I keep noticing that we are saying much the same thing about life's circumstances.

We both have come to where we are content with life as we have it. We both are done trying to please everyone. The more we try to please people, the more people have another idea of how we should be doing life. At this point we set our course and we run with it.

I love being at my nieces. We chat, we are silly and we hang out doing stuff. The stuff isn't exciting or life changing but we are doing life as it comes and that part is so sweet.

We had as much fun shopping at Kohl's as we did at a thrift store. We found things on mark down and bought them. I have two new bracelets and love them. Junior also got me a new pair of flip flops which are real cute.

Everyone is wore out and napping which is sweet too. Since I had my nap in the car I am in my own world. My thoughts run through the day and I find myself smiling over different moments and I love it.

Seeking another person's highest good feels real nice. If I am seeking their good then I don't seem to need to be the center of attention anymore. I like this way of loving other people so much.

I see God loving me this way and the more I love God the more I learn to love the way He does. As I find myself in relationship with God and He is seeking my best I also find that I seek Junior's best as well.

I see this as a circle and the more I practice it I find that we tend to consistently seem to want the best for each other. Our love seems to keep growing deeper. These days we both say without hesitation how much the other one means to us.

“Reaping what you sow” tends to play out in my mind. If I sow anger, unkindness and theft then I can expect to receive these things back into my life. Learning how to seek another persons highest good tends to have good things come back to me.

When I am faced with moments of cruelness I also find that I am able to move through the struggle. I am not alone and I always have a comforting and strong arm with me. When the struggle comes and I depend on God I gain strength, not my own but God's. It is precious.

“Reap what you sow, lean not unto your own understanding, I will never leave you or forsake you” and many more Scripture passages come to me as I live day to day and I know again I am wanted and not alone.

Making God the center of my life is bringing me wholeness and for the first time in my life I am good with life as it is.

May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you.

Love

Janet