Dear Ones:
Today is Father’s Day.
My children have been struggling this year with this day. Last year it went by unnoticed due to the fact we were dealing with Mama ‘s death. This year my children are hurting over the loss of their dad. We always made a big deal out of celebrating and thanking Randy for all he did for us.We all miss his presence in our lives but I think our daughter misses him most as she was his princess, daddy’s little girl. I hear it is a thing between most fathers and daughters. I wish it were so for me and my daddy but it isn’t which makes the whole Father’s Day thing worse yet.
But enough of that sadness! Here is what the Lord has been working out in my life lately: When it comes to love be careful. Make sure where you are at concerning love is where God wants you to be. Until love is stirred, let God’s love be enough for you. There are seasons in life when God allows us to feel the frailty of human love so we’ll appreciate the strength of his love. Didn’t God do this with David? Saul turned on him. Michal, his wife, betrayed him. Jonathan and Samuel were his friends, but they couldn’t follow him into the wilderness. Betrayal and circumstances left David alone. Alone with God. And as David discovered, God was enough. David wrote these words in a desert time in his life:
“Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you…My soul will be satisfied as with richest of foods.”
Lately I have been thinking about what it would be like to have another someone special in my life to share my life with. I can honestly say it has just been a thought as I hit a wall of sorts in the thinking process. Last night as I lay in bed I realized that since I had given my life to the Lord I have been involved with a husband and the Lord, children and the Lord, church, neighbors, business acquaintances, family, friends and the Lord but never a time of just me and the Lord. I am thinking now that I will use this time where there is no one else in my house but me and the Lord to get to know Him, truly know Him as He has always wanted to let me know Him.
I have tucked Him into my life here and there as I serve Him where He has put me but I have just been too busy with everyone else to know Him as He wants me too. He has me in a desert place of sorts here on Grass Lake so I think I will ask Him to show me what it is about Himself He wants me to know. For starters, I know He is my Father and He loves me and will never leave nor forsake me. Right now I can’t see Him nor touch Him nor get a hug from Him but I can hear Him say He loves me. I can feel His presence in my life. Right now that is enough though a good hug would be awesome too. Grace, peace and mercy to you all. PeggyB
