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| Grandpa Walt |
| 03.19.06 (8:22 pm) [edit] |
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So, when my Grandpa died in Mid-February, Walt came to the funeral. Walt and Gramps always used to pretend fight over me at the nursing home when Walt would go visit Grandpa. At the funeral, I approached Walt and told him that I guess he is now my official adopted Grandpa. I never thought he would take it so seriously or that it would mean so much to him...
He sent me a card with a check for my missions trip this summer, and he addressed it "to my granddaughter" and talked about how much of a blessing Sammy and I are in his life. Then, he called my Grandma to ask how I was doing and to have me go visit him. So I called him on Wednesday and told him that I would stop by sometime later afternoon on Thursday. Well, I got there a couple hours earlier than expected, but he didn's answer his doorbell, and I didn't see any movement inside, so I turned to leave. And there was Walt, coming up the road on his scooter with a bag in his hand. I asked him if he was out enjoying the nice weather, and he told me that he just went to the store for the first time in two or three years because he always just waits for Maureen to go for him. I asked what he had to get, and he said that he had to get snacks since i was coming over and he didn't have any!!!
Then today I got back to school and found two messages from early last week on my voicemail from Walt, saying that he misses me, he's thinking of me, he's praying for me, and he loves me. I just can't even describe how blessed I feel to have him as my adopted grandpa and know that he prays for me more faithfully than anyone else and that I do so little for him in return, but to him it's just so much. God is so good, and I am so lucky to have had three amazing grandpas in my life.
I know that was really poor writing, but I just had to write it out real quick....maybe I'll elaborate someday in my book.
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| He loves me! |
| 03.05.06 (9:53 pm) [edit] |
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It is so powerful to be hit with the reality of God's love. It can happen anytime, anywhere, and often comes when we least expect it.
This summer, God showed me His love in a way I had never experienced it before. My last day of work at church this summer just so happened to be the day I was leaving for college and my birthday on top of that. I was stressed, rushed, excited, and sad all at once. I was frantically packing up my office when I heard someone bound down the stairs. I turned around and was greeted by Brandon and Maeguin, two of my step kids. They had come to church! What an amazing birthday present. God knew that nothing would make me happier than to have them there, experiencing His love. I was brought to tears while singing "Blessed be the Name" just thinking about it.
And again today, I was just doing my devotion, and the passage for the day was Isaiah 40:27-31. It talks about how God sustains us when we're down and out, when we're weak and powerless. And boy, is that how I feel and have felt for the past month! I have so much on my plate that I just don't know how I'll ever accomplish it. I am overwhelmed with responsibilities and life, but God took the time to think of me and remind me that He is there and that He wants to be my strength.
And for the amount that He loves me, how could I refuse the offer?
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