Reflections October 28, 2020
Reflections 10/27/2020: Roo is channeling his striking Viking warrior pose in his new faux fur attire… (either that or an elderly Jewish woman out on the town… oy vey!) He actually struts around with pride as I strap him into my home-sewn monstrosity! Been saving that hunk of faux fur for years for just the right apparel! And Roo won (or lost!) the right of ownership! Snow leopard no less! And Roo is definitely a lover of snow! Plunges his entire head up to his chest in a drift of snow and emerges completely covered in crystals of white! Seems oblivious to the cold… especially when protected by his Viking winter gear! (Post pictures of your pups encased in snow too!) God, Roo’s joy in reveling in this new winter wonderland is helping me embrace it too. My winter attire isn’t nearly as dapper as his, but I think I have enough snow leopard faux fur left to concoct some matching gaiters to up my strut!
Reflections: October 17, 2020
Reflections 10/17/2020: God, thank You for Sarah Young’s thoughts shared in “Jesus Calling.” I love how she writes from Your perspective, Your heart. It would seem presumptuous, except as I run the words through the grid of the promises in Your Word, they ring absolutely true! And how true is this?! “Anxiety is the result of envisioning the future without Me.” Holy smokes! How simple is that?! Not always simple to do, (envisioning You), but when implemented, it is a simple antidote for anxiety. “Include Me.” Physiology is a factor for sure. But once the biochemistry has been courageously addressed, the mental piece of including You can bring unexplainable Peace. For me, that Peace isn’t so much a factor of expecting everything to go perfectly in that impending future, but rather that I don’t go it alone. Or without rhyme and reason for the things that happen to me under Your sovereign and loving control. Got my cancer tumor markers score back yesterday and they had gone up. Slightly (1.5 points), but nonetheless up. So this anti-anxiety prescription is very relevant for me right now. And I choose to envision You in whatever my future holds.
