Time flies, yet again

 Time flies when you are having fun. :)

That is how the old saying goes, and I must agree. 

Time flies, and suddenly it has been 23 years!

It is surprisingly hard to find pictures of just Andy and I. 

Obviously, there are tons from the wedding, and a few from when we were still dating. 

Several from “dress up” events over the years. 

We tried to always take one around my big surgeries. 

This one I already have craziness sticking out of my brain, and he had shaved his head too.

I didn’t have to shave my hair again for the next big brain event. 

But he loved on me a lot, and made me laugh instead of be afraid.

I can’t find one from before this last surgery, but this picture is just a few days later. 

I don’t have any hair grown in yet, but he has plenty to make up for it, haha!

 

And this picture I just love, under one of my favorite trees ever. 

So today, on our anniversary, when I asked for some pictures, this is what he gave me. 

Since time flies when you are having fun, and we plan to keep having fun, I suppose time will just keep flying. 

Twenty three years in, and I love him more every day!

Seek the good, my friends. 

See the happy.

Remember, sometimes you see what you choose. 

Sometimes you choose what you see.

Think on that for a minute, and then focus your eyes where they need to be, please. 

Be blessed. Choose Joy. See the good!

Proclaim!

 

This was Jesus speaking. He did all of those things- healed the sick and brokenhearted, released the captives and oppressed, brought good news to the poor. 

Then, He called us to do the same. Not only proclaim what He did, but live it out with action. My call to you, my friends, is to live like Jesus. 

It may not be your spiritual, or physical, gift to give healing, but I am confident you can bring a meal or give some joy to someone who is sick. Share emotional healing with simple love.

Perhaps releasing the captives and oppressed isn’t your calling, but those who are not released yet (those currently in prison) need ministry, and simple love, too. Their families as well!

And I am POSITIVE that every single one of you can share something with someone who is poorer than you. But I am prompted to give a gentle reminder that money might not be the only thing worth sharing. Time and energy are beautiful gifts

Here is the verse again, in the Passion translation. Soak it up for a minute. 

““The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be hope for the poor, healing for the brokenhearted, and new eyes for the blind, and to preach to prisoners, ‘You are set free!’ I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God’s great acceptance has begun.””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭4‬:‭18‬-‭19‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Be the hands and feet of Jesus, my friends. 

Go out, be a blessing, and be blessed as you work!

Rising waves

 Gentle reminder, my friends. Sometimes those waves will rise. That doesn’t mean the God of Hosts is missing from the picture. The promise is that He will still them, not that they will never rise. 

Cling to Him when things are overwhelming. I promise, He will come through. Sometimes it just takes longer than our fast paced modern selves would like!