Good morning ~ It is a new day and I wish to rejoice and be glad in it. It is my choice, no matter what the circumstances. I’m not saying that this choice is easy, some days it is NOT.
9 December 2013 was the first year anniversary of my dear husband and best friends' going home to be with Jesus, our God and Creator. Actually, I was surprised at how peaceful I felt and even joyful, because I ‘know’ where he is. He is at peace, he is well, he is with God and all the believers who are there, waiting in earnest expectation for God’s next big move. I am waiting too with many, many others down here on earth.
20 December would have been my husband’s 66th birthday, then there was Christmas and New Years, All I can say is that Jesus IS my strength each and every single day. Yes, I still have times of tears, I miss my husband a LOT. We did just about everything together. We were in the middle of projects, most of which are still waiting for me to decide what to do next.
I work part time, putter in my gardens, work on projects as I can, continue to craft with needle, thread and beads, go to church and my widow’s group meetings. My days seem full, but nights not so full. I do not watch TV. The only show we were watching was Survivor, and I haven’t even watched that since seeing the grand finale from spring of last year. I’m living my own ‘survivor’ life, for real.
I have watched movies on you tube, I watch garden shows, and some other things about crafting, watching couples buy their first homes, etc.
I am thankful for my little home and gardens. Thankful that I can still learn to do new things. We are never too old to learn.
Contemporary Christian music really speaks to me, heart and soul.
Reading is one of my big things to do too.
These ‘things’ cannot fill the void left by my dear husbands’ absence, only God can do that, and I talk to Him a lot, in my journal, out loud too, any time day or night. He is right beside me always.
As we go about our lives in this new year of 2014, let us remember the following verse found in Joshua. 1:9 (KJV)
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Be strong and of a good courage;
be not afraid,
neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
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Love, hugs and prayers
and God’s continued blessings
on each and every one of you.
FlowerLady Lorraine
