Journey into Forever

I'm not a good crisis person.  When the stress level is highest, I'm usually at my lowest.  Although I would love to be the "glass is half full" kinda girl, I'm really just the opposite.  If something's bad, it will likely get worse.  I just really struggle with maintaining a positive attitude. it's not that I don't believe God's in control...I know He is.  It's just my nature. I am doing a study at church by Annie F. Downs entitled "Looking for Lovely", a study to help us look for the good things in every situation. ( something this "downer" girl needs).  It's a really good one.... You should check it out.  There was one lesson that took my scattered brain in a whole new direction.  It was about the mustard seed parable.  We've all heard it, but I had never really explored it very much. The parable occurs in Matthew 13 and17, and also in Mark and Luke.  There is so much in this one lesson from Jesus I could tak

"Religion  that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."                                                  - James 1:27   "Be devoted to one another in love.  Honor one another above yourselves."                                                - Romans 12:10 I just threw a bouquet away.  I didn't want to, but it was dead.  It was the most beautiful bouquet I think I have ever seen.  All white....lilies, daisies, roses, lily of the valley......breathtaking.  It had a white bow with a ribbon attached to it that said "friend".  It was sent upon the death of my mom by someone who inspired this post.      My mom lived to be 92.  We were blessed to have her that long- but losing someone is NEVER easy no matter when it is.  Thankfully, my God has been with me every step of the way.  This post isn't to write about her death, how