Happy Birthday My Friend

I wanted to blog about my friend for her birthday today.  But the more I thought about our friendship and the journey we have walked together, I realized that I actually don’t want to share it.

It’s not that the journey has been filled with horror or unhappiness, on the contrary it probably has been filled with more hysterical laughter than anything else.  Or to be more precise:  her hysterical laughter at my humiliating moments – of which there have been many….although she has had a couple of moments that have brought about retaliation.  

 But it’s the things that we haven’t laughed about that has cemented our friendship I think.  To know that all we had to do was pick up the phone and the other would be there in an instant.  And we had quite a few of those moments.  To be able to cry together, pray together, pick up the pieces together – those are the things that bound us together.  And it’s when I think of those times, remember all those feelings, it just actually makes it too private to share. 

 I do miss you my friend – living off in your far far away land.  I’m so grateful for technology though – you are just a bbm away.

I love you my friend and I hope that you are having the most amazing birthday!

Salvation

While I was spring cleaning draws, I came across something that Michaela had written.  It was so beautifully written that I asked her if I could share it.  It’s so special to be able to take a peep into the depth of your childs heart and view life the way they do.  I am sometimes surprised at the simplistic depth and truth that lives there.  And just reminded how much I learn spiritually from my children when I stop and take the time to listen to the things they say, ask and ponder on.  This is what she wrote:

Dearest child

You have a brother who is royal.  He is greater than any prince.  He can be your best friend if you ask him to.  Pray to him.  He put you on this earth.  Here is the prayer you should pray

Dear Lord Jesus

Please come into my heart.  Please be my best friend.

I love you Lord Jesus.  Amen

You can’t see Jesus with your eyes but with your heart.  He suffered and died for your sins.  He rose again in three days.  He healed many.  He turned water into wine.  He even resurected people.  He died through pain.  He was beaten, whipped with nails.  A crown of thorns on his head, nails in his hands and feet.  He took all our wrong deeds and died for us.  Now it’s our choice to accept the offer or don’t take it for eternal life.  I took it and I love my life.  Heavens streets are made of gold.  Hell is fire and you burn forever.  Some angels thought they were better than God but they weren’t.  Lucifer was God’s most wonderful Angel.  But he also thought he was better than God.  He is known as Satan or as the Devil.  His followers the fallen angels known as demons they  burn in hell.  Don’t mess with witches and wizards.  There is no such thing as good magic.  Don’t mess with magic for you will loose Gods special touch.  That’s all for now my child.

Written by Michaela

Salvation

New Year Expectations

I love the start of the New Year.  Everyone is so filled with hope and good expectations.  I hear so often “this is going to be a good year”  or “this year is our year”.  Everyone is so ready and eager to start working towards the New Years good prospects.  I just feel so surrounded by Positive Vibes.

My New Year always starts with eagerness because I know that it won’t be long before Cynthia returns from her month holiday.  Our first week back together is always spent spring cleaning.  This fills me with that New Year Positive Vibe feeling.  Once my house is in order, scrubbed from top to bottom, junk chucked, everything else neat and in place I can start my year.  One of the most satisfying feelings for me is to have my house in order.  It kind of gets my mind in order.

Once my mind is in order the chaos normally starts.  Because then I need to get everyone else’s mind in order.  And that’s not often received as enthusiastically as I offer it.  I draw up lists.   Lists for DIY, lists for new décor ideas, lists for gardening projects, lists for the office, lists for school, lists for projects for the girls to do which will ultimately give them a better quality of life somehow, lists for meal plans, lists for pet training, lists, lists, lists. 

I love lists.  They give me such a sense of purpose and fulfilment.  Lists mean that I know where I am going, and how I’m going to get there.  But obviously once I have everything down on paper…..I need to do them, so that I can tick them off.  How fulfilling to be able to look at my list at the end of the day and see a whole lot of things have been ticked off.  So I try to inspire everyone to do what I need done so that I can tick things off.  This generally does not go down well at all. 

Generally the person has other priorities or just doesn’t feel like doing the things that are on my list, generally because most of them require large amounts of physical labour and hard work.  Of which I am more than happy to supervise with a cup of tea in hand.  This creates grumpiness and relative doses of resentfulness.  Which then seems to trigger off my levels of grumpiness and resentfulness.  I battle to grasp that others are not as enthusiastic about my ideas as I am.  I mean really – in the end everyone gets to benefit.  If I am happy, naturally you shall be too.

And so my New Year Expectations go down the drain along with most of the general populations.

I love order and symmetry.  I love making lists on how to obtain it.  And I love having people create this for me.  And I especially love it when they do it enthusiastically. 

So this year, in order to enjoy my New Years Expectations I have decided to learn how to do most things on my list without the effort of having to inspire those around me.  I have decided to hire someone who is paid to do everything on my list. 

So at the beginning of this New Year, I am once again filled with hope and expectations and writing up those lists more vigorously than before!  I can’t wait to see all that I will be able to tick of my lists this year!