Confession time:

I am a self professed prissy kind of girly girl. I love the stiletto heels, the lipstick the nails done, the hair fixed (but not sprayed) and i love to dress up. So who knew that age would begin to remold me & change my paradigm? AND of all things, who knew that i would begin to prefer Dansko's with arch support i might add, to my beautiful sling back heels, or how about the strapy sandals that show off my newly pedicured toes? I never knew that my once touted tip toe stance would be trumped by the comfort of standing straight and being able to walk more than a snails pace would win me over. Oh, Dansko, where have you been all my life, please don't tell me that I've been too proud to acknowledge you. Please don't inform me that i really did prefer the curve of my calf from the all day exercise of my pointed toed torture chamber to this relaxed feel of i can walk all day now without toe, heal, or knee pain. Yes it is true, i must confess that as I get older, i much prefer the comfort of well made shoes over the painful yet very beautiful high rise stiletto.

I wonder what else will change as i get older, i shudder to think that i may abandon the Loreal Auburn 6G hair color....

Layers like onions.

This is what comes to mind when I think of all the different layers that must be dissected by the Holy Spirit, before the real us comes forth.

Are we as transparent as we like to think of ourselves. How many different walls do each of us have erected in front of the gate (s), the moat, the fake smile, the "I'M FINE", all of the different filtering systems we have in place to keep the heart safe and secure from any harm that may be out there lurking?

Rambling thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon

"Go out on a limb, isn't that where the fruit is anyway?" Scully (an American writer)

What an interesting quote, don't you think?

It is out on a limb that we feel the most vulnerable and at risk, but indeed that is exactly where the fruit of the tree is found.

I parallel this quote to the way faith is at work in our lives. Living and walking in faith (in Christ) is where we will be nourished and well supplied for and taken care of, but the faith walk is one of unseen substance. One must believe there is a sure foundation to walk upon even before a step is taken, in any direction. We are such a "Show me the Money" type of people aren't we?

Christ is the only constant unchanging in a person's life, faith in Him is not a variable, but the fixed point on which everything else pivots.

"Change is constant" has been the mantra for the last several decades and in human terms, it is a fact, we change daily. But as it relates to our Savior, I believe it would be more accurately stated, as only the sequence and the events in which Christ uses to serve His unchanging purpose that is perceived as change, and only perceived as change, because we don't know the beginning to the end. He does!

Faith as the fruit in and for life, is an interesting concept. Fed, nourished, tasting of the sweetness of God, protected, all of the above! We live in faith anyway, faith the sun will rise, faith that gravity will not fail, faith that at the stop sign the other car will stop, faith that the debit card will continue to work, faith that the flower will bloom, why not put your faith in an unfailing, all loving all knowing Savior who really has our best interest considered in the plan of eternity?

Tune in again as we continue this journey together.

Ramblings:

Living and learning from past mistakes. Wow, if only we could really learn to NOT repeat past mistakes. But is a thing a mistake if we take a lesson from it?

What about weight gain? How many folks just eat because the taste buds say "how nice, I want more" No matter how it affects the health we tend to give in and feed the voice of the taste buds. This is a strange thing to me.

What about dating the wrong guy/gal? Has society told us so often that attraction is the chemistry on which to build a relationship? This is a scary thought. Do we ever stop to think that we are actually marrying / or living with someones character? Beauty, brawn, firm, tight, new and shiny wears thin after a few years, what then. Do we build a life with the package or do we stop and begin doing the difficult thing before we jump and learn of the character of this friend, this possible life mate.

Have you ever repeated something in your life and it begged the question, Haven't I done this before?

I truly believe that every question we have can be answered through God's word and through constant communication with our Lord, by prayer. Why then do we run to the phone to discuss the details of the latest and greatest to whoever will listen when we have the ear of the creator of the entire universe?

All rhetorical ramblings, just things I think about when given an opportunity to think and dream. Many times I pose statements and questions to myself to begin opening up my mind to different possibilities that God may want to show me.

Blink ... and it may happen to you

Death. It is like a thief in the night isn't it?

After reading the news on line tonight, I am reminded how fragile life truly is. An actor dies and I am sure he was not expecting to leave this world as his eyes grew heavy with a desire to sleep.

I wonder, what is the most important thing in life? Is it fame, wealth, terrific health, great opportunity, power, pleasure, knowledge, physical ability? I think all these things pale in the light of forever, somewhere else.

As a young girl I would look up to the moon at night and wish upon a star that I would grow in fame and that all would know my name and my face. I realize how unimportant that is in the scope of forever. Today, I know that there is nothing as important than to know Christ, personally and intimately.