June 2, 2020

Busy day!  Worked both Pinnacle stores, did some notary work, and helped a friend with some titles.  Although it was raining early morning when Kath and I went to Walmart at 6am, by mid-morning it was sunny and warm.  I love being outside.  After a quick lunch of leftover (ugh) spaghetti I tidied up the yard a bit, trimming some bushes and pulling weeds and fixing some misplaced stones.  I was very careful to keep my eyes wide open so I wouldn’t disturb Snoopy if he was lounging in a tree somewhere.  I cut the grass, watered the flowers, and cut a few stumps out of the herb garden.  I still have about a dozen to get rid of, but it’s hard to get the ones close the ground.  A few at a time is all I can manage!  I took about 45 minutes while I was eating my salad at supper and watched a program on Wheelwrights in Colonial Williamsburg.  I feel I did learn quite a bit — but it’s not a profession I will ever choose!   

I listened to Micah’s message from Old Mahoning church yesterday so I’ll share that today.  His message was ‘Victory is an Option’.  It was based on the passage where Jesus and the disciples got into a boat to go across the lake, but the storm came up and the disciples were frightened (Jesus was asleep).  Now, these disciples had been taught by Jesus, and everything they needed to know was explained to them.   They should have had faith that He would get them to the other side.  Where do you put your faith?  Jesus promised that he would have the solution to anything if we have faith.  There will always be obstacles (such as the STORM); why would we even think we’d always have smooth sailing? But we have options:  His power, his promise, his presence.  The disciples had those things, and we do too.  Those options provide the victory – but it’s your choice; choose faith.  You can have NO faith, LITTLE faith, or BIG faith.  Seldom do we have BIG faith, and we often have NO faith – but even faith the size of a grain of mustard seed can move a mountain.  PRAY for faith, and wait for the outcome – the thrill of victory.  Something I never thought about – the scriptures said there were other boats that left shore when the disciples did.  They reaped the benefits of Jesus calming the storm.  Can you imagine how they felt when that miracle happened!  It was AMAZING.  The outcome IS amazing – Jesus can do more than we can ask or think.  Jesus can calm the storm; but he’d rather calm US!   

On this day in 1835 P T Barnum took his circus on the first US tour.  In 1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first sound transmission.  In 1933 FDR authorizes the first swimming pool to be built inside the White House, and 1953 was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abby, London.  Happy Birthday Martha Washington!  Our first First Lady was born in 1731.  And my daughter’s sister-in-law, Kim Wright, is celebrating a birthday today.  Happy birthday, Kim!  Wishing you many happy and healthy years ahead!  Lou Gehrig died at age 37 in 1941 (Lou Gehrig’s disease).  In 1886 President Grover Cleveland (age 49) married Frances Folsom (age 21) – which was the first presidential marriage to be held at the White House.  Today is National Rotisserie Chicken Day and National Rocky Road Day (I’m thinking the Ice Cream!!). 

So, my friends, how is it that we have so little faith?  Why are we fearful!  Victory is an option!  Thanking God that it is so…. God bless.