This morning when I got up, it was 40* and sunny. I took my walk outside in the neighborhood. Within the hour it was snowing, and by noon it was nearly a blizzard, and I don’t mean the kind at the DQ. Even Snoopy was having a rough time.
My poor little azalea bushes were shivering in the snow and wind. 
I had a meeting at 10am and missed my own breakfast, so when I got home I had bacon and a small home made bun. I had a task to perform, which was picking up and delivering flower to my mom that John had commissioned for her. She was happy and smiling,
and when I left she was happily chatting to John.As was with yesterday, no sermon to share, but I did see a church sign that made me stop and think. It said, ‘Every Goliath needs a stone.’ Well, I thought about what my ‘Goliath’ might be. I could actually list several, thinking about the stress and changes from the last four months. The bigger question is, how would I slay those giants? Again, I could think of many ways. Prayer, faith, and patience were several, but those were the foundations, the first floor of the building blocks. I needed to stay focused on the good things around me, and not be distracted on the hard or scary things. It was important for me to believe in myself, and in my capacity as a friend, mother, sister, daughter, employee, writer, teacher to be able to make a difference in the lives of those around me. Keeping busy and finding positive thoughts every single day all around me would assure that I didn’t let the sadness or uncertainty overwhelm me.
I might not be a ‘David’, but there are many ways to wield an effective stone. It was up to me to pick it up and use it. On this date in 1865 President Andrew Jackson proclaimed the end of the Civil War. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day, and in 2005 Renee Zellweger
married Kenny Chesney (although it lasted less than a year!!). And John Brown of Harper’s Ferry fame was born in 1800.
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