My Thoughts

The true measure of LOVE It's my birthday..........and I have had an outpouring of support from family and friends. Even Kaitlyn sent me a text message. Sometimes, with your own children, knowing the depths of their love escapes notice. As a mother, I do understand that the bond between a mother and child defies definition. Not sure why I feel that each and every moment in my life must contain a Hallmark moment, but I admit that days when the mundane and even the chaos consumes my sanity, I long for the Hallmark moment. And then, magically, there it is...........the handmade birthday card or the cake that Whitney took extra care to make.

~Mercies in Diguise~ Showing mercy to others.............is there a message in this I need to hear? I bow my head in submission to HIS will and ask for mercy for my own transgressions. Hoping to find more clarity, I googled "mercies in disguise" and what I found were numerous blog postings about this song. Truly my amazement at only hearing it today for the first time is outdone by the amount of postings singing its praises. Lamentations 3:22-24 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." Many times I have been told that I am harder on myself than anyone else around me. My own perceived failure comes not from reality in the disapproval of others but rather in my own disappointment at myself. As I truly listened to this amazing song just now, I wondered why it was so easy for me to show mercy to o...