Mom’s Favorite Pastime

Some humor about one (of many) of my Mom's favorite earthly pastimes/passions...

MOM-

The planet is different

Without you on it, and

Kohl's will never be

Quite the same.

Shopping will not be 

In Heaven

As it is on earth

Because glorified bodies

Always wear a perfect fit-

And, there is no line or place

To return perfect things to...

But, if there is such a place

As a

Shopping Center in Heaven

Then I can imagine

Your Heavenly Mansion

Has been built very close. 

~

Written in 2017 just after my Mom went to be with Jesus.

Unsure

Believe it or not being unsure about a particular part of God's plan does not necessarily mean you are in doubt about the perfectness of His plan. So with that in mind we can give ourselves some grace when it comes to trusting God's plan.

After all, Adonai tells us in His word that His ways are not our ways! “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Adonai. “As high as the sky is above the earth are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:8-9‬ ‭CJB‬‬). His thoughts and plans for us are so high above our own that they are perfect and we can trust Him. And, His plans for us were created even before we were, so they are pretty solid plans. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬). They are set and recorded in the annals of eternity. Wow!

If we are still struggling we can go to God’s word and there we can find the comforting help we seek.

Are you familiar with the beautiful words from Jeremiah 29:11?,  “For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai,‘plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.” (‭‭Jeremiah ‭29:11‬ ‭CJB‬‬). What a beautiful promise from God!

He also tells us that He remembers the frailty of our humanness ((Psalm103: 14-16). He knows that our lives spent here on earth are short and we are like a vapor - here one minute and gone the next. He wants to abide in us and guide us through a life that has eternal importance even here on earth, but He knows we cannot do it without Him. 

We weren't meant to do it without Him and when we try we are left frustrated and unfulfilled - He doesn't want that for us.

A life lived without Jesus and His plans really has very little earthly meaning and no real lasting purpose and it is so fleeting that most of us spend the first part of our lives making the mistakes we’re going to regret in the last season of our lives. That doesn’t seem like a meaningful life to me. I want to live the life God meant for me to live. What about you?

Yes, we’re always going to be unsure about some things God has planned out for us, but we can trust Him even when we are unsure and not always see that as doubting Him.

 His word also tells us many other things that ensure us that His plan, His ways, and His hope for us is good, it's always good!

Read, meditate and take to heart the truth in the scriptures listed below and all the things God knows about you and all His word speaks over you and it will be easier to trust that He knows exactly what you need. After all, He is the One who designed and created you and no one knows you better than He does. 

“For you fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I thank you because I am awesomely made, wonderfully; your works are wonders — I know this very well.”

‭‭(Psalm 139:13-14‬ ‭CJB‬‬).

Because He is the One who created you, He knows everything about you. He knows you have hopes, dreams and plans. He is the the One who put them in your heart and He is the One who knows how to bring it all to reality in your life.

And, the best part is that when we let God's plan rule and reign in our lives it is good, it's always good! 

~

Poetry: I Miss You, But…

I Miss You, But ...

I miss you Mama, but 

I don't miss you back here with me

No, I miss me there with you

You see ...

I don't miss the limits of your broken body

You fought the fight against ... So well!

But earthly bodies do breakdown

That's why through Jesus, salvation for soul and

spirit are found

We get to leave the bodies 

that betray us- behind

I thought about being sad, the brokenness

of your body ...

          Your legs that wouldn't carry you anymore -

          No sound of your voice penetrating the air -

          Family dinners with us, you couldn't spend -

Yes, when I thought about these things

I thought about being sad, but ...

Then I caught a glimpse,

There you were Mama, not just marching

But on the streets you were ...DANCING!

Yes, you were dancing on the streets of glory

And, I thought about being sad

when I longed to hear your voice ...

Then I heard a Heavenly choir,

I listened closely, and

In the multitude of Angelic voices

I heard only one, it was yours Mama

Yes, it was your voice beautifully ...SINGING!

I thought about being sad, we will miss you; especially, 

on holidays, special occasions and family gatherings ...

The truth is, we miss you everyday

Then I saw the banquet table

where you now feast, and I know that

nothing here could ever compare ...

A table filled with the bounty

of Jesus, And

His living waters to wash it down

Receiving from Him in awe, and

Returning to Him in reverence, 

Laying at His feet

Your Heavenly crown

So yes Mama, I miss you, but

I don't miss you back here with me

No, I miss me there with you!

~ Sarah Lynn

September 7, 2017

Scripture references regarding Heavenly crowns:

James 1:12  -  1Peter 5:4  - Revelation 3:11  - Revelation 4:10

Poetry: I Was Lost

I Was Lost ~

I looked in all the earth for a love like Yours, never could I find it...

When I was chasing lies and telling dreams You saw how low my soul did go.

Like an unlearned rebellious child, I looked for truth in the middle of lies.

I watched days upon days turn my life into years and then...

I was lost and by no one but You could I be found

I said this about the passing of my life  "where did it go without the presence of my savior?" 

Wasted, withered and gone away forever?

Then You picked my broken and tattered pieces up and with Your love which only knows how to mend them

Into beautiful...

Pieces--broken for Your glory

I didn't even know how lost I was until...

You gently and lovingly scooped it up, it was barely beating

And with Your all- consuming fire

You melted my heart, filled it up with You

Then You shaped it for something eternal...

I was lost and finally by You, Lord...

I have been found

~ Sarah Bridgewater