IN OCTOBER 1962 Jim and I had moved into our first house. A small 3 bedroom with 1 ½ baths. Good size walled back yard, plus a double garage. Shortly thereafter I became pregnant! It was our plan to get pregnant again as soon as we could. I had a mis-carriage in early September! I was excited about being pregnant but the excitement was short lived! Throughout this experience, I never had morning sickness nor any discomfort at all, except I didn’t want to gain very much weight. My weight had always fluctuated and I thought I could control it during pregnancy. I was wrong! I craved bread and peanut butter so much, that I had Jim take the bread and peanut butter to work with him every morning. I also craved ice! However, God’s blessings come in all kinds of packages!
50 YEARS AGO, our amazing son was born! Yesterday was his happy Jubilee! The 25th or 50th anniversary of any event is a joyousness occasion and God called it the year of the jubilee. Today silver or gold appears to differentiate between the 25th and 50th. Last year Danny celebrated his silver wedding anniversary and this year his arrival into the golden years. Who ever said; “My how time flies when you are having a good time,” said a mouth full!
LOTS of times we want to reflect on our lives passed, and count all the failures. Granted, we all have had failures galore but successes are what makes our lives amazing! Did you know that a newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas?” I am sure that newspaper editor was eating his words the first time he saw “Snow White!” Animation may have been in progress but what Disney did to it was mind boggling!
DID YOU KNOW that when Thomas Edison was a youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality. Come on now; where would we be without all of Edison’s creative juices and how could we watch TV and play on the computer, as much as we do, without all that electricity.
ONE MORE did you know; okay? Interestingly enough Sir Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered “unpromising.” WOW! Perhaps someone else could have come along and discovered all that stuff about gravity, but they didn’t have to because, Mr. Newton did it first.
DO SUCCESSES happen because we are in the right place at the right time? Perhaps, but then that would be leaving your life in the hands of chance! I believe that true success comes when you put your hands in the hands of the man who stills the waters. Giving your life to Jesus Christ does not mean that you will become rich in material things, but it does mean you will have peace, joy and satisfaction, that only comes from knowing the Lord!
“YOU ARE THE salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.” Matthew 5:13
If we find ourselves living in the pit of remorse or embarrassment because of our failures we are causing our sweat and tears to water down the effectiveness of being the salt of the earth.
“YOU ARE THE light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16 Considering who we are in Christ, our age doesn’t matter one bit. We can be the old person who gave their lives to the Lord somewhere along the way or a new born; we are all his children!
WHO ARE YOU in Christ? Are you so tasty that those you meet want to have what you have? Are they willing to seek you out and ask why you are the way you are? Aren’t you more apt to eat a dish that has flavor than something that has no taste at all? You are the light that is to lead others to Christ. Don’t pretend you are someone you are not; if you truly belong to Christ you won’t be able to keep your light from shining. You will be seen, and that’s the way God likes it!
By Jane Ann Crenshaw 8/3/13
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