Tuesday, February 5, 2008

His Blessings of Light

Have you ever risen early
Awaiting a sun kissed morn
To watch as the rays of sun
Dance through the darkness of night
To bless what it may touch
To brighten what was worn
Enraptured by it’s beauty
As it wraps its magical threads of light
You can see the glow of hope as it rises
From the shadows deep behind a hill
To make its glorious way heavenward
To brighten our paths with its essence bright
Reminding us of life eternal, of faith and love
Of our Father’s great and mighty will
Rejoice in His promise, His life everlasting
Delight in His love, celebrate in His light

© 2001 Sharon L. Gearheart

We are blessed...even though things don't always go as we "want or plan" them, He sees what we need. It may seem to be a trial at times...testing our spirit, body, or whatever...but in the long run it is something we need to go through to make us stronger, more understanding, more empathetic, happier, etc. Just look around you and you can see His touch in everything.
My new job at NCSC is going well. This Friday will make it four weeks and I will be getting my first paycheck! Woooo! Hoooo!! Unfortunately...it ALL goes to bills! Go figure! But...I am blessed! When I lost my job at MVNU I had worked there 13 years almost to the day. My annual anniversary was January 7th and I was called in let go on the 10th with my last day being the 12th. When I started at NCSC it was the 14th of January...almost to the day of being off work a whole year.
I think I needed to be off work to recoup myself. I had been going to school for almost five years with no time for myself, the house, the garden, home or family. This was the first year in about five or six that I was actually able to have a garden and do some canning. My how I missed that! It was difficult not having the income coming in, but we managed.
I hope I will be able to get to work okay in the morning. Driving through Lexington there was water close to the road on the north side of town and you could see where it had been over the road earlier. We are getting more rain now with it being very heavy later on with a chance of flash flooding. I guess we will see in the morning!
Blessings...