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...

Well, I am back at the grindstone!

You know, I prayed and prayed for a job and now that it is here...don't get me wrong...I am grateful, but... I know every place has its problems and this one does too...lots of them! I am not sure I am ready to deal with all of it or not! At least it will be a paycheck...right? I am learning the traditional side of higher education, at least their their method anyway.

On to other things! Sarah won the high jump at the Univ. of Findlay on Sunday!! She was the only one out of the final five who jumped 5', and then went on to jump 5'2" and almost had 5'3". She also took 5th place in the 55 meter dash with a time of 7:85 seconds. First place ran 7:45 seconds. Pretty fast, huh!! Not too bad for not practicing very much. She is going to go down to visit Ohio Wesleyan University tomorrow morning and take the tour and visit with the volleyball and track coaches. They are recruiting her right now.

Well, need to get some shut-eye....have to go to the gravel pit tomorrow! :)))

Blessings

Back to the grindstone....

Yes....my freedom is over!! I start my new job at NCSC on Monday...say a prayer!! LOLOLOL I really wanted a new job but now that it is almost here I am dreading it too! Does that make any sense? I just hate starting over from scratch...you know what I mean?

Well, our new grandbaby's birthday has been pushed out until August 14th. Which is a good thing. Renee had had some x-rays done a couple of months back and this due date will have pushed it out past the time she had the x-rays done. Thank God! None of us even thought about that except her mom. They also found a cyst when they did the ultra sound so they are going to keep an eye on that as well. Hopefully, it will disappear!!

I ordered a calendar with my photos through my online business and just got it last week. It turned out beautiful! You can put your own photos on as well as birthdays and anniversarys along with pictures of the people! I am putting that one up in my new office!! Maybe I will get some bites of interest there...

Well, I have had a massive headache all day and need to get off of here, but I wanted to post something for today.

Blessings....

Indoor track season has begun!

Left early this morning, before 7, and headed for Ada, Ohio to Ohio Northern University for the "Western Ohio High School Indoor Track & Field Elite Meet 2008." Sarah competed only in the high jump. She placed 1st in Division III and 3rd overall. Division I, II and III competed together. She jumped 5' 1". This is not her personal best (5' 3") but with hardly practicing at all, this is great! The winner from Celina jumped 5' 4", second place jumped 5' 3" and they were both from Division I schools. We came home after she finished. She also got to talk to the high jump and long jump coaches while she was there. The volleyball coach also called and talked to her a couple of days ago. So now she is being recruited for Ohio Northern. She really liked the campus.

Hubby gave me a scare a little bit ago. He had went out to fill the wood stove and was gone for a while. He came running in with blood running down his face and his arm, stripped off his coat, gloves and flannel shirt, stuck his head in the bathtub rinsing off his head. I couldn't get out of him what happened for about four minutes. Finally he stood up and I got to check him out. He has one booger of a banged up head. He tripped and hit his head on a steel fence post which gouged a nice big nick out his little balding head along with a number of scrapes. He has one doozy of a head ache and will be very sore tomorrow!! I am just thankful he didn't need stitches. I probably wouldn't have been able to get him to go have it looked at!! Well, say a prayer for Ran's head and a prayer for me when he gets up in the morning!!! LOLOLOL!

Blessings...

I'm gonna be a grandma!!!!

On Christmas Eve Mike and Renee announced, thru little wrapped onsies for each of us with little notes attached, "to Grandma," "to Grandpa," etc. It is so exciting!! Their due date is July 29th.

Well, I accepted a job at North Central State College in Mansfield and I am supposed to start on the 14th. But, I also had an interview today at MVNU for a job, which I will find out Monday or Tuesday if they offer it to me or not. We will see what they offer. If it is more pay at MVNU, I may take it instead.

Check out my new link to my Webshots website.

Blessings...

Trying to stay positive...

I have been doing some soul searching and find myself wanting....What do I want in my life? What are my goals? Am I really doing everying that I need to be doing to find a job? Am I still a positive person? I have really been struggling to stay positive. It has been almost a year since I lost my job of 13 years. Since being let go, I have questioned "WHY?" "WHY ME?" How can I change this into a positive? I have put in 200+ applications since January of this year. Out of those applications I have only had a handful of interviews. The market is flooded with out of work people. One of the positions I have recently interviewed for received over 300 applications for that one job! This week I have put in 12 applications and wonder if I will get a call at all. Pray for me, please, that I will can get back my positive attitude and stay focused on my goals.

My online business has me focused on my dreams through my dream book. I have set some goals and created a book of what I want to accomplish in my life. If nothing else, this business has had me really take a look at what I want out of life and strive for those goals. If you have lost your dreams, you aren't truly living!

Blessings...

College visit...

Boy, am I glad this weekend is over! We took Sarah down to Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN. We were on the road a total of about 18 hours from Friday to Sunday evening. She was invited down for a senior session where they had a total of four seniors warm up and play with some of their volleyball team members. They told her that they had had a session last weekend and there was a girl there that was 6'2" that played the same positions as Sarah. They said they were still interested in recruiting her but didn't know how much money they would be able to offer her. One hang up is the distance. It takes about 7-8 hours to get there, one way, depending on the traffic and weather. She has had several other colleges contact her so we will be doing more visits. We stayed at Richie & Dawn's house while down there. It helped break up the trip a bit so we weren't driving a full 7 or more hours at a time. It also helped save money!!

How do you like my swan picture? I took it this past Friday morning on Waterford Rd. by Kokosing Construction. I am putting them on some Christmas cards, which will be for sale if anyone wants them ($10 for 10). They are framed in a blue frame with blue pine, pine cone and snow in one corner. Saying on inside "It was as if nature paused to take a moment of silence softly wishing for peace on earth...Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!" The front of the card has a spray of fine glitter.

Blessings...