Heart To Heart

We have now had our new dog for almost a whole week!  She's really a good dog - doesn't shed, is already housebroken, isn't aggressive, seems to be loyal.  Very calm personality.  Sweet. The longer she's with us the more comfortable she is getting.  The first noise she made was a bark that sounded like a dog burp.  Then, it has become apparent that she REALLY likes Dennis - so she cries when he leaves.  She eventually kind of sighs and settles for me! I heard a NEW noise last night.  Both Dennis and I had commitments.  She stayed with him till my reheasal was over, then I brought her home with me.  She went out in the backyard and something (I really don't know what) caught her attention.  She barked.  A real bark.  A bark that was high and piercing and not really something that would scare a robber.  It's just...weird.  I'll admit that earlier when she was alerting me to the nieghbors next door with what sounde...

If there was a game show based how many church songs one knows - I would SO be crowned the queen.  Honestly.  I know A LOT of songs. Tonight I am thinking of all the "please use me - I will do anything - go anywhere for You" songs that I have song with passion over the years.   At camps, during altar times, leading others in that direction or just singing alone in my piano room - the memories of surrender songs flash through my mind.  A LOT of songs. I'm also thinking of how much easier it sometimes is to sing the songs than to DO the action being requested by heaven.  Not everything that one does for the Kingdom of God fits into one's 'giftings'. The last couple of weeks have held some very poignant moments of Truth for me.  Would I serve Him by serving others in ways that are difficult or very uncomfortable for me (for more than one reason)?  I honestly looked at a circumstance and said those highly over exposed, marketed-on-a-bracelet, church...

I went to the doctor last week.  It seems that no matter what doctor you go to, they always want to weigh a person before getting around to business.  Really?  Getting my ear's cleaned out - must get weighed first.  Probably have to weigh in before getting my teeth cleaned next.   I went to the doctor last week, got weighed and found that I have gained 10 pounds in the last 2 months.  Groovy.  How is that even possible.  The doc says of course it is possible because it happened!  What have I done differently?  Nothing, I reply.   And then I remember...  the 14 large boxes of junior mints that I got for my birthday.   Those mints were so light, so small, so refreshing, so thoughtful, so FUN.  Evidently, I grew larger - one fun mint at a time!  (And I haven't even eaten them all yet! Ugh.) I could connect this with small sins, attitudes, thoughts that add up to a big load after a while - a big lo...