Ambushes, preparations, weddings….

 Ambushes, preparations, weddings…

There is a church adjacent to the rehab center where I am presently residing. Their landscaping includes wood chip mulch around their plantings…every time I walk by, there are little holes made by some of the local squirrel population….preparing for the winter ahead by storing their nuts in these holes dug for that purpose.

It reminds me of the ants from the Bible….

 Go to the ant, you sluggard;consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander,no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

Prov.6:6-8

Ants are creatures of little strength,yet they store up their food in the summer;

Prov.30.25

I have family and friends who are doing the same…canning, butchering, drying, freezing food for the months ahead…

Other preparations, we can sometimes make are emotional ones…and sometimes we are not prepared at all for ambushes to  

 Go to the ant, you sluggard;consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander,no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summerand gathers its food at harvest.

Prov.6:6-8

Ants are creatures of little strength,yet they store up their food in the summer;

Prov.30.25 our emotions….

I was able to attend a wedding yesterday of a friend’s daughter… it was beautiful, weather nice for the outdoor event…

But then the dancing commenced….bride and groom’s first dance, bride and father, groom and mother then finally everyone…

The one that always gets to me is the bride and father,  his 

“Little” girl leaving the nest, leaving his protection, going into the arms of another…the songs played for that dance are always poignant and cause a tear to many an eye…and as much as we try to prepare for it, it is still an ambush for tearful emotions…for both the father and daughter….daughters who have lost their fathers no matter how long ago and others…

Christ is preparing a place for us where there will not more tears…that is hard to even imagine, no tears of sorrow, remorse, joy, remembrance…but, it will be more than great…

Thank YOU…

 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

John.14.1-4

 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Rev.21.4

Butterfly Kisses…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQVud5NUOs&list=PL8CQGojbjxe8Dx32xTPrvRC4-Joynz-Bu&index=9

Cinderella….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQVud5NUOs&list=PL8CQGojbjxe8Dx32xTPrvRC4-Joynz-Bu&index=9