Control

           People do not like to be controlled, but so many are.  Are you controlled by anything?  Think before you answer and consider what you couldn't do without.  Cigarettes, alcohol. a favorite tv show, your smart phone, or your computer?  You may think 'control' is the wrong word, but if anything interferes with your life's activities in a negative way then it does have some sort of control over you.
          Even God didn't want control over His children to love Him, but He gives us the choice.  Psalm 119; 30  ''I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.''  Our faith is believing in and letting go of the control of what we can't see or understand right now.  2 Corinthians 4;18  ''So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.''
       And yet, Christ is ultimately in control over everything and our faith is strengthened and sustained by that fact.  Phillipians 3;20-21 'But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.'

A Good Laugh

         I love a good joke and laugh, even if it's stupid.  Having a sense of humor is a great trait to have.  Life can be too literal, so we must be able to laugh at ourselves.  Laughter is good for the soul.  I'm the kind of girl who can burst out laughing in complete silence by just recalling a memory.
         Laughter is contagious.  When somebody gets the giggles, I start laughing too.  There are times in life when we just need to loosen up and be carefree.  'A day without laughter is a wasted day.'
        I wish my laugh was loud because I have known some people with great laughs that just make me smile.  Have you ever heard a recorded laugh?  I doubt you can keep from smiling.
       May your days be filled with laughter and good cheer.

Foto Friday

Turquoise was the color of the day

Tutti Frutti time
with the Bakers

The game we played,
everybody wins or everybody loses

Magic Springs 2014

We had a perfect day together.  

Charlene, Wayne, Bobbie, Karla
Angie

Bumper car traffic

The Hawk

Log flume fun

After the wave on the bridge

Before the wave on the bridge

Before the Plummet Summit

After the Plummet Summit

Big Bad John coaster

My tattoo.. for a few days

Sky Shark.. before

Sky Shark.. after

The Shipwreck.... my favorite ride

Grateful

             'This is the day that the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.'  Today was filled with good things throughout the day... gyros from the Rivermarket, sweet goodies from the Brown Sugar Bakeshop and two of my best friends, Gloria and September, coming over to visit.  I like to pack these great weather days with things and people that make me happy.  We make memories to remember on the days that aren't so upbeat.  I believe that you are blessed even more when God knows you have a heart of gratitude.  So when I say 'Blessed be His name' when He gives and takes away, today was definitely a gift He gave.