New Beginnings

    Well ,I have been a few weeks in the new stage in my life... I received my first paycheck from working in over two years. There are times when I am scared or fearful.  I was surprised at how fast everything came back to my remembrance. I also have received warning about trying to take over and honestly I am not trying to be a know-it-all or anything. People have asked me what my title was and I just said part-time employee. That is good enough for me at the present time. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could still work and do a decent job. I am not trying to streamroll over anyone. I was telling Matt that God may have me here to work on being submissive to authority. Let's face it, I am a child of the 70's. Sometimes, when things don't make sense, I am tempted to ask why or simply to challenge authority. I have had to learn to play the game and keep my thoughts to myself.  I remember taking some college classes where I did just that, give t...

     Sometimes it pays you to look back. There was a song I used to play by Lewis Harrah, that said "when I looked back down the road I can see where the Lord has brought me from". Looking back I see so many ways that God has blessed me. No, it wasn't easy going through the process God used to refine us is hard and many people don't want to go through the process. They just give up on God and just do their own things.      The year started off with a bang, as the New Year came in, I was sitting in the TV room with Matt reading the Bible. There was a verse that we had to memorize for church.  The next day was a quiet low key day and the days went as normally as they could.  I was looking forward to school starting again,. I was scheduled to graduate. I was waiting for the paper work to come back to see if all of the requirments had been met. I was afraid that maybe something would come up where I wouldn't be able to graduate. Sure enoug...