wisdom for a Wednesday...

I want my SMILE!

A normal part of my daily routine is to tune into Smile FM radio station. 88.7. Michigan's postive hits!

Literally, when I first shuffle down stairs in the darkness, I go right to the radio and turn it on. My station is there waiting for me. When I hop in the car, there it is again! Right there waiting for me! I literally think that station plays in my house all the waking hours of our day. The kids know almost all the songs. They are truly positive messages!

Well, then today happened! I turned the radio on, bright and early, and all I got in return was silence! The volume was cranked and the radio WAS plugged in. But, nothing! What in the world is going on, I thought!
When I got into the car to drive daughter to school I was presented with same quiet station. Grrrr!

I went to their website and saw that they didn't suddenly change station channels on me! They were still 88.7. I decided to call the radio station (I LOVE it THAT much!) and spoke with the man on the other end. He told me that there were outages in my area (really? ONLY THAT station, I thought to myself?!)

So here I am, in a quiet house and no radio on! It prompted me to go on youtube and find a song that I WOULD be listening to and share it here.

 

The group is Building 429 and the song is Where I Belong (which I am pretty sure is not in a QUIET house with no radio on! ) But any way, the song is awesome and it speaks to me everytime I hear it ON THE RADIO!!! Lol...



 

 

"Where I Belong"

Sometimes it feels like I'm watching from the outside
Sometimes it feels like I'm breathing but am I alive
I won't keep searching for answers that aren't here to find

All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong

So when the walls come falling down on me
And when I'm lost in the current of a raging sea
I have this blessed assurance holding me.

All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong

When the earth shakes I wanna be found in You
When the lights fade I wanna be found in You

All I know is I'm not home yet
This is not where I belong
Take this world and give me Jesus
This is not where I belong
[x2]

Where I belong, where I belong
Where I belong, where I belong

hello?

This post today serves just as a friendly reminder about general home safety.

Just to remind all that in case of an emergency, if the power goes out and electricity is cut off, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a phone with an "actual cord" that plugs into the wall, on hand! (Ok, maybe not actually like the vintage one above, but...)
It doesn't even have to be an expensive one. I picked one up at the store yesterday for 5 bucks. You may even have one tucked somewhere in your house already.
Do yourself a favor, a BIG favor! Take a couple of minutes today, search for it or go buy one, for the "just in case" scenario.

Thank you!

population ?

 

Then Jesus said, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters, or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. "

Luke 14:12-14



 

How many times do I daily live in my own little world! I wake up and go about my day as if it is all about me.

 

 I get in the car and drive to where I need to be (even church) and have blinders on...not noticing everything else out there. Not noticing the other stuff that really matters! Well, I probably do this more than I even realize!!

 

In the above video by Matthew West I came to realize that so many times we (me) live in a world of just population ME! A world that is safe, secure, and just big enough for all the things that I need to do in the course of a (overly busy) day.

 My eyes are set on what "I" need to do, when it should rather be set on what "He" wants me to do.

 

I don't know what's best for me. I really don't.

 

How many times I forget that I am a character in someone else's story. Whether I know it or not!!

It may be that homeless man I see walking the cold street every time we are on our way to church.

It also may be that person in the checkout lane that only has one item, but I am in such a hurry that I don't let her go in front of me!

Maybe the child that is standing alone after soccer practice, in the cold, waiting for a parent to pick them up.

 

We never know what "story" the other people in our lives are living. Some of them just have a prettier "cover" than others, and we assume they are just fine, when really they are hurting.

 

Well I have realized it is now time to take those blinders off and scan around me to see the bigger picture... the grander plan.

 

It's NOT all about ME!

 

 

 

Omnia mea tua sunt (All that is mine is yours)

 

 





... a lesson

 

 

Two of my bestest friends and I had the great pleasure of attending a Matthew West concert last Friday. I can honestly say, this was the BEST concert that I have ever been to (and I have been to a LOT of concerts!)

What made it so special to me, other than being with dear Friends, was the important Christian messages that were presented to me. The feeling that all of us under that high school auditorium roof were like-minded enough to be there and feel the presence of Christ's Love!

Of all the highlights of the evening (and there were many!) one that struck a cord was when a young man, named Connor, came onto the stage. Matthew brought him out to "tell his story". Actually, Connor's story is what brought Matthew West to THAT particular city for a concert in the first place! THAT particular young man, Connor, is what inspired Matthew to write the song To Me.

My friend felt a personal tug to Connor's story and song, and wrote about it on her own blog, Notes From a Blessed Life.  I know we ALL have been in Geoffrey and Connor's shoes at one time or another in our own lives! I know I have!! These two young men ARE very special and will indeed change the world.

Stay STRONG!

do SOMETHING!