i love her.....

......my daughter Amanda.

She lives far away

so I cherish so much our phone conversations.

Just now she came right out and said,

"Mom, why haven't you blogged? 

We have had to stare at those roses for three days."

She is blunt and to the point!

To tell the absolute truth,

life has been a little difficult lately.

Pain

has come back with a flourish,

(a flair of an ongoing chronic condition)

which makes writing my blog a challenge.

And,

a potentially disastrous financial situation

ended last night

after months of trusting and prayer

with an amazingly happy ending

all attributed to the

 grace and mercy and lovingkindness

of our

all- knowing,

all-powerful God.

So,

this morning,

the physical pain remains,

(pain keeps me dependent on Him and I am thankful for it) 

but the

crushing weight of impending disaster is over.

This morning we are

humbled before our God in thanksgiving.

We

(Bubba and I)

stand amazed in His presence.

God saw

a little tiny grain of faith

in our prayers 

and He blessed with a mighty

outpouring of grace.

I will daily pour out praise to Him

who cares about

His chosen ones

down to the tiny little details of our lives.

"I waited patiently for the Lord;

and He inclined to me,

and heard my cry. 

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,

out of the miry clay,

and set my feet upon a rock,

and established my steps."

Psalm 40: 1~3