January 2, 2008

Well, as stated in my first entry, I am not good at keeping these kind of things up. Thus, the long interval since my last entry. However, God has continued to be doing great things. I am constantly amazed at His grace and mercy demonstrated toward me. I expected to be alone for Christmas, the first Christmas since Bonnie left. I awoke that morning thinking about my loneliness. My very next thought was a passage of scripture, "This is the day the Lord has made.
We glad and rejoice in it." (Ps. 118:24). I immediately thanked him for the day and set my mind to praise Him and have a good day. And I did! I was invited for dinner with one of my best friends' parents' home. We had a wonderful time, talking mostly about spiritual issues. Dinner was excellent (grilled salmon - one of my most favorite meals, and ribs) and exchanged gifts. It was a wonderful day. I also had the opportunity to do a ride along with my son, police officer for a local police department, both Monday and Friday. Sunday Bonnie and I joined my son and his family and celebrated the Lord's birth together, exchanged gifts, played games, and went out for dinner together. Another perfect day. Monday I flew to FL to spend the New Years and following week with my dad. I enjoyed having devotions together, some lasting as long as 2 hours. We also had dinner at his girlfriend's daughter's home. Wonderful meal. Trudy and her husband are both very strong believers as well and we enjoyed about four hours discussing various spiritual issues. Again, a wonderful day. Dad and I met this morning with his financial advisor and then rented a movie, The Nativity Story. Dad never saw it before. We watched the movie after having lunch at Sweet Tomato, one of my favorite places to eat when visitng Dad. Dad took a nap while I listened to Dino CD's. WOW! Did I ever enjoy that. We will be going to mid-week service at his church this evening. I am eager to get into the Word and pray with the brothers and sisters here. Well, praise the Lord for his blessings. He is soooooo good! I am certain glad I am one of his dear children.