Gardening progress.......and FAITH

It's been a little over a week since I photographed my tomato plant, and it has a nice little tomato on it....actually more than one. And the flowers at the end of the trailer seem to have finally caught root. Even the ones around the mailbox are rallying. FAITH --- see my ring in the tomato plant photo.......apparently, I should look at it more often myself !

Speaking of FAITH, today was the beginning of Vacation Bible School at the Church that I attend....probably where you live too, huh?

I'm a snack server, which basically means that I have to tell the kids to put back that second snack that they grabbed, as they only get 1 snack and 1 drink ! It just made me feel like a big ol' meanie !

But you know, I was reminded today just how important it is when you volunteer at this kind of thing.....lives ARE being changed. One of the other helpers was mentioning that she accepted Christ on the last day of Vacation Bible School when she was a young girl, 14 actually, and I remembered that I DID TOO ! My best girlfriend and I both did........WE were 14 at the time, and she was a lot more savvy about Church stuff. Having not gone to Church much as a child, I didn't really know what it all meant, I have to admit. She said she wanted to be saved, and I didn't want her to do something that I couldn't do, so I said, "yeh, me too!" But it wasn't long before I understood, and Jesus made such a difference in my young life. Upon reaching adulthood, I wandered away from God, even ran, for much of my life, but God cared enough about me to call me back. That is so amazing.........WHO AM I, that God would care to take that much time to speak to me persistently, chastising me, nudging me, loving me, calling me back?

He loves you that much too, you know? I think it's so sad that so many times it takes going through these rough trials for us to remember that we have a helper that can get us through those sleepless nights, and troubled days, and give us not only rest, but peace........I mean right in the middle of those hard times ! Praise be to God Almighty !

There I go, preaching again !!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I just hope that I can be a blessing to some child there this week.

Big announcement coming very soon.