Gratitude Journal - June 26, 2017

Today started out as just another ordinary day, but then I paused to get a closer look and it turns out to be quite extraordinary.  I am blessed to have so much more than I could ever deserve, and know it is a higher power (I choose to call him God) who provides. 

Our weekend was so packed full of celebration, Ohana, food, music and chores that it felt as if I was returning to work from a vacation. And I am ever so grateful to make a living where I also make my life. Conversation with a dear co-worker caused me to reflect deeply. Explore the depths of your heart in order to trust that your journey is perfect, even with all of your imperfections. Thank you for sharing....

LISTEN

I drove the usual route home, and might I also mention that it was daylight! My foot kept getting stuck on the brake and I was fearful that something may have gone awry. I stopped for gas and upon closer inspection, I found the floor mat had moved to the point of almost obstructing the brake pedal. Stop Sheri... look closer.... small shifts unchecked can have a large impact. 

LOOK

I pulled into the drive, gathered my things and checked the mail before heading up the walk. With the digital age that we live in, I rarely receive mail of any value. Normally it is advertisements or political flyers, but today was different. I tore the envelope open and pulled the cover letter and documents out to read the words I had prayer for come true. An issue from October of 2013 is fully resolved with no further obligations required from me. Yahoo! Three and a half years later, I can put that chapter to bed for good. :-) 

BELIEVE

And I saved the best for last..... I used to journal using an online app called Day One. It been almost three years since I accessed it, and was heartbroken to find that my account didn't exist anymore. Fortunately for me, the folks who monitor the Day One FB page helped me to retrieve the content - all 247 pages...  Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits! I am one happy girl! 

PRAISE

And so my Ohana, I leave you with a prayer for our Lord to bring goodness into your life as he has into mine. 

Gratitude Journal - June 22, 2017

They say time flies....
and I believe it to be true
on the wings of angels.

I sit at the desk of my long since gone ancestors,
fingers hovering over the keypad
instead of the antique typewriter
now relegated to only be a piece of decor...

Three years have slipped through my fingers, but never my memory.

We would be waking in a few short hours to spend one last extraordinary ordinary day together. The kind
of days that when strung together, were the makings of a wonderful life lei.

After you played on your last morning, we said a prayer aloud to and for each other. You prayed for God
to give me strength and understanding. And I prayed that he would continue to use your life to bring
others to him.

Did you know it was time myDarlin? Was it you or God speaking to me that day? I know that all I did was
to open my mouth, and the words rolled off my tongue and through my lips without any forethought on my
part. They weren't my words, but rather his. I thank God every day for his word, for bringing you into my
broken heart and me into yours.

I cried out that it wasn't time for you to leave, you still had work to do. After all, it was the prayer I had just
prayed. What I didn't know at that moment in time, is that he would continue to use your life for many
years to come in both physical and spiritual ways.

And here we are myDarlin' Robert.... three years later. So much has changed, but so much is still the
same. God has provided strength and understanding just as you asked that morning three years ago.

Mahalo for forever changing my life and always reminding me to keep looking up.