Getting to Know God Thru Dea

"...the Lord is the strength of my life..." Psalms 27:1

The above verse says it all for me. Without Him, I am nothing. Without Him, I can do nothing. I continue to stand amazed in His presence that HE CHOSE ME to be His daughter.

I live in a small rural community. My husband, Bill and I have been married for 35 years. We have been blest with two sons, Gerry and Shad. Two daughters, Jill and Angie. Our grandchildren, Tara, Allyssa, McKenzie, Cody, Leana, Bryanna, Alexis, Justin, and Gage bring nothing but joy to our hearts. Our oldest son and his better half will be blessing us with another grandchild in June, 2008. Our oldest granddaughter, Tara, has blest us with TWO great grandchildren, Paityn and Maverick. Personally I think I'm too young to be a great grandma........but God has blest us and I am thankful for our family.

Bill is retired and I work part time in retail. My hobby besides my family is writing. I don't remember a time in my life that I haven't had a piece of paper and writing utensil to write with. I've always written but never did anything with anything I've written.

I hope you will visit my blog from time to time. I will be sharing my writings here. Older ones, old ones, and hopefully new ones. In 2003, after losing both my dad and brother within five months of each other, my fingers have been silent. The ache and hurt in my heart over their loss has been so great, I've really not had anything to say. It is my prayer that thru this blog, the pain will cease and God will begin to come thru on paper to others.

I truly believe that in anything I write there is a personal message from GOD TO YOU. It is my earnest prayer that in anything I write and you read, or anytime I am given opportunity to speak that God will become more real to you thru my writings and speaking. God and I have been thru a lot. We've laughed A LOT. We've hugged constantly. We've danced, we've cried, we've reached out. He's been my Stength, my High Tower, my Horn of Plenty, more times than I could ever be able to share. Wait til you hear about my garbage bag He gave me. Yep, God gave me a garbage bag. He cared so much for my need of a garbage bag that HE PERSONALLY made sure I had one. Then there's the stories about the wonder bread, and eckrich bologna, and unexpected money in the bank, and $6,000.00 coming in the mail so we could buy a house! Folks, I have much to share and I pray you will come back to this site often and SEE AND HEAR all the great things God has done and continues to do in my life.

I give Him all praise!!

Remember this always........if someone offered to GIVE you a car for free, you would take it. Not only has God given us the FREE gift of eternal life, but He's also GIVEN us another gift. His gift of PEACE......"My peace I leave with you.......My peace I give....." John 14:27. As a believer I know I need to accept His peace just as easy and simply as I would if someone gave me a new car or a new dress. It's so easy to say, so hard to do.

Til next time................Dea