Stories and other stuff

 I got reminded today of the words that saved my life almost 11 years ago.  Maybe I needed those words again today, but hey are still just as important today as they were then.   When Life Gets To Be More Than You Can Stand....Kneel. It did.  I did.  And honestly, sometimes it still does.   I've had a lot to think about over the last few days and sometimes the things that happen to me just bewilder me.  There's a word you don't see very much anymore...bewilder.  Life can be hard and understanding mine is not an easy task sometimes.   What I do understand though is that I have an incredible, active, and abundant relationship with Jesus, and because of that, a restored relationship with the Father.  Kneeling is a daily practice in my home and prayer without ceasing happens all throughout the day.  I got thinking about that.  I spend more time talking with Jesus than I do watching TV.  I talk about my day....

Over the past several days, I have seen the same sets of Scripture three different times, from three different places, all with an emphasis on one single point:  God sometimes teaches the lesson twice. The stories used to illustrate things Jesus did twice:  He fed the 5000, then the 4000.  Then there were the two different times Jesus calmed the storms.  Once, He was asleep in the boat.  The next time, He walked on the water out to the disciples.   I have seen these things,, as I said, used in three different places, to illustrate the same point.  Jesus taught the disciples something twice because it was important. Having the point driven home three different times, I'm listening.  And I'm reflecting on the lesson I had to learn twice over the last three years.  I think there's some significance in that.  I got reminded by a photo I took that it was three years ago this week that I went to Washington to get the ex.  That didn't...

 In my last post, I described a little bit of an ongoing struggle with the DMV here in Oregon.  It's not the only one I've faced.  I've been trying since I moved here to straighten out my healthcare with the VA here in Oregon.  The VA Hospital is in Roseburg.  There is a clinic here in North Bend but it, like many other healthcare providers, is not accepting new patients.  Trying to get things fixed so I have the right authorization so I can get the billing straight and get my prescriptions filled has been a challenge. On Sunday, I started asking for God's favor over the situations I had to deal with this week and listening to the prompting of the Spirit, to deal with one on one day, and one the next. To show you the struggle is real with the DMV here in Oregon, I need to explain how I finally got an answer to my problem.  The DMV office opens at 8 a.m.  I called at, I think, 8:04 a.m.  I was on hold for 47 minutes before I got to talk to a p...