Neeserisms

Several years ago this piano dropout was taking lessons and participation in a Christmas recital was expected. I was less than thrilled at the thought of getting up to play after a 7-year-old who more than likely would make my song sound like chopsticks in comparison. So, my piano teacher made me a deal I couldn’t refuse! If I wrote an original Christmas song and sang it, she would play it and I would be off the hook from tickling the ivories. She had herself a deal!

As I think of you all this year, friends and family near and far and those of you who I have never met, yet you found me in the blogosphere, my Christmas prayer remains the same.  He came so that we might have life, life to the full!  I pray that the hope of Christ would give you courage to dream anew.  I pray that His love would overwhelm you in the simple daily blessings life can unexpectedly bring and that you would know in a richer way the depth of His heart for you.   I pray that the joy of the Lord would be your strength and that you would delight in His goodness, despite an unknown future or present circumstances. This Christmas and coming year, I pray that God’s peace would rule in your heart and your soul would find rest in Him. Continue reading “My Christmas Prayer” →

So, for the first time, I chose to participate in a daily exercise of gratitude by posting something on Facebook each day for the month of November and give thanks. While I have enjoyed it, I will say there were a few days where it was a bit of a challenge. The day was long, didn’t go my way, I was drained and wished circumstances were different and you know what I didn’t “feel” very thankful. Guess what? God is worthy of my thanks anyway! Continue reading “He Deserves It & You Need It” →

I will admit there are many days where getting through the day takes about all the energy I have.  Getting up, ready for the day, long day at work, not to mention those other things in life that need to be taken care of.  If I’m being honest, it is more common than not that I miss checking things off my daily “to do” list.  Does anyone else have this problem?  A few days like this pile up easily and I find myself just trying to survive the daily grind and obsessing over my own challenges.  To be really real, I can have thoughts of wishing that someone else would make my life better.  Wishing others would understand what I’m going through, see my plight, blah, blah, blah.  Nauseating, I know, but I’m keepin’ it real! Continue reading “I Hate To Sound Harsh, BUT…Get Over Yourself!” →

I was born with an old soul.  Almost without exception, I was the responsible one, usually slightly stressed with a strong drive to perform and achieve.  Someone who would sit back and take it all in and survey the situation then proceed with caution.  Probably (o.k. definitely) more on the serious side, always planning, always thinking.  A good listener and if you needed something done I was your girl!

Beginning at a fairly young age, for various reasons, I felt I was simply not good enough, not acceptable.  I would spend countless hours thinking of what or who I wanted to be.  Someone cute, adorable really, with a bubbly personality, maybe a little footloose and fancy free.  Someone who could work the crowd and never know a stranger.  I guess, I wanted to be everything I felt I wasn’t. Continue reading “The One And Only You” →

Life…much is said about it…its a gift,  it’s a game, it’s beautiful, it’s an adventure.  When we were kids, we learned while singing “row, row, row your boat” that “life is but a dream”.  Another popular tune, “life is a highway” and I do see similarities. Or the eternal optimist, may spout, “life sucks and then you die”, I don’t care for that one so much, but I’ve had a few days where I was in that place.  Life is but a breath and boy is that true, especially in the grand scheme of eternity. Good ol’ Forest Gump would say, it’s “like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get” and I’d agree with him as well.  Lately, though, I’ve been thinkin’ about a life quote that isn’t quite as catchy or cute.  How about, Life is Hard?!  That’s right I said it, some times it’s just down right rough!! Continue reading “Life Is A Gift, A Highway And Maybe Even A Box Of Chocolates” →

Over the last few days I have had the joy of visiting my dear friend and hanging out with her and her family.  Today, her 6 year old daughter shared with me a song that she wrote after listening to someone speak about God’s love.  She went to her bedroom and wrote her first song, she calls it her “God Song”.  It goes, like this…

“God you love me on the inside and you love me on the outside and you love that I am prity on the inside or outside.  You do girate things for us becase we did good things to you.  You make peopil feel happy.  I have joy because you did all theas things.  You are the one Yes You are the one.  The one that makes things be the best.  Oh, you mad the birds that fly and the duks that qak and the firflys.  You made the sun and the stars.  You made the best thing yet.  You made God and You mad Jesus to.  Yes, You made the world.  This is my God Song.” – Mackenzie Anderson (Age 6) Continue reading “This Is My God Song” →