“HELLO THERE”

Well, it has been about 5 months since placing a post on the blog!  As I mentioned last November, we were in the transitional phase of moving from Surrey, B.C., Canada to Goodyear, Arizona, U.S.A.  Let me tell you, it was a BIG MOVE and I’m still settling into our new location.  

With an international move, this requires finding a new doctor, dentist, grocery store, hair salon, meeting neighbors, the mail carrier and a myriad of other “new experiences.”   By the way, I have met all the close-by neighbors, and just the other day, I introduced myself to our nice mailman.  I’ve promised him “cool drinks” throughout this upcoming HOT season they call Summer.   He arrives by 9:00 a.m., so I compliment his service with a cold drink first thing in the morning.  His reaction to this:  a big GRIN on his face.

Since I’ve been placed in a “new season” myself, I thought that I might introduce a new approach to this blog.  I think I’m going to call it:

COMPASS THOUGHTS or COMPASS THINKING

My reasoning behind this “new route” is that I’d like to just share with you some of what the Lord has been sharing and teaching me in my journey down here.   Since we’re all human, we experience similar challenges, fears, doubts and anxieties in our individual walk of faith as we continue to experience God’s faithfulness.

I’ve found that we “need each other” to encourage, challenge, correct and uphold one another.  One thing we all have in common is that we aren’t perfect, or do we  have our “act” together as we see it appear on many Facebook posts.  I rarely walk the pages of Facebook; my time is precious: and I’m not into what people had for lunch or how they appear “air-brushed” and “all-together.”  Sometimes perusing our cell phone information can be addicting and very “distracting” from the important things in life.

So, if you don’t mind, I’m going to pretend that you are on the other side of my computer screen and we’re having “tea” or a “latte” together.   I’m a “people person,” so I’d love your feedback or input anytime you’d like to share that with me.  Feel free to email me personally, and if you have “signed on” to receive my blog, your email address will be kept confidential.

My posts will be transparent and honest.  They won’t appear as perfect, so if there’s a typographical error, please grant me grace & mercy.   We’re walking this life down here in the grace and mercy of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  What a journey we’re on … but we’re not alone.

Someone has requested that I begin posting with the following poem.  Each of our lives “tell a story.”  Each day is a new page for our Creator/Author to work in, on, and through us. 

I appreciate this poem, because it states so clearly that our lives “do influence others.”   My prayer is that God will continue His work in us so that we more accurately reflect Him in our day-to-day living.

The Gospel According to You

Men are not reading the Bible today

They’re dashing about in their own reckless way.

Most of them don’t care what God has to say,

But brother, they’re reading you.

What is the gospel according to you?

Can people see that to Christ you are true?

Your neighbor reads your actions and deeds,

What can he read in you?

Timothy read what was written by Paul,

I like to read about David and Saul.

But most people don’t read the Bible at all

But brother, they’re reading you.

The gospel according to Matthew I love,

Mark, Luke and John point to heaven above.

They all fit together like hand in glove,

The blessed whole Bible is true.

But most people don’t care what Jesus has said,

Their minds may be keen, but their souls are so dead.

The Bible ignored – they read comics instead

But brother, they’re reading you.

You are writing a gospel a chapter each day,

By the deeds that you do, by the words that you say.

Men read what you write whether faithless or true

Say, what is the gospel according to you?

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