A New Chapter

Surprised with a bouquet of beautiful summer flowers from a very special person in my life!

Wait Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, longingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate... And the Master so gently said, "wait." "Wait? You say wait?" My indignant reply. "Lord I need answers, I need to know why! IS your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word." "My future and all to which I relate Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait? I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign, Or even a 'no' to which I can resign. "You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe, We need but to ask, and we shall receive. And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry: I'm weary of asking! I need a reply." Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate, As my Master replied again, "Wait" So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut, And grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting for what?" He ...

December 26th - Grateful I am so incredibly grateful for my dear mother and the example and encouragement she has been to me. She gave life to me, raised me, loved me, and encouraged me to keep on keeping on even when the keeping on gets hard! To simply trust the Lord and know that He has my life in the palm of His hands... that nothing happens by chance and that He is working on my behalf! She is an incredible woman of God and I pray that one day I will be able to pass on to my children what she has passed on to me!