Table of Grace with Pastor Dreama

Is your yard is a muddy mess this week? Our is! I feel bad for our pets as they travel back and forth across that mess. I don't know about you, but I think I hate mud as much as I love rain.  Especially that red clay gunk, the sound of it trying to suck the boots off my feet is just yuck. Ewww....But will take more than a little mud or a lost boot to keep me from walking in the rain. I love feeling rain on my face, it is so refreshing. But walking through the back yard this morning reminded me of how a t one point in time, my daily life was a lot like trudging through muck .  And trudge through muck I did. I faced a lot of hardships, pure crap is what I refered to some of it at the time.  I knew what it was like to live pay-check-to-pay-check.  I knew what it was like to depend upon WIC and food stamps to feed my family; they freed up funds to help me keep a roof over our heads.  I knew what it was like to face bullying, harassment, and oppression......

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for YOU declares the Lord..." I don't like to complain about the weather; that doesn't mean I enjoy it, but since only God controls it...who am I to complain about how He does His job? So like most of my Neighbors here in West Virginia, when I woke up to ice covered everything , I groaned..."Father, I am not complaining...but I will admit that I am ready for SpRiNg. AMEN!" + + + I have a habit of trying to find beauty in most situations, including a West Virginia ice storm. Something my husband loves about me I'm sure, haha....So as he was shoveling our driveway this morning, he saw something he knew would make me drop my writing project and grab my camera. I followed him outside so he could point out this beautiful red berry bush encapsulated in ice - and I just had to share it with y'all!  Not just because I think the buds look pretty but because it reminded me of  how God works. As...