"Party on dudes'"

What a great evening. My grand baby is 2 years old. We celebrated at the park this evening. Lots of people came out and helped. As I enjoyed myself I also took a moment to realize how incredibly lucky I am. I really don't have a real care in the world. I have concerns. Bills, relationships, crazy workplace, repairs here, repairs there,24/7 opening up in a week, and the everyday concerns of everyday life, but problems, naw, only solutions. Problems to me are things like my sins not covered. Now that's a problem, but with a simple solution. Acts 16:31 has Paul and Silas telling the Jailer that he should "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved..." It is really that easy. Now the word "believe" takes on a whole big responsibility that goes along with it. There is trust, rely upon and obey as the amplified version says. We must also be ready to repent. Acts 2:38, 3:19, 8:22, 17:30, 26:20 all talk of repentance. To turn away from our sins. Some are easier than others, but when it comes right down to it, salvation is easy, living it is a little harder, but problematic? (If Webster will forgive me) No way. At the point of conversion from a lost soul to a redeemed child of God the power to repent is within us. We just have to choose to utilize it.

So i really got away from what I was going to say. i was wanting to go to Psalm 32:1-5. " How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. (ME) Whose sin is covered. (MINE) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. (THE REPENTED ONES) When I kept quite about my sin, my body washed away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. (CONVICTION) My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of the summer. I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord'; and You forgave the guilt of my sin."

Salvation, what a great thing. Lucky man, you better believe it. Why I was drawn to God by the Holy Spirit, why I was granted salvation for my sins, why a holy God thinks of ME at all, I will never really understand. All I know is that He loves me! He loves you, and that it is not His will"....that even one shall perish, but that all will come to repentance."

I started out about Sarala's B-day party. Great time, great friends, great spirit about the whole event. Like i said, I'm a lucky man, or at least that's how I see it.

Blast from the past...

Ever have something that's reminds you of the past so suddenly that you become instantly overwhelmed? So I'm sitting here at my computer at 12:50 am on a Sat morning thinking I should go to bed when I thought I'd check and see what the weather for Sat would be. So I went the the channel 5 website (KSDK) and noticed that one of the stories on line at that moment was that Brian Wilson had come out of retirement and had cut a new album. (CD) Who might Brian Wilson be, you might ask. (If your under 40). Brian was THE driving force behind the Beach Boys. A writing genius to say the least. But due to drugs and what nots of that era, had a tough time grasping life, fame and everyday living. Literally spent years in his room, secluding himself from everyone. Hence the song "In my Room".

Well they had some sample cuts from the CD and I just started clicking on them and discovered that there was a song called "Lucky Old Sun" on there. I was floored ! Suddenly floods of childhood memories poured into my heart as I remembered my mother walking through the house singing that very song many, many years ago. I was almost overwhelmed. My mother went to be with our Lord a little more than eight years ago. Sometimes you forget how much you miss someone until you are unexpectedly reminded of that someone not only with memories, but with memories accompanied with emotions. There is a saying around my house we use sometimes and it comes from an old M*A*S*H episode about a solider that was overcome with grief (Frank Burns) and some how Radar got a call to Burn's mom and she comforted him. When told what a good job he did Radar replied that ..."sometimes a guy just needs his mom." Very true statement. Sometimes a person just needs their mom. I miss my mom, raised 11 children and a husband. Never complained much. Tammy, my wife, says she never felt like a daughter in law around my mom, just a daughter. My two youngest, Abie and Ricky never met there grandma, she past away before Ricky was born and before Abie was sent out to us from San Fran. Although the day she past away, Feb 15, 2000, we had a picture that was sent to us from Abie's case worker and showed it to my mom in the hospital before her surgery and she said that she was the most beautiful baby she had ever seen and that she could not wait to see her. She never got the chance, she passed away later that day from complications from her surgery she had to try and relieve her airways from cancerous tumors that blocked her breathing. The point is that when she said that Abie was the most beautiful baby she'd ever seen, she would of said the same thing to the next picture of another grandchild or the next or the next and meant it every time.

I'm missing my mom very much right now. You know what they say, "Sometimes a guy just needs his mom." Not this time, but I will rely upon Christ who will provide the comfort for tonite.

My mom's name is Dorthy, that's her picture above, in her mid 30's I believe. She passed away in her late 60's. You have heard the saying that when we cross to Jordan Jesus will send a love one to help us across to the other side,I hope it's my mom.

Pretty silly, huh?

Thanks for listening.