No one ever cared for me like Jesus. Steffany Gretzinger

 https://youtu.be/wapXZkU-jFM

What a beautiful song....

No truer words for my hearts story. My life will always sing a song....

 A few days before my birthday, and before Father's Day,  I felt down and that's OK. Even though I had a weekend planned away with the family, sometimes thoughts of those that have gone before us to be with the Lord become very strong in wishing they could be with you.  I've learned on my journey here that those feelings will rise up every now and then, and that's normal. It's just how much you loved. The joy of the Lord is always there.  That can't be taken away. Maybe just shadowed every now and then.  Joy is found in God's presence, Psalm 16:11.

  I'm very open with people that I meet. Especially those that I am witnessing to at the gym, or anywhere. I happened to bump into one of my male friends and told him how I was feeling, and it helped him. He's just beginning to get closer in his relationship with Jesus,  and was glad to see that it's normal not to always look like your ok. I think that it's very important to be real with people. Don't put on an act like you always have it together. That helps people who are on the road back to Jesus,  see that it's OK not to always be ok. Jesus is very aware of our weaknesses,  Hebrews 4:15.  One of the shortest scriptures in The Bible even says Jesus wept, John 11:35.

 Well the weekend is over. We had a wonderful time. I get to the gym today and he says to me, "did you meet someone?" I said,  "no why?"  He said, "you just have that full glow again." I laughed and said, "no I didn't. I just think my joy isn't shadowed by my thoughts that made me sad."

 I didn't have to say anymore. He knew where I was coming from. It doesn't take someone to make a person happy. It's an inner fulness that everyone is always trying to plug up with something else, or someone. 

 My prayer is that it will be known to my children, and my grandchildren, and anyone I talk to, that my joy has always been in Jesus Christ. He is everything to me. Nothing will replace that. 

For Your glory Lord 

Kim D