Hi.  It's been a bit of a while.  Life has gotten in the way of writing here.  Does it seem to get busier and busier these days?  There have been lots of little God visits. He has helped me find my keys, protected my glasses ( on numerous occasions ) when they fell from my purse or pocket either at work or on the side of my car in busy parking lots.  Even an incident with one of my scarves, which I absolutely love (it's  a different shades of blue with sparkling silver thread thru it, so soft), was a God visit in that He returned it to me and it washed up as good as new.  It had fallen in the parking lot at work, into the slush and snow and ice and then someone parked on top of it and I couldn't get it out from under the tires.  The next day it was there and I was able to pick up my ran over, half frozen, beat up looking not so beautiful at the moment scarf and take it home to wash.  Thank You Lord !!   The Lord has been giving me some verses and helps for others, so that they too may share in His visiting.  I am always on board for that!!

Something I want to share here is from my Mom.  She had her own "God visits" and she kept them in a small loose leaf binder which she entitled: "My Last Will and Testament for My Daughter, and Extended Family, Friends and Strangers."  I guess that meant she wanted it shared.  LOL  So from time to time I will be included her writings or summing up her visits.  So let's get started with the first entry.

Mom's focus for this initial entry was Psalm 8:1-9.  She wrote that it was a "Nature Psalm."  Not sure where Mom got that.

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your Name in all of the earth!
You have set Your glory above the heavens.  From the lips of children and infants You have ordained praise because of Your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.  When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him?  You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor?  You made him ruler over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet:  all flocks and herds, and bests of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.  O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is You Name in all the earth!

Mom wrote: "It shows the littleness of physical man and the greatness of God. This Psalm tells me clearly God knows everything about me and He accepts me as I am and loves me unconditionally."

It shows me, (Madeline), the value God places on each of us.  We so often fail to see ourselves as worth-ful.  I know I look at all my faults and sins and weaknesses and think, how in the world could I be of any value or lovable, yet God sees me so differently.  And it reminds me that my value comes from Him, it is not of myself. And it's not just myself I need to look at as valuable, but others as well.

Lord, help me to see and agree with Your assessment of man.

Happy Valentine's Day all !!