August 4, 2010


     Well ya'll, I had this really long post last night to put on here, but the internet was down.  I guess you were spared from an uneventful post, huh?  Roman and London started back school today, 11th and 6th.  Morgan should be back from N.C. today I hope. I have really missed her.  Wylene is in Reno at a conference.  I hope she's relaxing and enjoying her trip.  She wanted us to go with her, but with school starting and all............not a good idea.
     Tonight is our monthly fellowship meal at church, a simple and Biblical practice we have at Westview Baptist.  You know the route, Lots of pick-up-quick fried chicken, then there's a crockpot of spaghetti all mixed together with sauce, then a bowl of cheese curls, ham, a few homemade dishes, brownies, and on and on!  The experienced cooks compliment the less experienced cooks.  Loving the food, loving and laughing together before prayer meeting.  It don't get much better than that, folks!
     I have to tell you about work yesterday.  Does the word, zoo, bring an image to mind?  Not that we think our patients are monkeys and giraffes...........wait a minute, ok, no.  But the way the atmosphere goes from us rushing past each other with polite smiles and asking, "You ok, can I help you do anything"  to the phone ringing off the hook, doctors standing in the middle of the nurses station trying to catch a glimpse of the assignment board so he can try to catch his patient's nurse!  Getting an admission toward the end of a 12 hour shift brings thoughts of "I ain't getting out of here on time tonight."
     It was 7 and I was having new pain in my neck and shoulder, shooting type nerve pain.  Then my angel friend, Mary G, came close , hugged me and asked, "What can I do to help you get out of here?" I glanced a piece of documentation that would take me at least an hour to do.  She read my mind, "I got it, please go on home."  She meant it and I relented from my independent super nurse stance...........thanks, Mary, you're the best!  Team-work is one of the reasons I love my job in ICU.
     Once I left work, picked up London, made a quick 360 around Chik-fil-a, ate on the way home, took a hot shower..............I felt the tension start to release.  London's quick and happy conversation did the trick.  I had felt Jesus too, come close, whisper in my ear, "Let Mary help you; she wants to.  Go one home, get some rest,  you did a good job today, girl."
     Jesus said, "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28.   What a blessing to have a friend offer to help us finish a task, but compound that with the Master telling us to come to Him, burdens and all, and find REST.
     Songs I'm working on:  "Tears In My Bottle"- did it at church Sunday and I was shocked at the response.  I guess there are alot of tears flowing out there.......It's based on Psalm 56:8.  Writing again with my BFF, Barbara Huffman of Missouri......we're pondering the thought, "The News I Didn't Get".  Finishing "Show Up" which I started  at Joel Lindsey's retreat in Indiana this spring.  God doesn't have to use us to accomplish His plan, but He loves to work through us whenever we "Show Up".  A couple of titles I'm hoping to write, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Soul's Harbor".


We may talk later, but I gotta get some lunch!