Time, perspective and prayer

Our Daily Bread
"Time, perspective and prayer" are what you need to overcome this confusion and work your way through this situation some friends told me.  What do they know?  hehehe  The devotional today helped me understand some things even more clearly.

I never thought that God would treat me like the Israelites!  What an honor!  God has had me wondering in the "wilderness" the past few years to gain perspective on his will.  The elapsed time has given God a chance to teach me some more very important things about myself.  Things that I need to know to have the kind of lifetime relationship that I have been praying for.  Yes, it has been a struggle.  I can understand now why I had to go through this struggle.  God taught me about having faith in his promises.  He taught me about patience.  He taught me about loving myself and loving someone else.  In my silly terms, he has been teaching me to get over my bad self and move on to an even better life in him.  Praise God!  I am so thankful regardless of how difficult it has been.  It is worth it.  Worth it, indeed.

What is God asking you to do?  Are you wandering (and wondering) in the wilderness right now?

Lord, thank you for you guidance through the wilderness.  I praise you for the work you do in each of of us who seek you!

Movie Monday
I saw the movie Columbiana on Friday.  The previews looked interesting, so I took a chance on it.  I liked the lead actress from other movies.

The story line is the parents of a little girl are murdered in front of her by drug cartel bad guys.  She vows at an early age to become a killer to get revenge on these men and their leaders.  The young girl that played the character at that age was amazing!  The first action scene was very cool.  The girl finds her way to Chicago to live with her uncle, who directs her killing career.  There are several twists and turns in the story that are cool. It is an entertaining movie and worth seeing.

I give it two bear paws.  You can rent it.  There is nothing that requires you to see this in the theater except earlier access!

Other Stuff
Whew!  I had a busy weekend!  I had an odd day on Sunday.  I got an early start on my trip to Wooster to spend the day with my mother.  I had a good breakfast at Mimi's Cafe and picked up some muffins for my mom (her favorite).  I had a talk with  my best friend before arriving at mom's apartment.  Mom loved her digital picture frame that included lots of pics from the family.  My sister is going to add more as she gets them.  Very cool.

Mom's church was more "Spirit-filled" than usual.  Even though I am not comfortable with that style of worship, I didn't want to be a hindrance to others there.  I prayed most of the time.  That was until my blood sugar went low and I had to go to the car to get something to eat.  ;-(  Mom and I left the service as it had been going for an hour and there was  no end in sight!  It was interesting.  I am going to pray for them as there were some interesting things going on during the service.

Mom and I had a great lunch at Longhorn.  We both had very good steaks.  We went back to her apartment for a little while before the movie so I could unveil the big surprise for the day -- a flat panel TV.  Mom was so excited!  That was the good news.  The bad news is that the TV was DOA when I took it out of the box!  Yikes!  I was heartbroken!  I took a short nap and then decided to take the TV back in Columbus, and then figure out when I could deliver the new one back to Mom.  Microcenter gave me a different set, which we tested in the store before I left.  I decided to drive back to Wooster to deliver the TV since I didn't know when I could make the trip again.  That made for a very long day for me, but it was worth it seeing the look on Mom's face when her channels came up on the TV.  This is an LED LCD 26" TV mind you.  Very nice.  It fit perfectly in her entertainment center (I had her measure it and give me the specs).  She was so excited.  I talked to my sister about helping her learn how to use it.  The picture was very nice.  The 1/2" thick screen was very impressive!  Mission accomplished!

Hang in there, my friends!  I will be upbeat and steady.  That is what I do...