She had an old potbelly stove that burned coal for heat.
I have a large central heating and air unit
with computerized “comfort level” programming.
She had to draw water from a well.
I have fresh running water from an underground spring
pumped to my choice of four sinks.
She had an old wooden outhouse.
I have two full bathrooms and a six-foot shower.
She never owned a car.
I’ve owned several.
She had to make her own clothes, sometimes from empty feed sacks.
I have so many clothes they barely fit in my closet and yet I often
can’t find anything to wear.
She had a washboard and a clothesline.
I have a matching washer and dryer but never seem to get all the laundry done.
She had to plow and plant her own garden and then wait for it to grow.
I have my choice of convenient super markets and organic groceries.
She had to start preparing each meal when the other one ended.
I often wait until mealtime to decide on cooking or carryout.
She scrimped and saved for the things she wanted.
I want, I get, I forget, and I want more.
She had to live when times were hard.
Time has made life easier for me.
She had a sense of satisfaction.
I sometimes complain.
She had a little scrappy Christmas tree my Papaw cut down
from the woods behind their home.
I can buy a beautiful tree and have it trimmed right at the store.
She gave us nuts, fruit and a drugstore doll wrapped in re-used paper.
I can buy my children the latest technology.
but I’m not sure I can ever make them as happy as my Mamaw made me.
Psalm 100:4-5
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
May the peace that passes all understanding be present in your lives in the days ahead.
Although our world casts shadows of doubt,
He will never leave you, nor forsake you.
It is a promise.
And He is a Promise Keeper!
Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!! 🙂
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Comments on: "She and I" (8)
Beautifully written. Thank you!
Thank you Tracey. God just gave me two more lines. I jumped out of the shower like a crazy woman to add them. 🙂
This is beautiful and moving–Yes, the Promise Keeper! God bless you, dear heart–love, sis Caddo
Thank you sis Caddo. You are a delight to the heart of God.
Thank you Annette, so beautiful to realise how much we have been Loved and to be greatful for all we have now. Thank you for sharing, as I read your message, once again I was reminded of Scripture ( see below) that confirms the Truth of what you shared, both touched my heart, God reasured me with His words and with yours.
Lamentations 3: 33 For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Isaiah 43:1-3 – Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.”
Jeremiah 29 :11-12 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Christian Love from both of us – Anne.
You are an angel for taking time to comment. Just when I question everything I am doing, God confirms He is using me right where I am. God bless you and yours in 2013. I love reading your blog.
Wow Annette, God just did it again through your encouragement … thank you so much for your Loving and kind reply, it was the healing I needed.
Christian Love Always – Anne.
His eye is on the sparrow and His eye is on you!! 🙂