I've Missed You

The video you see there on the right is pretty funny if you have never seen it before. Take a minute and watch. This dog gets extremely excited when it sees its’ owner. It is hilarious to watch because this dog absolutely cannot contain its’ joy and excitement. Maybe you even have a dog yourself that acts that way when you come home at the end of the day. Even my own dog goes crazy with excitement when certain people he loves, come to visit. It is so fun to watch. But this isn’t just the case for dogs, but for us as well. 

When there is someone whom you haven’t seen for a long time, perhaps a family member in the military who has come home after being gone for an extended period, think of the joy and excitement you feel when they’ve come home because you’ve missed them while they were gone. It is just natural to miss someone, especially someone you love deeply. 

Hey buddy, got a light?

“Mommy, can you leave the light on please? I’m afraid of the dark.” 

That phrase has probably been heard in every household with small children for centuries. When you think about it, it’s a pretty descriptive sentence because in just a few words, it lets someone else know a lot. First, it says how the child feels – afraid. Second, it says what the child needs in order to feel better – light.  

Darkness is an interesting thing. For some people, sitting in the dark, watching a scary movie is enjoyable. For others, sitting outside in the dark, staring at a star filled sky can be nothing short of inspiring. But for some people, the dark can feel the same as it does for that small child. 

Feelin’ a little lost?

Do you drive a car with a built-in GPS? Although my car doesn’t have one, I sometimes think how nice it would be to have one built in to my car. I’m sure most everyone knows what a GPS is. Just in case you don’t, GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It’s a map based system that not only lets you know where you are, but how to get someplace else by guiding you with step-by-step directions. For those of us who may be a little older, remember Thomas Guides? (SARCASM ALERT) Yes kids, we actually had to look up directions on something called a map! 

Even if you don’t have a GPS built in to your car, these days, anyone with a smart phone can simply open up an app on his or her phone that will do the exact same thing. Although this technology has been around now for several years, I still find it to be amazing. Think about it for a minute, you type in an address, and some ladies voice tells you exactly how to get there, every turn, how many miles and even how long it will take to get there. Wow.

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Looks Like Rain

Living here in Southern California, we’re all aware that we entering into our fourth year of a severe drought. Water shortage is nothing new to this region, or many others for that matter and the truth is, we should be conserving water in times like this. I do however, always find it ironic how one part of the country can be so severely dry, while just a couple of states away, there is flooding. That never fails to amaze me.

Being in the severe drought that we are in, reminds me of a story that perhaps you’re familiar with as well. Forgive me if some of the details of the story are not quite accurate, but I’m just repeating it the way it was told to me. It goes something like this.

Apparently, a few decades ago, there was a part of the country that was suffering from a terrible drought. One that had reached a point where people’s lives and livelihoods were being affected, including farmers, whose crops were drying up and livestock were in danger of dying of thirst. In an effort to try to help the situation, the community did what many of us do in times of need…they turned to God.