On Delight

Hello, friends.

I totally know it's been a LONG long time since I have written. (blush, sigh, hanging head down.)

Believe me when I say this:  there are one or two posts with titles and subject matter actually sitting in Edit mode while they incubate just like little chickies hatched and tucked inside a warm box to mature.

I have alot going on inside my heart and my head right now.  Just like you, I'm sure!  And sometimes it just takes awhile to sort it all out.   Or, sometimes, you just have to start writing and see what comes out.  

Here in Texas, spring has sprung with a vengeance!  It's great to see all the blossoms and blooms and to see my grass turning green! 

This a tree that is blooming right outside my office window and every year it brings great delight to my heart.

What about you?  What brings delight to your heart?

Speaking of which:   

Delight:  noun

delectation, joy, pleasure,pleasance, positive stimulus

Delight:  verb

please, delight, enjoy, revel,enchant, enrapture, transport,enthrall, ravish, enthral, gratify,satisfy

Tonight I have nothing earth shattering to share. I just want to begin again to write.

Writing is such a powerful thing; our words have the power to wound or to  heal.

To bind up broken hearted people, or to kill with venom.  I want to be a person who brings life with everything I say.   Sometimes when I see stuff on TV that is sickening to me, or frightful, or saddening or just plain outrageous, I just want to take out my "sword" and begin to hack up the enemy, ya know?  But I find that words alone, being powerful in themselves, do not have the power to effect real change when they are coming forth with the intensity of hatred, or fear, or just plain passion.    Like the other night, I placed a one line venomous facebook remark about the anarchy going on in Wisconsin right now.   I used the words "Loser, Yellow Belly, get back to work, LOSE your JOB, there's PLENTY more where YOU came from. Ad nauseum.

But I quickly deleted the post because I realized that it sprung from hatred and frustration.  Nothing good will come from throwing gasoline on an already raging fire.

Speaking of fires.  What happened  in Japan rocked my world, how about yours?

My heart is so broken for the people in Japan; they are so precious, and I know that God cares for them very very deeply.   I found myself so devastated by the events that I just could not do much on Friday.  I felt so powerless and it just felt wrong to go about my daily routine like nothing had happened.

But then later that night, I also realized that the very best thing that I could do was to be very very present in my world.   To do whatever I was doing to the best of my ability; such as being involved in a very intensive weekend retreat at my church.   I came to realize that that was was appropriate at the time; and to really do it with all my heart.   We have prayed for the precious people of Japan, and will continue to.   Each and every nation has tremendous trials and tribulations right  now.   We must be present for the people in our nation(s) respectively, and do our best to be people of dignity and peace.  To speak words of truth and stand strong for what is right.   

To me, it feels just like it did back in the 1960's. 

JUST. LIKE. IT.

I have lived through the Watts Race Riots in Los Angeles.

The Haight Ashbury Hippie movement that began in the Summer of Love in San Francisco.

I have seen the United States Flag burned.

I watched the Kent State demonstrations.

We watched the insane Patty Hurst debauched scenario.

I have seen the Viet Nam War Veterans spat upon returning after serving their country in a useless war.
Oh and WATERGATE too.  What?  You weren't born yet?   Well, I'm sure you can Google it and get all caught up....

I myself have rebelled against every form of authority, and survived, but finally learned my lesson in the long run.

What is happening today, is EXACTLY like what was happening in 1960 - 1970.

Only more intense, more widespread, and more systemic.   It's called ANARCHY.  


noun

lawlessness, disorder

But GOD.

God broke through in the 1960's and the Jesus Movement was born.   The most powerful move of young people getting swept into the Kingdom of God by the hundreds of thousands and becoming radical believers in Jesus Christ.

I was one of them.  On one day, a total enemy of God and enemy of the State.

The next, a radical lover of Jesus, willing to die for my faith in Him.  

So my summary?   It can only get better, my friend.  We must pray, and fast, and cry out to God for our nation, our freedom, our children, and our faith to be reborn.  We must cry out for Truth, and Righteousness, and the nations of the earth to know God. 

This WILL happen; it's just a matter of time.

Well, I did not plan to write all that.   But it needed to be said.

So some of you have known that I of late just have this insatiable desire to begin to create and create and create some more.

It's kind of burning inside me lately.  I've been messing around with this program that makes it possible for me to create things without having a degree in CS3.  wink.  That program just boggles me.

And I have been wanting to use my words to bring truth and beauty and inspiration to people around me. Maybe begin making some cards to go alongside or with my handmade soaps and candle for a line of gifts.

So I'm just going to throw out there something I made up tonight.   I know it's rudimentary, and there are some corrections I would like to make too, but just wanted to kind of show it to you!

What do you think?

So anyway, my friend, I wish you delight!  I wish you joy, and peace, and prosperity.  I wish

you Truth and Hope, anchors for your soul in this troubled time in which we live!   There is

delight, ready for you, for the taking!  It is found in God's presence, and it shows in all His

creation.  We were created for delight, because we are the object of our Heavenly Father's affections, and He greatly delights in us!

I love you my friend!

And we will talk again soon.  I promise.

I Never Say No....except to my puppies!

A good morning to all! After awaking very early this morning....at a time unknown, I snuck downstairs for coffee all by myself. This is a treat that only those of you who are daydreamers could ever fathom, except Miss Yablonski, of course, who is herself an authoress and an avid reader. Unfortunately, I have been physically unable to get up that early since the time change...when was that? About 6 weeks ago? That cataclysmic event put my earthly temple into a tailspin from which it is just now emerging; something akin to jet lag for thos of you who frequently traverse the hemispheres.

So then, after a reasonable facsimile of a quiet time on the front porch that was accompanied by quiet kitties and puppies....Hallelujah!......I have emerged a radiant person. Wow...it had been awhile. Only after which, I had turned on the computer and downloaded email. A friend of mine, Sam had written to me.....I miss you writing on your blog!

OK, so since I never say no, except to my puppies who constantly relieve themselves on the interior horizontal surfaces of my 2256 sf home and where nothing is sacred, here I am, writing.

Like I said in the last post; I HAVE to be inspired! What was that...whether by expediency, or urgency, or things that trouble or inspire me.....

So none of that has occurred recently....but, it is good to keep a journal of one's journeyings in the wilderness wherever they find themselves chronicling.

My husband last night had a "heart to heart" with me. He had commented on my inability to focus on even a simple conversation. To which I admitted that yes, I am having difficulty in fact concentrating on anything at all, let alone on anything worthwhile. To which he noted, something must be deleted from my schedule, which, he also noted, would be a painful event for me, since I am passionately pursuing those things which I feel passionately about. To which, he noted, I am doing nothing excellently; to which he also noted that I have such ability to do so. To which, further volunteered, me, all the while, mouth gaping open in a combination of awe and disbelief, that he would finally allow me to delegate household tasks to him. To which, he also noted, would involve an adjustment period for himself and our only sibling, 11 1/2 years old who is able bodied and able minded but feeble in intention....in order to comply with the requests bestowed upon him by His Domicile Queen....and that would be me.

To which I am in awe at this point to which, heretofore, I thought, we would NEVER arrive.

That being all said, on the homestead, is what transpired last night.

Now, on the business side, I prayed for something good to happen today. Something that would confirm that all this craziness that I have been pre occupied with would happen today, to bear out that I am on track for the beginnings of a prosperous endeavor in my community and cyberspace and beyond.

Just little steps....nothing sexy....nothing exotic....just dogged determination and the pursuit everday of those things necessary to build; and keep building, and keep building.

My latest "creations". I was inspired to do these and so I did them. Then I used them myself and felt very refreshed, revived, and rejuventated! My skin felt clean and soft and oh so fresh!

My friend, whoever you are....be true to the passions that God has given uniquely to only you! STay the course, and everyday do the things that will bring life to you and beauty to those you encounter! May the grace of God keep you and watch over you today!

A Penitent Heart

So guys, here is the Deal:

Previously, in http://multi%20tasking%20is%20a%20misnomer;%20aka%20shop%20vacs%20are%20wonderful!/ TASKING IS A MISNOMER; aka shop vacs are wonderful! you will see that I basically
am a failure at multi tasking. especially as I age somewhat. OK, there, I said it.

So, here it is: now that tax day has come and gone, and the angels are singin in heaven, and the stress of being behind is behind me, HalleLuJah! I will be posting more often. Not as prolifically as some I know and admire: yablonski , or soap queen, yet, more frequently.

As much as we are maligned by people with "real jobs" (they do not have a clue, by the way)
this is the smart thing both business wise and because as Jessica says, most of her friends live
IN the internet, so social networking is not overrated.

Nonetheless. I must be inspired, whether by expediency or by a fleeting whimsy, or by the things that trouble, or inspire me.

All this a very rough way of saying, I am on the onramp and ready to go. So stay tuned and I so welcome and love anyone who wants to be in my readership! Thanks for being my friend and I appreciate you so! Happy Friday to you my friend!

The things that I want to accomplish, and you are most welcome to keep me accountable on this are: I) personally, 1)tithe of my time and resources into the kingdom of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2) get my house and office in order 3) plant some flowers outside and weed my beds, 3) execute my pest control of premises II) financially, execute the instructions in Dave Ramsey's FPU, together with my spouse III) start working out (yuck)(dancing would be my pick...not boring and very fun and energizing IV) continue to execute the business plan drafted in January of this year. Projects include: selling to local retailers, continuing to trouble shoot labels, continuing to strive for branding and beautiful packaging, continue to photograph and upload products to website, implementing a new bathroom trio, soapmaking and bath and body to supplement candle and perfume line.

Is that enough? You betcha! Because I am also a mom, a wife, a neighbor, a citizen, and a very busy member of a local congregation where I participate and serve in my realm of giftings and responsibilities in excess of 4 nights a week. Oh, and I almost forgot....I DO have a day job: i run and administrate for my husband a construction office M-F 8-5 and sometimes beyond. How is that for a "stay at homer" as they say?