Louis Armstrong sings , “I see skies of blue, and clouds of
white, The bright blessed day, dark sacred night, and I think to myself what a
wonderful world.”
To start the week out, we were invited for a pontoon ride by
a very dear friend. She is one of the
finest examples of a truly joyful person down to the core of her bones. Having
been widowed in recent times and her daughter moving to Chicago, she still
finds life wonderful. While riding the pontoon, Jeanie and Paul burst into
Louis’ song, “….what a wonderful world.” God blessed us with a beautiful day of
blue skies and white clouds. Afterward,
when we walked into her kitchen, she had on her counter a partially completed
puzzle, the makings of a pie, and the plates beautifully decorated for lunch including
a homemade blueberry muffin. Jeanie went
on to say that she is as happy as she was being married to Wayne, who was a
fantastic husband. She has found contentment and joy in whatever state she is
in including being single, which is certainly from the Lord. To add to her
sharing, she went on to say that she has even gotten up in the middle of the
night to play piano. In so many ways she finds life exciting.
We found being with her a challenge to our own outlook on
life. She certainly exemplified what Paul said in Philippians 4:11b, “for I
have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”
While at Jeanie’s she indicated that she was going to be
with family on the other side of the state and wasn’t sure what to do with her
dog, Molly. Without hesitation, we
volunteered to dog-sit for the next few days. She has been an ideal dog and a
joy to take of. Since we lost our last
dog in March, which we discussed in our previous blog, after having Molly with
us, we got the fever to look for another dog.
Today we went to Toledo and set ourselves up for failure by looking at a
litter of ten week old Cocker Spaniels. Of course, we were suckers and didn’t
just come home with one. We are now the
proud owners of two, Maggie and another Molly.
In our morning devotions we came across a verse that spoke
to us because of the joy we saw in Jeanie. The verse is found in Psalm 51:12, “Restore
to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Blessings and Encouragement,
Paul and Gail
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