TUPPERWARE DRAWERS AND TOUCHING THE SKY

LORD, I JUST COULDN'T GO TO BED WITHOUT THANKING YOU FOR ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL BIRTHDAYS I'VE EVER HAD...I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.....

THE FIRST DAY IN MY LIFE THAT I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE LOVED...WITHOUT ANY WALLS OF DEFENCE...AND BELIEVING THAT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY LOVE ME...THEY REALLY MEAN IT.

IT ALL STARTED THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE HAD JUST ONE HOUR BEFORE WE WERE TO SIGN PAPERS TO BUY A HOUSE...AND I WOKE UP KNOWING THAT WE WERE MAKING A MISTAKE...

HOW DO I CALL THE REALTOR AND EXPLAIN?...

I'M NOT SURE THAT I SHOULD CALL...WHY AM I NOW SO CONFUSED WHEN WE WERE SO SURE THE DAY BEFORE?...

THEN YOU REMINDED ME OF THE WORD YOU GAVE CONCERNING WHERE WE ARE NOW...."DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RENT...I HAVE GIVEN YOU THIS PLACE FOR A SEASON."...

AND OF COARSE, JUST LIKE ME, I WORRIED ABOUT THE RENT...AND FORGOT ABOUT THE WAY YOU PROVIDED EVERY LITTLE THING WE NEEDED TO SET UP HOUSE, AFTER LEAVING 40 YEARS OF "STUFF" BACK IN ARIZONA, WITH NOTHING BUT WHAT WE COULD PACK INTO OUR THUNDERBIRD....

I REMEMBER HOW EXCITED I WAS ABOUT THE HUGE DEEP AND WIDE DRAWER UNDER THE WALL OVEN....THE PERFECT PLACE FOR MY TUPPERWARE AND SMALL STORAGE JARS...THE LEAST OF THE DESIRES OF MY HEART, THAT YOU PROVIDED LORD...

WHEN WE FINALLY MADE OUR DECISION TO NOT BUY THE HOUSE, IT WAS LIKE A 1000 lb WHEIGHT WAS LIFTED OFF MY BACK...

YOUR DISCIPLINE FOR MY LACK OF WAITING ON YOU MORE FULLY, AND FORGETTING TO LET YOU LEAD IN THE WHERE, WHEN AND HOWS WAS DESERVED, REQUIRED AND JUSTLY GIVEN...

SINCE THEN, YOU HAVE WALKED WITH ME IN FELLOWSHIP OF A LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN...AND TONIGHT YOU CONFIRMED THAT LOVE IN THE MOST SPECIAL OF WAYS...

THE LAST FEW WEEKS I'VE HAD SUCH A DESIRE TO SWING IN A SWING...I ASKED HUBBY TO TAKE ME SOMEWHERE WHERE I COULD...I DON'T KNOW WHY, EXCEPT THAT IT IS AND ALWAYS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, AS A CHILD GROWING UP.

MY BIRTHDAY CAME AND WENT....THEN TONIGHT...A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH FAMILY....AN EVENING STROLL THROUGH THE PARK WITH LOVED ONES...STRAIGHT TO A SET OF SCHOOL YARD SWINGS....

YOU'RE JUST AWESOME LORD...AWESOME!....AND I RAN LIKE A CHILD TO THE SWING...AND PUMPED RIGHT UP TO THE STARRY SKY!