Safe Again

The homeless woman I met in Berkley shared with me that if you live in Berkley and you don't want a homeless person sleeping on your property you put out a "No Trespassing" sign. If there isn't a sign, you can sleep the night there. The police there are kind to homeless people but really want the homeless people to be discreet about where they sleep at night. This woman just wanted to sleep safely! She wanted to sleep where a street light would shine on her. How do you sleep when your tired body is on a concrete door step? How do you rest when you are worried for your safety?

We have to ask ourselves - Are we people who offer safety? Can others trust us with their words, their hurts, their lives? Are our churches safe places for all who enter?

We must be thankful for our homes, our beds, the soft coverings over us! Never take them for granted! Thankful for the safety that we have in the strong tower spoken of in Proverbs!

Safe

Wherever we go I talk to people. I yack! But it's good for my world view. I met a woman in Berkley who was living on the streets. My sister in law took a picture of me talking with her, but I will not post it. I will do what I can to keep her safe. She is a victim of domestic violence and her partner was an important person in the academic world. We talked about her safety on the streets. Our physical world may not always be safe and there are millions of people in this world whose world is unsafe every day. But our ultimate safety is all about our hearts and where we go to protect our hearts. Proverbs 18:10 tells us the God's name is a safe, unfailing refuge. We can run to it, whisper it in our minds, say it out loud in times of stress and it will never fail us!

Learning How to Link!

Here's a link to my daughter's post on Audrey, my beautiful grand daughter! Really I am practicing setting up a link!

Spring Perspective

I have finally been able to organize my life and house, in such a way that I have time to blog again. I loved this new background because it reminded me of how hard I have to work in my garden to keep out dandelions! In the book Unglued she talks about perspective. So I'm putting my Perspective on! I hate weeding but put into perspective, if I had no garden I wouldn't have weeds! I love my garden! I didn't like how grouchy my husband was this morning but I have a husband, he loves me and he did wake up! And sometimes he apologizes! Gotta love perspective. Gotta practice!