LET'S GET REAL~
Authentic
Honest
Genuine
Truthful~
Because if you can't be
REAL
then who are you?
My grandson is
REAL
because that is all he knows who to be
and it is so much fun watching him being
REAL.
My Mother~ in~law
is also being
REAL
because that is all she knows who to be.
Two extremes
yet both
living their
REAL LIFE
in the
PRESENT
in the
MOMENT
yet the
REAL
of my Mother~in~law
and the
REAL
of all of the other woman living around her,
who are also being so
REAL
so saddens me
because
Once Upon A Time Ago
they were not who they are today.
They used to
Remember.
And oh what I am
learning from her
as my husband and I
are in the present
are in the moment
as we sit with her
because that is all we can be.
REAL LIFE
happening right before our eyes
and it hurts
because
I miss who she was
and my husband oh so misses
who she was~
but then we look into each other's eyes
with no words
because
We know
that
HE KNOWS
so much more than we do~
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
And we converse with her
and will smile
when she does the simplest things
as
eating
smiling
laughing
and
remembering her mother in an old picture.
She is different
from who she used to be
but
She is oh so
REAL,
still the woman
Who God knitted together in her mother's womb
making her
HIS MASTERPIECE
just as we are
no matter our age
no matter our circumstances
because
we know
that
HE KNOWS~
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
So that we can be
REAL
in ever moment
by being present in every moment
as we
"Set our minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:2
because we have a
REAl GOD
who not only
KNOWS
but always
REMEMBERS~
"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!" Psalm 139:13-17
Therefore~
LET'S GET REAL
as
God takes us
FROM RAGS TO RICHES