Apologies

I will never, I repeat, I will never apologize for the life God has blessed me with. And I will not give anyone permission to try to steal my joy. I celebrate everyday the blessings I have been entrusted with. I celebrate Him for those things that would normally bring me to my knees. Jeremiah 1:5 tells me He knew me before He formed me in my mother's womb and He and only He knew what I could handle. And just when it seems the load is too heavy to bear and I've gone as far as I could, He steps in and gives me the strength to keep on going. I praise Him for my setbacks because those are the setups for comebacks. I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1).

I will apologize only to God for not taking time to thank Him oten enough for continually blessing me. According to John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." What father would do that? No human father that I know of; only God. I don't want to sound preachy but He's brought me from a mighty long way.

To my birth father, I love you. I wish we could've known each other. I often wonder if you ever knew about me. I've been a secret on so many levels. But to God I was no secret nor was I a mistake.

And for all of that I thank Him!

A Great Sonday!

There's something about Sunday that's so peaceful and so relaxing. It's a day of praise and worship, a day of replenishing and refreshing. It's a time to talk to God and more importantly it's time to listen to what He has to say to you. Other days of the week are so hectic, it's hard to take time to listen.

A good Christian friend of mine used to complain about not finding a job, a man, her health, a life and anything else she could find to complain about. I had to remind her that not having those things was God's way of speaking to her; telling her there was something else she should be doing. Recently she moved to help her elderly parent who had health issues and although she has complaints about that, it was what God was telling her to do. So much time is wasted when we ignore God's word.

We have to listen, we have to be obedient and we have to freely give to those who have less than we have. Remember Matthew 25:40 tells us "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

God speaks on Sunday morning but He is talking to us all of the time, we just have to listen.

Be blessed today and more importantly, be a blessing. Have a great Sonday!

Change of Plans

Much to your delight and my (I think) my post on this blog will not just be about adoption, finding my birth mother, being angry etc. Since my recent illness, I have decided that life if much too short to dwell on those things you have no control over. I have opinions about everything and knowledge about a lot of things. So I'm expanding my horizons and talking about other things that are on my mind.

Today my thoughts are on the people who use "I've got plenty of nothin' and nothin's plenty for me" as their theme song. They have nothing and they want nothing. That's not the song I want in my head all day, I hope it's not the song you're listening to.

That's it for today.

(Maybe L. Sleigh will start looking for me)

Another Productive Day!

Thank God for feeling better. I've gotten so much done in the last few days. Maybe it's because I'm not doing Facebook! There's something to be said about a social network that is so addictive you find yourself on it most of the day. Life is too short for that.

It's Been Awhile!

Sorry I haven't posted anything lately but I've been in and out of the hospital during the past three months. Happy to say I'm feeling much better but have a long long way to go to get back to normal. Pray for me. I will start posting my thoughts again soon. I promise!

Your Turn

This post will be short and sweet but straight to the point; L. Sleigh I'm tired of looking for you. It's your turn. Your turn to spend restless nights wondering who you are. Your turn to to search databases and court records to find me. Your turn to spend thousands of dollars to try to find me. Your turn to wonder if I think about you. Your turn to make cold calls to people who may know me or something about me. Your turn to have doors slammed in your face. Your turn to suffer illnesses caused by the "not knowing" Your turn to wonder how I'm doing without you. Your turn to think how I may have done if you had been in my life. Your turn to feel the pain of having a hole in your heart.

It's your turn L. Sleigh.

Untitled (On Purpose)

Today's thoughts are not about anything in particular just some random thoughts I wanted to share with you.

I went to Atlanta over the weekend and as we rode through Birmingham AL we were able to see some of the destruction from the recent tornado. Devastating to say the least. My prayers go out to those who lost loved ones and suffered unspeakable damage.

Today I've decided to give in to the power of "right now" I'm going to quit dwelling on the past and stressing the future.

I have plans to start walking and drinking water.

I'm going to clean out my closet and get rid of stuff I just don't wear anymore.

Venus Williams looked like her old self this morning!

I am going to finish LOVED TO DEATH: The City Awakens

I'm going to finish reading THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

Okay that's all for now, but I may have to add to my random thoughts