You Never Know Who's Going To Read These Things...

In Nov of 06, I blogged a marvelous blog called "So What?" inspired by my high school history teacher, Ralph Witkovich. Wouldn't you know, I get a letter in the mail today from the very same "Mr Wit," commenting on my blog and giving an update on his life in the 24 years since I saw him last. Whooda thunk it? But I have to say, that letter just made my day!! Hmmm....I may have to blog a special blog about Mr Wit sometime and tell some of the more "interesting" things I learned from him. In the meantime, I need to craft a letter in response to his and keep this line of communication open. To be continued....

(BTW, Mr Wit, you did call us jaspers, but you called us chumps quite frequently as well....)

Time Still Flies

This year is flying by!!! I haven't blogged much this year...mostly because I haven't had time. They're killing us at work, awaiting 5 fresh bodies to help take up the slack.

Thanksgiving is past us already and Christmas is coming quickly. It has already been over a year since my cancer surgery. Things are well and God is good. I did get Thanksgiving off and enjoyed time with friends very much. God has had to remind me to slow down and count my many blessings and cultivate a thankful heart. From the greatest (the salvation found by grace through faith-Eph 2:8-9) to the very least, it is good to give thanks to the Lord. James 1:17 reminds us that every good and perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of Lights in whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. And some of the blessings come in creatively wrapped packages, oftentimes appearing as things we don't count as blessings...like troubles, trials and tribulations. God is also teaching me and some of my friends about this sort of thing, showing us that He's got it all under control and we can trust Him with everything. Thanksgiving is a great kickoff to the Christmas season. May we all stop every day and count our blessings and show our thanks to God not so much with words of thanksgiving just in a 6 week season each year, but with a life of Thanks-living.