CHILDHOOD FRIENDS...

They were and are  my childhood friends..
The very ones that collectively
thought our younger years
would never end..
Yet here we were, gathered
together, years later..
We spoke briefly of those
tender young years of days
gone by..
We mainly spoke of the
tumultuous journeys we had
encountered since we last were
together..
We spoke of finding happiness..
But also spoke the truth of loss..
Delving into our sometimes saddened
lives, yet knowing we sat on mountain tops.
The honesty was compelling..
Not one expounded on brevity..
There was no boosting, no prideful
tales..  We sat as equals looking deep into
each of our inner beings with true friendship,
with caring and understanding..
Each one weathered the storms of life with courage,
with intellect, with strength ..
Yes, they were and are my childhood friends..
We found renewal in our friendships ..
Inner strength with fortitude and love have carried each
one through these many years to the present..
It is an honor and a privilege knowing each of them..
I pray they all stay  strong and beautiful until we meet again..

With All My Love,

Patsy

WHAT WAS I THINKING?....

After much soul searching over the last few days
I have learned and have pledged to myself to:

1.) Never EVER spend SO MUCH TIME ON FACEBOOK
from this day forward...
2.) ALWAYS K.I.S.S. ( keep it simple stupid)..

ALSO .. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT since off Facebook for the last
few days I have learned and pledged to myself to:

1.)  Just ask God .. I was talking to him and said.. "If you want me to volunteer..
Just have someone ask me"!!
 They did and I will !!
( beats ME wasting time on FB)

2.)  A.  I pledged to myself to ride my bike again as often as possible from now until the weather gets too cold to ride..
      B. Back to the difficulty, but not the impossibility of losing weight.
(Get out and do something,  I will only benefit)


My new motto " GO WITH THE FLOW"...
Yes, just relax and chill !!

Off I go !!

MERCY GIVEN, MERCY RECEIVED...

I am finally getting a sense of moving on since I retired several months ago..
One priority was doing something on a volunteer basis.
I finally said to The Lord.. "God,  if you want me to do something.. Have someone ask"..
 Well someone asked!!
I still have to contact the lady WHO ASKED.. But I was reminded .. "You said, if someone asked.. Now what are you going to do?"
It's one of those new beginnings I talked and prayed about long before the day of my retirement..
Another pressing life changer was settling and attending church regularly again..
Little by little and bit by bit God gave me the answer I desperately needed..
Going and attending several churches services with my sister Claudia was so beneficial to the choice of worship ..
So I am so happy God is not done with me.. I have failed Him miserably over the years..
What am I saying?  I've failed Him recently..
True to His Word.. I know I'm forgiven, as I again lifted my heavy heart before Him and ask for His grace and mercy..

Patsy McNutt Morgan
09/05/14

THIS BROKEN SPIRIT HEALED

THIS BROKEN SPIRIT HEALED...


Insecurities, worries, fright and weakness ..

All characteristics we all dread and want

 to ignore in our hour of darkness ..

In these times, they weigh us down like an albatross.

It chokes and tethers us like a prisoner without reprieve

and binds us like shackles that bind..

Alone in the early morning..

I am awakened..  I am now very much alert

 as if I was never asleep..

My heart is heavy with the burdens of

commission as well as omission ..

I am faced with the realities of my

inequities and the truthfulness of

my emptiness ..

I look at myself, as if in front of a mirror..

Please I beg.. Take this wretchedness..

Unbind, remove and take from me the

Burdens that weigh me down.

For it is these self inflected wounds that

keep me bound and sinful ..

Give me your light, I pray, with your

Omnipotent powerful love, forgive me..

Within that very instant with laser like speed,

this broken spirit is healed ...

I am whole, unshackled and free..

Free to start anew and to share my redemption

story to anyone who needs and is hungry for

His living word, His forgiveness, His eternal Love ..


Patsy McNutt Morgan
09/02/14