My First Christmas in Heaven

The following is a beautiful poem that was given to my family this year.

My First Christmas in Heaven

I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below
With tiny lights, like Heaven's stars, reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away the tear
For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
But the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.

I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring
For it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing.

I know how much you miss me, you know I hold you dear
And be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I sent you each a special gift from my heavenly home above
I sent you each a memory of my undying love.

After all, love is a gift more precious than pure gold
It was always most important in the stories Jesus told.

Please love and keep each other as my Father said to do
For I can't count the blessing or love he has for each of you.

So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear:
Remember, I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

Top 10 Reasons Eve Was Created

10. Adam would frequently become lost in the garden because he would not ask for directions.

9. Adam would require someone to locate and hand him the remote.

8. Adam would never go out and buy himself a new fig leaf when his wore out and would therefore need Eve to buy one for him.

7. Adam would never be able to make a doctor's, dentist, or haircut appointment for himself.

6. Adam would never remember which night to put the garbage on the curb.

5. If the world was to be populated, men would never be able to handle the pain and discomfort of childbearing.

4. As the Keeper of the Garden, Adam would never remember where he left his tools.

3. Adam needed someone to blame his troubles on when he was caught hiding in the garden.

2. It is not good for man to be alone!

And finally, the Number 1 reason Eve was created. . .

1. When God finished the creation of Adam, He stepped back, scratched his head, and said, "I can do better than that."

"A Journey Worth While" by Kevin Wheeler

This was written by my brother after my Dad passed away.

"The day was long. The trail was rough.
We’ve put many miles between the trailhead and us.


Climbing the pass tested our stock.
The switchbacks were many, kept our eyes t’ward the top.


To look at the mountains you can surely see
That God had a plan on how t’would be.


Every tree and every rock, the snow capped peaks,
The bugle of an elk, the sound of a creek.


As we near camp, we’re tired and sore.
It’s been a long day. We’ll ride no more.


Now the sun sets on a day worth while.
It’s replaced by the moon in the shape of a smile.


Staring at the campfire I am lost in my thoughts…
Time stands still…


And I pray.


Lord, it’s been a long day, now I’m ready to rest.
I know I ain’t perfect, but I tried my best.


Thanks for your gifts, Lord, the ones that I love.
The days of plenty, the days of want.


The sunny days, the rainy days too.
There were times I wanted to quit, but you got me through.


You’ve always given me hope like the rising sun.
If I die before I wake, Lord, I hope to hear you say…


Well done."

Someone else's thought...but a good one.

"May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us."

The Single Goddess Mantra

I am unique and individual.
I am constantly growing and discovering myself
and the world around me.
I respect myself, as I respect others.
I will only partake in healthy relationships.
I find contentment from within,
whether I am in a relationship or not.
When I do love, I love fully and completely,
and expect nothing but the same in return.

Grow in Peace

Buttprints in the Sand

One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.

But then some strange prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."

"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you along.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."

"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."

"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."

-- author unknown

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903