10.3.devotion.05

Yesterday evening my gal pal, buzz buzz novelist, Claudia Hawthorne Burney, called me. She is a lovely writer with an even lovelier voice. I have a very southern twang to mine. My i's sound like a's. And my a's sound like i's. Claudia writes from her heart and soul. I write from my soul and heart. There is a difference. Claudia would agree.
During our conversation we both discussed our blogs. She has now started a blog for writing, so that ragamuffin diva can retain its first focus--a devotion to God. I want to write about devotion. In fact, my lit journal that's now in its development stage's will be titled Devotion. This morning before I wake Selah(my daughter,)get her off to Kindergarten, start my busy writing day(believe me it's busy)and prepare for PTA meeting I want to spend this time for devotion. Claudie Claudie, you're rubbing off on me. :)

10.3.devotion.05

scripture lesson- Isaiah 40:31
...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

devotional hymn...
413. A Charge to Keep I Have Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
A charge to keep I have,
a God to glorify,
a never-dying soul to save,
and fit it for the sky.

Lord, yesterday was something.
Church, Sunday School, Girl Scouts, and Selah's great big hair.
Girl Scout fees, natural gas bills, my monthly budget already in red.
How am I going to do all this?
Jenna's baptism, Haley's birthday, Selah's Halo's Eve Party...Coreg...
Lord, tomorrow I meet Dr. Patten
Thank you for Dr. Patten
One day we will be old friends and we'll reminisce about
my kidney failure, lung failure, heart failure, lupus, sleep apnea
I didn't sleep much last night wondering about Girl Scouts.
I know there is an answer for me that will not come from a windfall of money to pay for all my bills, medications, and specials. It must come from a renewing of my mind.
I will be changed somehow because of all this petty, taxxing strife I inflict upon my wallet and my heart.
Lord yesterday was something. I wonder what today will bring.
Devotion to you? Forgetting all about those little things? Living by a different creed?
Afterall you healed me from lupus, renal failure, lung failure, my heart function is at 40%. I can dance, run and walk without going faint. I think I can make it through this month without doing the same. I cling to you now. Gaspard is silent. I cling to you forever.
Selah.

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee
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