Bucket list anthem!

It’s amazing I’m not posting about this until two days later. I finally got up the courage to volunteer to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at the Bassmaster Rlite Series takeoff on the St. Johns River at Palatka Riverfront in Florida! 

I sang it again Saturday (getting the OK at the very last minute, as the invocation was being given!), but was grateful to sleep in today (Sunday)! 

I’m grateful to friends old & new strangers for all the encouraging words. I always sing along with The Anthem anyway, but it still took more courage than I expected to volunteer & then be the one singing on the microphone in front of everyone!

I may add more to this later. 

What a waste!

(This was a draft file April 2 so I could write about Walmart delivery fail on that resulted in 6 or 7 bags of groceries, many of them perishable, left at our front door. I didn’t get back to it until now, so it shows up on April 17. I also see now that this could have been part of my April Fool’s post, as April 1 is likely the day the delivery happened!))

Eclipse

No more fear of missing out. 

Not my assignment. 

Pray that people pursuing the eclipse experiencing find what they are looking for & give glory to God. 

(And I ended up experiencing the eclipse with Gene anyway! Thank You, God!)

So glad God is everywhere!

I’m grateful God can be everywhere at once when there are 3 places I want to be & I can only be at one. I trust I was where He wanted me to be today. I’m grateful for safe travel to Tulsa & back, & precious time w/ Penny & her family & friends as we celebrated the life of Scotty. Also grateful to get a text from my newly wed niece & to see a picture. And church member Elaine’s COL was live-streamed so I will be able to share in that as well. I’m grateful to be home. May I never forget how God sustained me thru these busy days of caring & service, even as I’m aware He’s likely calling me to be more selective in my choices, in response to His guidance. I know I’m still very inclined to try to meet my own needs & desires before I’m willing to truly act on my thoughts of others. I may be making small steps of progress. I desire & pray to continue letting God transform me in this direction.

Lake redemption

A great day followed one in which little went right. So glad for that. 

No joke!

I forgot to post that my best April Fool’s joke was Wordle!!

1- s h a (r) e wormy truck truly rigid prior proof proud prowl murky drunk dirty crowd crown color brick 

2- p R O w l trout

3- r R O u t  rock crock?

i y d f g j k z x c v b n m 

(not irony groin, broom)

4- c R O c k  romy rony rody rofy rogy rojy rozy roxy rovy r roon 

i y d f j z x v b n

5- g R O o m  droid 

6- d R O i d 

XX - FROND ends streak 4-1-24 at 36.

Several friends thought it was a hard word. We thought it would have been good a week ago, on Palm Sunday! 

One friend commented: I laughed so hard at this word- if they had put that word up on that day, I might've guessed it FIRST!!

I responded that I might not have thought of it then either. It depends on whether I played Wordle before or after church!!!

Easter blessing

Since the choir didn’t sing for the 9 AM Easter service at Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church, I volunteered to do a solo. One of the regular attendees has been asking me to sing “The Holy City,” so I decided to give it a try! 

I posted the video on Facebook & the responses were humbling, amazing. 

I posted in response to one: Thank you … God reminded me again during Lent & Holy Week the importance of sharing our gifts. And not comparing my gifts or opportunities to those of others. My part is to pray; act in faith; & trust God with the results.

Then I added a longer response to all, because I want to be clear it’s not about me: I’m saying thank you, graciously & humbly. But please know that all the glory goes to God. I never have any clue how it will go when I sing. I pray & do my best to respond in faith, & trust God whatever the outcome. Many of you have heard first-hand the times that the blessing came from being uplifted & supported & loved despite the bungled words & rhythms & pitches. 

I cannot even express how grateful I am when God is glorified through my simple willingness to trust Him, whatever the outcome. 

May we all be blessed by the love of our Risen Lord & Savior, today & always.

Happy Easter! Christ Is Risen!