I Am But A Stranger Here, Heaven is My Home

Tomorrow I pay my last respects to a dear friend, Lu Fox. She went to be with our Lord at the grand age of 90 years. Lu never looked or acted her age. She was young in spirit and on fire for Christ. I will miss her as will all her sisters-in-Christ. What a mentor she was to us!

I can hear Lu saying now.. "Don't cry for me. I am home. I am home. Hallelujah, I am home." The sorrow I feel at her departure is simply selfish. I wanted more time with her. Death is just a reminder to us to make the most of every minute we have here on earth for we do not know the time nor the place when Jesus will come to take us home. We must live each day, ready to go at any time, always right with the Lord.

No time for pettiness, or grumbling, or disagreements. No time for putting things off for another day. This one go-round is all we have and the "end of roll" comes ever so quickly.

Thank you, God, for bringing Lu into my life. I have been blessed to know one of your most dedicated and humble servants.

Home Sweet Home

Here we are, back home from a short trip to Yellowstone Park and a night and day in Livingston MT. The park was pretty quiet being that it was the last day for the roads to be open. They close the roads for the winter. Now they won't open again until April. We saw bighorn sheep for the first time and they were the only critters we did see the whole day, other than the elk that walk and sleep in the streets in Mammoth. It sure is amazing to watch those sheep scamper along the edge of rocky cliff. Pretty fearless and sure-footed to say the least.

On Monday (November 3) Dennis and I attend a workshop put on by the Professional Photographers of Montana Association on the 4 Dimensions of Portraiture and Tips for Photoshop. It was pretty interesting. We both learned some things we may use in future photo sessions.

But it is nice to be home and to sleep in one's own bed. I was so beat from the trip that I was in bed at 9:15 last night. Today it's off to work. Dennis is already at the polling station performing his duties as an election judge and I am headed to the office early to open the doors because of some training happening there.

Home ... what a comforting place it is. How blessed I am to be able to say that. How many out there don't find home to be a haven. Instead its a place of dread or danger. Pray for those people today that they will find comfort in the loving arms of Jesus. He is our Protector and our Comforter. He is all we need. Remember the old song... Love, love, love is all we need. Its true. God is love and He loves us unconditionally. Now that's a snuggling feeling.