Blog

Remember the song "Show Me" from My Fair Lady. Eliza Doolittle and Freddie are taking a walk through the city streets in the middle of the night. Freddie is speaking words of love to Eliza and she gets fed up with his verbose speech. She breaks out into song, "Words, words, words. I'm so sick of words...If you're in love show me!"

This verse came to me one morning as I lay in bed thinking about a wonderful evening we had at Grandma & Grandpa’s house recently listening to missionaries Leon & Lorraine Dillinger tell stories about their experiences in Papua, Indonesia.  

"O God of Heaven, we beseech thee on behalf of our brother, Peter, that you would do a miracle and release him from the prison where he is being carefully guarded . . . ." The fervent prayers of the small house church rose into the night. A number of them had gathered at the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark, to pray for the apostle Peter.

I could hear the beeping before I even entered the barn door. I somberly followed the tolling of the death knell until I stood in front of the big white box. Handshaking I lifted the lid. Cool air caressed my face as I peered into the deep recess, but it did nothing to raise my hopes. My fears were confirmed as I reached in and touched the squishy packages that dripped red tears into the pool of blood forming at the bottom of the box. My deep freezer had died!

I kept thinking, "Just one more day until the long weekend," as I dragged my tired body up the stairs last night. It has only been a couple of weeks since summer vacation ended, but it seems like forever. One day the schedule was free and easy and the next we were diving deep into early mornings, packed lunches, homework, and sporting events. Stop the merry-go-round I want to get off!

When I was in high school I became involved with a group of girls who, I quickly learned, were not making good decisions.  I was eventually put in a difficult position where I had to make some crucial choices. The results could have been disastrous, but fortunately I made the right decision and was spared a lot of consequences.