It's a Start

Well, today, I am entering the world of Internet publishing. I hope that this blog site becomes useful for somebody. Like my friend Steve has said, if you already know everything, then you can stop reading now and do something useful, like take a nap.

But if you are like me then that has already been done since it's Saturday. Well, I ramble sometimes.

I was thinking about cutting my lawn. Acutally Darlene got up this morning and cut it while I worked on some other household projects. It always seems to amaze me how frustrated I get seeing grass grow so quickly here in Texas. I am sure it grew just as quick in Tennessee when I lived there but it seems to grow faster now that I am a bit older, having just celebrated the 29th anniversary of my 29th birthday.

I'm not sure why I get so frustrated with grass because grass is just like other parts of life. Life goes on, people get older, sometimes wiser and sometimes not. Life changes and we must adapt to those changes, like adapting to the taller grass and the change of the seasons.

Every so often I make some hospital visits and watch the heart monitor. When I have been with families, it seems that most of us want to watch that little line go up and down. That's the way we want to see it. We don't want to straight line because that really isn't good. Yet, we watch, helpless to do anything about it if the line goes straight or slows down. I suppose that I'm not very good at just watching life go by. I want to do something about it.

And yet, there are so many things that I cannot do anything about. Maybe that's why the Psalmist reminds us to "Commit our ways to the Lord and trust in Him..." Psalm 37:5 NRSV.

I just think that sometimes I don't trust God enough. How about you? I'd love to talk with you about it sometimes. Allen