Titanium Tinkleberry part 2

It is true. He is a handful at times, but I still love him like the rest.
I still give him my very best.
I really don't mind the stress.
He is a mess, but worth the test.
My life would be less without my new guest.

I am really unaffected that he is more then I expected.
You know, he needed to be protected.
He was being disrepected.
He was subjected and then sadly rejected.

But he is rough and he is tough.
And he tries to beat up stuff.

Yes, he is brash and he is rash with a little sash.
But he is there and he cares.
He often stares and he doesn't share.

He is a wonder to behold.
I'll have him till he's old.
He is priceless to be sold.
Soon he'll listen when he's told.
He is just a pup.
So young. So bold.
And fortunately worth more then gold.

GE Williams

The legend of a Solider

As I reflect on the events that have past, I struggle to put into words the unmatched characteristics that make up "You."

The unparalleled mental acuteness of the likes which my eyes have never seen and such a passion for your duty as a solider.

The obvious value you place on life as precious as the sunrise after days of rain.

In conversation, it's as if you read my mind, while you finished the thoughts I haven't thought of yet.

As it is nearly impossible to sneak up on you, it is just as impossible not to feel honored and blessed by the priviledge Of knowing you.

Yet a confusion still exists as to how your life, being what it is, moves on.

You inspire greatness in people who can only expect to achieve an 8th of your wonder.

As I talked with you day after day, I would never know what makes you so exceptional but only how your unconditional love blesses those around you.

May your legacy never be forgotten!

Meant To Be

It took us a year to get it but it is finally ours. The house we live in. When we were looking, each house was perfect except for one thing. It was always that one thing that prevented us from moving in. Some may say that we got the house that was meant to be. Maybe........ But I believe that we were meant to have every house we looked at. I believe that there are other forces in this world that prevented us from getting each house and because we kept believing and moving forward we got the house that fits the promise in Ephesians 3:20, "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."
 
What is the basis of my belief? Great question. The foundation of this faith is built on my belief in Jesus Christ and His teachings in the bible. See it says in Romans 8:28 KJV, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28 KJV). This belief is what kept us moving forward in the face of rejection. All things include disappointments, lost income, incredible rules and insurmountable odds. So we don't have to get frustrated or be afraid because eventually as long as we keep believing and moving forward are goals will be met. Isaiah 61:7 promises this, "For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them."

So why do I believe that we got a house that was "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think?"  It not because the house is the biggest one that we looked at because it isn't. It isn't because the house is the cheapest that we looked at because it isn't. It is because this house is on the same street that I lived on before. It's because this house wasn't even on the market when we first started looking for houses. It is because this street wasn't even a consideration the whole time we were looking. 

The house I was in before was smaller and the fenced yard faced the street. All of the fixtures were standard except for the glass top stove and the fence was old. It had an orange tree in the backyard and yellow and green bamboo. Now this house is bigger. It has a digital lock on the front door. The fixtures are customer installed with a glass stove embedded in the tile of the counter and stainless steel appliances. This house has a patio. There is a lake in the backyard. I didn't even know there was a lake on this street.  Here in the new house it doesn't ever feel as if I lived here before. My surroundings are so much more upscale that I am just really impressed everyday.

I fought for the first house. I jumped through lots of hoops to get it and it was an afterthought because I was going for a better house in another neighborhood but the owner won't sign the contract after a year of negotiating. The loan was going to expire and I didn't want to have to reapply so I found my old house on this block. I lived there for 2 years before I got divorced and the house was foreclosed on. 
So if I believe everything that happens was meant to happen then I was meant to lose that first house and get divorced. But I don't believe that I believe this: "But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26 KJV). It took 3.5 years for the bank to foreclose on the last house.  I lived there the whole time. Thank you God.

A while back I learned that God's will for our lives is not a dot. It is not a bulls eye that if you miss it then you have to live the rest of your life in regret. We live in a world of infinite possibilities. A world designed by God. Each realty is created by the choices we make which are based on the thoughts we think. We think those thoughts because of what we believe.  If things that happened in our lives were meant to be then why do we have free will? Why does the bible say, Jesus is in heaven interceding for us (Romans 8:34 KJV).

If everything that happened was just meant to be why is there a whole scientific discipline that deals with infinite possibilities entitled Quantum Physics? The bible says in Jeremiah 29:11 KJV,
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end." Where is the hope in the belief that everything that happens happened because it was meant to be? Where is the peace in the rejection that this belief produces?

Doesn't it give you more hope and make make life easier to believe that there are infinite opportunities out there for you to explore and that if you miss one your life can be even better if you keep moving forward and keep believing?