It FINALLY Happened

Since I adopted my cat, MONTY, you've all been waiting to see how long it takes before I cross over and become "a cat person" and stick up a picture of my cat as the main blog photo. So mark the date. It has "finally" happened. Whenever I have to go out, this is the expression MONTY gives me. The really weird/great thing is that it's the exact same expression MOM used to have whenever she would see me off. Love is love and it's nice to appreciated and missed. 

I am at the library and stopped by to see what's been going on at my blog. Apparently, since my last post where "you amazed me", you are still amazing me. I had almost 500 views here during the month of April and I've only done 3 posts for the entire year so far. Maybe I should just never come back and I'd be massively famous! I'm just kidding. I am continuing to be amazed that you are stopping by both to see if I've posted anything new and to read older posts. (there are almost 200 of them at this blog alone). All that spells out  that you care about me and what I have to say. Which means more to me than I could ever express at this time in my life.

God keeps telling me about a "remnant". So many times in the Bible there was someone God loved and they had nobody in their lives. Or at least, nobody who wasn't out to get them. But God kept encouraging them by saying that what they were seeing in their everyday lives is NOT what was really happening. There was a group of people that God had kept separate for Himself. It makes me wonder how many other people "out there" who, judges from their circumstances, think they are completely alone. But in truth, all of us are alone ... together. I am praying for you. We have something HUGE in common beyond our "alone-ness". God is with us and He dealing with us individually but knows we are a group. Maybe not a large group, but a faithful one. As times get tougher and more people turn away, keep going back to the Lord as your main source of everything. Because when everyone is gone, (and I mean everyone) He remains. 
Live by "faith, not by sight" and "seek his kingdom and his righteousness" and you will NEVER go wrong.

As for me, He has shown me amazing things. In the quiet, in the darkness, in the suffering, in our alone times and in our prayers, ... we draw the closest to him. Those are the true riches.

Laura-Lee was here ... and still is. 

P.S. As for MONTY, ... he has become rather famous through these pages. He has his own fan club, is demanding his own Blog and there are talks about a TV movie. (and I think he's hiring a new agent/manager behind my back) I've created a Monster! But he is a cute one. Just look at the picture. (at least I don't have him dressed in little out-fits and costumes. Yet.)