Two wonderful trips

(These photos are of one of the places we went, Moody Gardens, on Galveston Island)

I was recently blessed to go to two different places..... one was a trip of several days, to a Music Conference in East Texas; the other, a day trip to lovely Galveston Island......and I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing me to go...... my health is not always good, so I am always afraid when I leave home, of getting sick...... but Jesus kept me! Even though I didn't get much sleep on the East Texas trip, my Lord was with me and gave me strength and health! And the day trip to Galveston was fun, too......

I've just got to share something the Lord did for me at the Music Conference..... first of all, I was priviledged to attend with my Pastor's wife ( a wonderful Musician in her own right, and very annointed by God through Music) as well as my Sister, and some other fabulous Musicians that are from our Church.....

Now. for the "God - thing"! I have a confession to make..... I am a perfectionist that is soooooo far from perfect...... I am SO hard on myself....... and, when I went to this music conference, I was feeling rather down...... worrying about some things...... . But Isn't it wonderful how Jesus cares so tenderly for His children? What an Amazing friend and Father He is........ I had taught some classes before at several Music Conferences..... but the last time I did was in 2003.......... Nine years ago! Well, I was just enjoying the Conference, going around learning and listening and soaking it in...... and a minister's wife came up to me, and said: "your name came up in one of the classes" and I said "IT DID?" she siad: "Yes, some people that had taken your classes before were discussing how good they were, and how much they learned when they took them..... and how they had saved all the handouts from your classes....." (now remember, dear friends, the last time I had taught at a conference was NINE years ago.......

Well, I kept my composure and thanked her for sharing that with me, and then later, just cried and thanked my Lord...... He knew just what I needed to lift my spirits and let me see that I had done some little bit of good in this world and helped SOMEONE.......He is so good! and it made me think of Proverbs 25:11, which says "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver....." because that minister's wife ministered to me with her words...... and it makes me want to use my words carefully..... so that they will uplift and encourage someone like she did for me........ Words are powerful, aren't they? So I think God taught me something through this little object lesson, too, along with encouraging me.................

May He strengthen you today! I hope you are all having a wonderful week!