Happy Easter to everyone. Hope all is well with you. How could it not be when we serve a risen Lord and Savior??
Thank you, Jesus, for all you have done for us and are doing through us. You are our Living Hope and our High Priest who is sitting at the right hand of our Heavenly Father, interceding on our behalf!! What a precious thought that is. Through the power of your resurrection, you saved us from an eternal death and we have the hope to which we cling to. That we will live with you forever and forever. Oh how I love you!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Break in the Keys
I am sitting on the balcony of my hotel room in Key West, Fl. Mike and I arrived on Saturday around 5 p.m. It was a long and arduous drive, but we made it!! Didn't hit any traffic jams until we got to Key Largo, which is the first Key you come to when you hit Highway 1. That took about an hour to get through that small town, then we came to Islamorado and were stuck for about another hour. And it's not like there is another route to take to scoot around the jam. There is only one way in and one way out!! Needless to say, after 13 hours of driving and riding in a car, we were wound up pretty tight. But, we finally reached our destination, but did come to an amiable decision that, if we come back next year, we will spend the night in Miami, as we did last year and hopefully bypass all the hoopla.
For two days this has how our vacation has been. Get up around 6:30; watch the sunrise, (a beautiful one, at that!); eat a light breakfast of cereal and a banana; walk for about an hour along the ocean; lay out by the pool and read or listen to music on the ipod, (of course, I am doing this by myself while Mike is sitting on the balcony of the hotel room soaking in the views of the ocean!); eating a little lunch (we went to Publix and bought sandwich stuff and it was yummy. Beats paying $40 for a lunch that was half edible!); take a short snooze (when you're our age, a nap is the highlight of the day!); then go downtown and walk around until dinner time and eat a delicious meal (our dinners have been absolutely wonderful every night!); and lastly we go down to Mallory Square and watch the most beautiful sunset that God created. I know that a sunset is a sunset no matter where you are, but there is something special about being at the southern most point in the U.S. and watching the sun go to sleep just over the horizon while thousands of people are witnessing God's miraculous handiwork before their very eyes. What is sad, is that half of the people don't even realize it, or for that matter, don't even realize where they are at the moment!!!
We have been happily greeted every morning by a rooster we've dubbed "Little Jerry" who crows merrily along the yard right outside our room to let us know it is time to "get up people and get moving!!!" The island is full of roosters and hens and their baby chicks. It gives this place it's character. The first time we came, we couldn't get over how on every street corner or in just about every yard, there were roosters and hens everywhere. But, come to find out, that's just indicative of the area. Miami is also a home to the cute little poultry. I must say, our "Little Jerry" is quite an impressive, colorful bird.
Guess I better run. It is time to go eat my cereal so I can start my routine all over again today.
Boy, what a life!!
For two days this has how our vacation has been. Get up around 6:30; watch the sunrise, (a beautiful one, at that!); eat a light breakfast of cereal and a banana; walk for about an hour along the ocean; lay out by the pool and read or listen to music on the ipod, (of course, I am doing this by myself while Mike is sitting on the balcony of the hotel room soaking in the views of the ocean!); eating a little lunch (we went to Publix and bought sandwich stuff and it was yummy. Beats paying $40 for a lunch that was half edible!); take a short snooze (when you're our age, a nap is the highlight of the day!); then go downtown and walk around until dinner time and eat a delicious meal (our dinners have been absolutely wonderful every night!); and lastly we go down to Mallory Square and watch the most beautiful sunset that God created. I know that a sunset is a sunset no matter where you are, but there is something special about being at the southern most point in the U.S. and watching the sun go to sleep just over the horizon while thousands of people are witnessing God's miraculous handiwork before their very eyes. What is sad, is that half of the people don't even realize it, or for that matter, don't even realize where they are at the moment!!!
We have been happily greeted every morning by a rooster we've dubbed "Little Jerry" who crows merrily along the yard right outside our room to let us know it is time to "get up people and get moving!!!" The island is full of roosters and hens and their baby chicks. It gives this place it's character. The first time we came, we couldn't get over how on every street corner or in just about every yard, there were roosters and hens everywhere. But, come to find out, that's just indicative of the area. Miami is also a home to the cute little poultry. I must say, our "Little Jerry" is quite an impressive, colorful bird.
Guess I better run. It is time to go eat my cereal so I can start my routine all over again today.
Boy, what a life!!
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