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30 August 2009 Today, in 1924, a baby was born This child grew up to be my Daddy Today he would be 85 years old..... If I do the math, that means he has been gone for almost 22 years Don't wait until tomorrow......because tomorrow is never promised Do you tell your family and friends that you love them? It seems "wierd" to still be grieving after 22 years I know what Elizabeth Kubler Ross says There are stages of grief And they all have their time and place But, I found out that being "strong" and "tough" about grief, It does not go away into oblivion~and "stuffing" your feelings Can only destroy you, make you run scared Because when you lose the one person in your life who believed in you You forget who you were..who you are.... And even being 50 years old, you feel like a child who just lost her favorite toy We all have to face those losses~throughout our lives nothing is guaranteed What we can guarante...

In the stillness of the morning I think about my day Put my thoughts and words together And to Jesus I do pray Before I turn the lights on Put the coffee on to brew I ask the Lord to guide me, What he’d like to see me do To make this world a better place To help my fellow man He put me here to do these things I know this is His plan As the sun begins to rise I feel joy within my heart Having Jesus there to light my way He can show me where to start. Vickie Skowronski ~Copyright 1998

Unlock the Peace Within Look within yourself And you will see To find the peace you crave You will need to have a key The key is not made Out of iron or of brass But rather, it’s of something Your heart cannot surpass To find a real peace Hold your hand upon your heart If it feels steady and certain You know you’ve made the right start. For peace begins inside you When you life your life each day With a feeling God has touched your heart In each and every way. Vickie Skowronski ~Copyright 1998

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (New King James Version) The Thorn in the Flesh 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Repentance Don’t do it for me- to undo your guilt This issue is bigger than milk that has spilled To devote all your life to our Savior and Lord A word that cannot be confessed is “I’m bored” For boredom attracts the devils attention And Jesus gets not even an honorable mention We are told in His wisdom to work for his cause That words without action won’t get His applause As I avoid conflict that crushes my heart I walk in the spirit with Jesus impart Don’t follow me now, because I will not lead I know that my job was to nurture a seed The seed was meant to promote and to grow To God it appeared you had so much to show He entrusted me with a challenge to exception And I gave it my all even though it was deception Why is it I’m still hurting long after it’s through Because it was ALL OF ME that I gave to you I committed to doing the job I was asked ‘Cause it is my will to do all of His tasks Oh Lord, can you see me behin...

Spiritual Maturity  I thank you, oh Lord for each breath that I take  For lessons I learned when mistakes I did make  I thank you for giving me the spirit to live  And allowing me the honor of wanting to give  This level of spirit to nurture you gave me  To understand life and how humans forsake Thee  I stand up for righteousness in all loads we bear  I even desire people to follow through with care  I am finding that people don’t follow the way  I find that they don’t follow through in what they say  I pray that they realize their actions impact  And hope that with Jesus it isn’t an act  To say you’re a follower of His Holy word  But don’t follow through on the words that are heard  Is Jesus not present in the life that you hurt  Would you make an excuse to Him to alert  That something came up, and the plans now have changed  Do your words an...

I went to visit my daddy today I talked, he listened.... in fact, these days, all he does is listen I spoke about Elizabeth's first day of college tomorrow I told him that I missed him~my best friend I told him that I am not giving into this affliction And that I found a keyboard for $20 at a rummage sale And that whenever I play Fuer Elise, I play it for him Because he always liked that song when I played it Even though he can no longer talk to me I hear his spirit whisper to me He is ok where he is at~ a PEACEFUL place Different than on the Earth He reminded me that this loneliness for him Will surrender itself when we meet again one day. Vickie Skowronski ~Copyright August 2009