It’s Monday and we have just returned from our ten day trip to Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.  Sometimes I’m asked what I do on my days off.  Funny, I  wasn’t aware there were days off!   Don’t get me wrong, I am thankful for every day I have at home.  Today it has snowed and I am enjoying the beautiful scenery here on the hill.  I get a glimpse every time I go from the kitchen to the laundry room! Our days at home are spent like most everyone else.  After many days on the road, the laundry is mountainous, the mail has piled up, the office work is waiting, and there are numerous household jobs, we must  check on Roger’s folks and make sure they have what they need, and…… get the picture?  Isn’t that the way your life is too?  These are the things that we must do to keep things running, but I find sometimes I get very overwhelmed by the to do list.  Honestly, there are days when I would like  to just stay home and take care of the people I love and all that entails, but then I’ m reminded of  a lady who the came to one of the concerts on this last trip. We were in the Witchita Falls area and had a great time with the folks at First Baptist Church of Lakeside City.   At the end of the concert, we extended an invitation to accept Christ .  No hands were raised.  I felt that I should continue by saying that if you just couldn’t raise your hand in a public place, please see one of us after the concert and we would be glad to talk and pray with you.  A young lady stayed until most everyone was gone and asked if she could talk to me.  We went to back of the auditorium for some privacy.  She said, ” I couldn’t raise my hand, but I want to be saved.”  We talked for some time about her life and how difficult it was and she said,” I just can’t do this anymore.”  She explained that she had lost her adoptive mother and that was her only family.  She was having health problems and raising a teenaged son alone.  Her emotional health was at a breaking point.  She said that she had a church, but she had never felt like there was anyone who cared and no one had told her she needed Jesus.  As I led her, she prayed the sinner’s prayer and received Christ. She told me she was invited by a friend to attend the concert and  she had never heard music like this before!   Needless to say, I was elated! 

Now I’m preparing to leave on another ten day trip this week.  Things must be taken care of  before leaving again. Satan loves to keep us preoccupied by the stuff of life.  It keeps our minds off of  what is really important. But find myself not worrying if things will get done, because they will.   I keep thinking who will be the next to be invited by a friend and touched by God to receive His Son!  We’re leaving soon, so I’ll go put in another load of wash.  You go and invite someone to the concert.  We’ll watch God at work!

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