Wonderful weekend in Blowing Rock, NC

It was a restful and wonderful weekend with my son Matt and daughter-in-law Jessie.  They booked us a room at their favorite Bed and Breakfast in Blowing Rock, NC.  the Maple Lodge is a quaint B&B in a quaint little town.  Everywhere we went was dog-friendly.  I've never seen a place where dogs are such an overwhelming welcome part of the town!  The town itself was very accomidating to people, and benches, chairs, tables with umbrellas were scattered everywhere throughout the town, along with paths that led to, yet another, beautiful place to see.  Rodedendrons where everywhere - and soo beautiful!  Nestled in the Appalatian Mountains - the view was beautiful!  I had such a great time!  Steve, on the other hand - was very antsy - as work....well...he has a hard time NOT doing!  He did however, keep his phone calls to a minimum.  lol

There were posted signs in all the restaurants and shops that requested, "No cell phones."  So Steve slipped outside.  OH well....work is work...and when it rains - you gotta do what you gotta do.

All in all - it was a wonderful weekend.    As for the guys though...Matt and Steve had a blast at the dulcimer shop...and are now proud owners of the beautiful instrument!  I think I may try to learn it too....it's a lot of fun and quite a remarkable little instrument! 

I am so thankful!  As we ventured down the many paths - I began to wonder just how beautiful Heaven and its gardens will be.  There are some places just soo beautiful here on earth - that it makes you wish time could stand still while you grasp its beauty!  Heaven will - no doubt - be breath-takingly beautiful for our eyes to behold!  I catch myself wishing Jesus would just take us home. 

Our world...and its ways - sadden my heart so much!  The craziness of our political world - with a multitude of opinions, the famine in various places, the earthquakes, tornadoes and floods that have devistated such vast areas throughout our world!  The wars and rumours of wars....violence seemingly everywhere!  The list is endless it seems!  The party-world of godless people - who live to have their next drink, or drugs, etc.  My heart is enormously heavy!  Do they not realize that we will all stand accountable one day before the King of Kings???!  What will we say when we stand before the Throne of God - as we will not have an excuse for anything - because there is no excuse - except for plain disobedience and rebellion against God!  So many in our world today refuse to accept Jesus as the ONLY way into Heaven's doors!  Then there are still so many who attend church religiously - but  their hearts are far removed from God and His ways!  Even so there are countless lost who talk about Jesus - and use His name - yet fill themselves with beer and wine and hard liquor until they're drunk - and have the ignorance to believe that they will still enter the gates of Heaven!  It's those that I pray for - along with so many other things in our world today!  I'm praying that God will open their eyes before it's too late!!!

Jesus tells us not to be drunk with wine - but instead be filled with the Holy Spirit!  He told us that we can do greater things than He did while on this earth - because it's HE who empowers us to do all things!  Sadly, however, many have been taken captive to do the will of Satan - rather than that of God's!  Yet, they do not even realize it!

Then there are those who won't give God 5 minutes of their week - or life - and yet somehow fathom that  when their lives are ended on earth that they will inherit the Kingdom of God for all eternity! They're so deceived!

We must no longer live as the world does - we MUST live as aliens in this lost and dying world!  The Bible tells us not to conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds that we may prove that which is good, acceptable, and perfect will of God! (Romans 12:2).

My son-in-law Jay was a Hospice Chaplain dealing with those who were terminal.  He came to the conclusion that even in their old age, KNOWING full well - that they were terminal and dying and at the very end of their lives - the majority were embittered toward the gospel of Jesus and didn't want any part of it.  Even though they were told and KNEW that without Jesus - it would be an eternity of torment!  They just didn't care!  I'll bet they will start caring once they're cast into the outer darkness, where men will weep and knash their teeth.

...For the mind set on the flesh leads to death, (eternal separation from God in a lake of fire, where the thirst is never quenched), but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, (in Heaven.....where the Light IS
God...and peace).

We all make choices!  Every single moment of every single day - we have the priviledge of choices!  I pray for those who have not yet considered Jesus Christ for their Lord and Savior....believing upon Him for eternal life everlasting!

If you died today?  Where will YOU spend eternity???

Choose Jesus......and then find a Bible-believing church - and get into the Word of God!  There is refreshing unspeakable that cannot be explained in words.  It's awesome!  Jesus truly is the answer to every problem!  He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life....and NO ONE comes to the Father - except through Him.

Praying for you today!!!