Philippians 4:4-7

Philippains 4:4-7

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone, The Lord is at Hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Chirst Jesus".

Thank you Father for all you have done in my life. I am so relieved to know I can depend on you...that I have no need to worry. May your name be glorifed in my life.

That silly gray rock!

Agh!....Wait...that's not a good way to start a post. Okay how about..."Happy 2006!!!" I bet that's original this time of year. Anyways...there are so many happy and fun things going on right now...I just don't know what to say. So I will tell you of the rock on the pond. It's a boring story, but one that is disturbing me. You see...the pond is frozen, but melting as the weather warms, first at the edges...the mass is losing weight quickly. Well...I wanted to see how thick it was and of coarse the edge near me broke off with barely any pressure so I thought...I wonder how hard the middle is...and picked up a huge expensive rock off the edge of our yard and threw it as far as I could (which isn't very far since I really can't throw). Bang...it just sat there...on the ice. Bummer...I wanted it to crack the ice and go through...that would feel successful. But all of a sudden I started looking around the pond at holes in it where earlier my cousins had be throwing rocks from our yard into the pond and those rocks had sunk through the ice. I looked down at the rock pile to realize that...there aren't as many rocks as there used to be and why? Because they were being thrown into the water!!! All of a sudden I had this urge to get that rock back. Unfortunate I have just enough strength to completely throw the rock out of help's way.

I tried throwing the “anchor” rock with the rope (from when I slept on the pond…I know I was surprised to still see it there…I must have forgotten to take the rope off) to lasso it in, but alas I am too weak and that rock was bigger yet. I tried I sled to scope it up…but it was too short. I tried a rake and a shovel…but nothing is long enough. I though about trying to break the ice off and then pull the piece with the rock on it in…but it was useless. I don’t want to fall in and the ice isn’t strong enough for me. I tried stepping in where there is water running, but it is too cold and muddy. Yuck! So there the rock sits and is starting to sink in to the ice. So silly…it’s just a rock, but now it has become a challenge. Will the rock sink to the bottom of the pond? Will I ever touch it again? Hmmm…how else could I get that rock?