SO I'M STARTING A NEW ART BLOG

Okay, so I know that I have this Blog site and I'm not going to stop using it (but I probably won't be here as often). 
I am not going to post my ART on this site anymore.  I have started a new BLOG that is also attached to my website http://www.megsmither.com/  and here is the address:

http://www.megsmither.com/index/Meg_039;s_Art_Blog

I know that it is rather lengthy -- so just make sure you cut and paste.  But I do hope you will enjoy it.
 
I will be having Art Topics on it and hopefully teaching as I go. 
 
I will come back here from time to time so don't worry.  Thanks for coming and reading.  I never had any comments so maybe noone really ever did read this Blog.  If that is the case -- than I won't be missed.  :o)  God Bless All of you... 

Oh before I go I do need to recommend a book that I am reading.  It is wonderful. 

"The Story of God, the Story of Us" 
By: Sean Gladding

Enjoy my Friends.

MEG


 

My Week and my SON

So it has been a little while since I have written and it seems that I am mainly writing about my Bible Studies these days -- but again that's okay for now because it seems that is what is on my mind these days.

First before I tell you about what I read this week I just have to say that I had the wonderful pleasure of sharing some time with my son this past weekend.  He came in to visit and even though he was out and about with his friends (which I so expected him to do) it was nice when I had a little time with him.  Mainly we just sat and talked with he and his Dad -- but when he first got home he was telling me that he has been thinking about maybe NOT being Ordained.  Now he can go thru seminary and NOT be ordained and that bothered me at first.  He said that if he did become ordained in the Methodist Church that he than would have to be in the Methodist Church solely.  Now I'm sure that is not competely accurate --- he could go to another non denominational church but it would be harder. Anyway he said that he hasn't made the decision but I said that I really wanted him to be ordained and he asked me WHY.  I said well (not really an exact answer cause I didn't really have a GOOD one --- but "JUST BECAUSE" sounded good to me,,, so I said, " to Minister you need to be ordained like you need to be baptized" -- at least in my silly mind.  He told me "Mom everyone is a Minister.  If you are a Christian than you are called to be a Minister."   Well after going back and forth with him --- and me not winning this argument I let it drop (FOR NOW).  But than I started to think.   Maybe he is right - and at the end of the day --- it is not my LIFE but HIS and how he serves God is his personal Journey -- NOT MINE.  
My kids are amazing people and Lee and I must have done something right cause God showed us how to get them this far... I am just so proud of all of them and Tyler you just knock my socks off each and every day.

Now what I read this week that just floored me as well.....

A Poem  

Author:  Unknown

I counted dollars while God counted crosses.  

I counted gain while He counted losses.

I counted my worth by the things gained in store,

But he sized me up by the scars that I bore.

I coveted honors, and sought for degrees.

He wept as he counted the hours on my knees.

I never knew till one day by a grave,

How vain are the things that we spend life to save.

I did not yet know, "til a Friend from above,

Said, richest is he who is rich in God's love!

Revelations is such a powerful Book of the Bible and I have learned so much and I am not even out of Chapter 2.

...Our Lord says the true riches are those that come from within, where the heart is filled with the grace and love of God.  There is an experience of close relationships with other people; they become dear and precious to us. That was the experience of the Church of Smyrna in Chapter 2.

....I read once about a Christian who was going through a time of great misunderstanding and attack, and he could not do much to defend himself.  One day a friend of his came up and took him by the hand and told him how much he sympathized with him for what he was going through.  But, looking him in the eye, he said, "Remember, they have not spit in your face yet."  It was a reference, of course, to Jesus.  They did spit in his face. They smote him.  They plucked the hair from his beard.  They beat him on the back with rods.  They lied about him.  So Christians who endure mistreatment and misjudgment must remember that the Lord knows what it is like.

....The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans that "the sufferings of this present moment are not to be compared with the glory that shall be reveled in us."  Romans 8:18 

So anyway --- just wanted to share what I have learned this week and it is only TUESDAY.  What does this wonderful week have left to offer me.  I can hardly wait.  Thank you Lord for showing me so many wonderful people and opportunities in this life I lead.