Melodies of the heart give meaning to this life of mine...the music of living is hope.

Her fingers move softly over the ivory keys of her piano. Reminding me once more to find value in the essence of each moment...this woman who gave birth to my soul many years ago and yet delights in my very being. "Oh what a beautiful morning" gently caresses my listening ears while sitting in my pajamas I know it is time to get dressed and face the day ahead. "Oh what a beautiful day"...a day in which to be still in the knowledge of the gifts I have to experience, all the while knowing this life will one day pass and a new beginning will be mine for eternity!


Sweet memories of days gone by travel the path to my heart, full of happy laughter and ice cream bars, poolside fun along with the most delicious food you can imagine having before you. Children laughing in the water while sunbeams fall upon their tender skin. This life we took for granted and yet somehow treasured at the same time. I see now how quickly it passes before we know it. Gentle hugs and goodbyes, waving from the car to happy moments with giggling girls in the back seat filled with summer treasures.


And here we are, together for this day filled with sunlight and hope. While typing this morning as I enjoyed a cup of coffee, the sun poured in across the transom window in the living room causing me to move three times to avoid the light in my eyes! What a bother it seemed to be until I stopped to see the value in the moment. No matter what may befall us in this life we call ours, the light still finds us
when we least expect it to shine...


And so, while the morning is new and my thoughts are fresh, I pause to give thanks for everyday I spend in hopeful anticipation of  all He has in store for me to behold with tender eyes of faith. Quiet treasures from his holy word fill my heart with gladness even in grief. Age may consume us,  problems befall, heaven awaits me, worth it all! Death calls the weary, life here will end, knowing the future will be with HIM!


Today is a treasure I hold in my heart. Somehow these days of grief provide me with a closer walk with my creator. "You are such a deep thinker" my Momma said to me yesterday. Much like my earthly Daddy who had strong arms of love and compassion and who would have moved heaven and earth to protect me. His bible, worn from study always sat on the nightstand unless he was reading it...quietly underlining the important days of our lives...each occasion documented for our most priceless remembrance after he went to be with Jesus!


Romans 8:38-39 reads:"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord." And so it is. This life worth living with eternity to treasure. Amen.