School/Leap of Faith- A Sonnet

As we were leaving on Sat. for our annual weekend in TO I realizedthe pink eye I was trying to ignore was suddenly getting much worse.We stopped to pick up a prescription because all the over-the-counter meds were sold out!(bit of a pink eye epidemic on in our area)To top it off, a mild sore throat escalated into wild discomfort.By Sat. night the long anticipated dinner, (and remainder of the weekend)was more endured than enjoyed!While I know this is small on the grand scale of troublesit was/is still super disappointing!But on we go...with so much still to be thankful for! 1 Thess.5:18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I didn't get any photos this weekend except a few at Krispy Kreme donuts on the way home... There's a good parable in watching the process of a donut being made.A glob of sticky dough, mixed, pressed and fried before thefinal, delectable sweet-treat finish!So, speaking in donut terms, sometimes when we're in the gob-of-sticky-dough stage or the pressing and frying stageit might be easy to forget there's a 'sweet-treat' finish! To roam among grave stones of seasons spentIs but to squander what soon wastes awayTo wander in deserts of discontentIs but to miss the treasure of Today To mourn for what we cannot change is vainDistracting us from present precious sandsTo dread the unknown is a futile painBetter to pray and leave it in God’s hands His grace, always sufficient for life’s lotHis mercy new each morning, praise His nameHis love transcends the scope of mortal thoughtHis promises are free for all to claim His goodness greater than affliction’s lathe His peace, perfected in each leap of faith © Janet Martin Jim needed to leave for work when we got home!I snuggled on the couch and listened to an extremely uplifting message from David Jeremiah about faith.I couldn't find the exact one on YouTube, but below is a link to another gem of a message filled with invaluable reminders.It starts in with this...From "One of the sobering thoughts about the Christian life is the truth that God is far more interested in who we become and what we are than in what we do. He cares a whole lot more about how we live than about what we accomplish. His purpose is to build Christians, not cathedrals. His focus is on people, not programs, and for this reason, when God is working in the life of a person, he often allows unexplainable events to prepare and perfect those that he is getting ready to serve him in a much bigger way in the kingdom. The New Testament says this: "Whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives". Often when difficult things happen in our lives, it's not the evidence of something that is wrong, but proof that something is right." *** Life aka, The School of faithis filled with highs and lows, joys and woes, in all shapes and sizesthorns and rose-coloured surprisesEverything comes, then it goes.What yet waitsOnly God knows...But,Whether we are enjoying the floweror being pricked by its stemGod is faithful.ForeverAmen Donuts remind me of a song from days gone by whenour children were little...