Scattered Thoughts on a Hot Hot Day

I’ve been told the  day I was born was the hottest day of the year.

There was NO air conditioning but I was born in a hospital because we lived in the city and that’s were babies were born in the city.

A few months after I was born I nearly died and to this day they don’t know why but I was told went into a series of convulsions. The doctors told my parents I would not live.

So My dad prayed.

I did live but my short term memory has always been limited.

I had to work twice as hard as everyone else to memorize anything. I didn’t know just how bad my memory was until I had children. Their ability to remember things has always astounded me.

Since 7th grade I’ve always been fascinated with how communication works and how it varies from person to person.

I majored in communication in college and my favorite subject became argumentation. In graduate school (Seminary) argumentation became apologetics. Defending the message of the gospel in unique ways became my focus. Seminary surprisingly became a great gift to me and I cherish the gift of knowledge God gave me.

At one point in my life everything changed and God gave me a new life. God gave me a good life. I absolutely love studying and writing about God. That’s not the life I expected but God gave me much more than I expected.

After I finished Seminary and retired from my job God opened the door to acrazyjourney.com. I love to write and draw silly pictures, but I didn’t take an art class in junior high, high school, or college so day by day I am learning new ways to draw.

I would have loved to have gone back to school to take art classes and also have a degree in art, but instead

God tapped me on the shoulder after I turned fifty about going to Seminary. I was afraid

but growing up my dad repeatedly reminded me of Romans 8:28, “And we know that

God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are

called according to his purpose for them.”

I don’t know exactly what God has planned for my stories and silly pictures but

Writing and drawing has been a wonderful very crazy journey.

I’ve learned that none of the details matter because God takes care of everything. I still

don’t know exactly why God wanted me to go to Seminary but I know it was a great

gift and I cherish the gift God gave me.

What I do know is that God gave me a good life. I absolutely love studying and writing about

God.

That’s not the life I had planned for but God gave me much more.

So… my silly sketches make me happy and as we explore the daily gifts God gives us when we open our hands, we begin to get a glimpse of what God has for us.

Daily I am reminded that Heaven really is like…sitting with God.

Deborah

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