Making Drifts Out of Snow Patches

This is akin to making mountains out of mole hills.  Nothing aggravates a situation like fear and doubt.  Negativity in fact is like jet fuel for trouble.  I’ve been so guilty of this.  Doubt plants gardens of difficulty while faith clears the path of progress.  I’m setting a determined path to cast my burdens on God for He cares for me.  I’ve been showcasing roller coasters we rode on in Busch Gardens to illustrate this point some.  The fear is from an illusion of danger…your mind runs wild telling you you’re in terrible danger yet over and over you go down the track as normal…you don’t die.  Could something happen?  Yes but fears often exaggerate the danger.  This particular ride pushes fear to the limit

.  It builds the fear…encourages doubts of personal safety.  The thrill of overcoming this draws me back again and again.  Should life be the same?  Fear immobilizes while faith empowers…I’d much rather face my fear than hide from it.  Victory is a rush!

 

Today is another beautiful day.  It’s crisp like early late fall or early spring.  The colors really pop…blue and green.  It’s a day belonging in a frame…sooo….  Hopefully you won’t think I’m a shady characterbut I predict better days ahead.  The drifts have shrunken down.  The trees look artistic in their baroness.  The sun is shining…what’s not to be encouraged about?

Better by Half

Before we get rolling here (pun intended) I want to cover another amazing roller coaster we rode in Busch Gardens.  It’s known as Cheetah Hunt and is to date the fastest roller coaster I’ve ever ridden.  I had no idea what I was getting into when I first boarded it.  Check it out:  Cheetah Hunt. 

 

Today the weather is much improved.  We came home from Florida to the nasty aftermath of a long lasting winter storm.  Now warmer temperatures are melting things off slowly.  I’m taking a glass half full approach here.  It’s all in how you look at it after all.  Who knows, maybe we’ll be able to see more out our basement windows soon.  Our sandstone boulders are making their move and peaking out…it’s good to see!

Life’s a Theme Park…What’s Your Theme?

Well, we’re finally back from Florida.  This is the first time I covered a whole trip via my iPhone and Face Book.  Mostly I liked doing that and would likely do it again regardless of where we go.  We’re big theme park people.  Thrill rides we enjoy as a family.  I want to showcase a few here that we rode for kicks.  The first one I’ll cover is one of the scariest rides I’ve ever ridden.  335 drop…face down at highway speeds!  It’s called Falcon’s Fury.  Watch if you dare:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgrgAuXGOLY#t=37.  It’s a breath taking view followed by breath taking terror followed by ecstasy (for me).  Finishing you’re just glad to be alive! 

 

Returning home I began to reflect and dig through the few pictures from my camera that I didn’t yet share .  American alligators in Busch Gardens laze all day in the sun.  The animals nearby show no fear.  I guess they know these guys are lazy and well fed.  Home put out a different welcome mat then we’ve been used to for the last three weeks.  Here a beginning thaw has startedand I guess I’m glad we can at least see the welcome mat.  There’s a long thaw out ahead I’d say.  The winter sun is doing its best right nowbut the view outside our basement windows is pretty limited still.  Methinks the air conditioner won’t be needed for awhile. 

 

Life is kinda like a theme park…choose your them…for me I choose God’s which is ever so much better than my own.  My themes are fraught with worries, fears, doubts etc.  His theme is filled with hope, faith,,,enduring love unchanged by circumstance.  It makes no difference if you’re a lazy gator or a tiger salamander.  You’re unique in God’s eyes and loved by Him….choose your theme carefully.