Karen Griffard Putz

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ~ MY FRIEND Karen Griffard Putz

Like a lot in life, we often see the end results of success instead of the struggle.

When Ren Putz and I came across this piece of rock, I wanted to do a handstand on it.

The first several tries resulted in a bunch of pictures with one foot or nothing. A couple of things were happening:

The rock sloped downhill. I was afraid I would fall forward or backward into more jagged rock.

I had just started doing handstands a few months ago-- more than 30 years after I did my last one. I didn't trust my ability to do it.

So Ren suggested trying the handstands uphill instead.

It worked. After a few practices, I had the confidence to try it downhill and that's the picture you see here.

So in life, if at first you come up to a challenge, change the way you approach it. Try something different. Practice. Gain the skill. Above all, persist.

Saved for a Purpose: Knocking on Mammow's Door

Saved for a Purpose: Knocking on Mammow's Door: Knocking on Mammow’s Door On our first date, the man that I married went to the wrong door of our house. This door was in fact t...

Knocking on Mammow's Door

Knocking on Mammow’s Door

On our first date, the man that I married went to the wrong door of our house. This door was in fact the door to my grandmother’s living quarters. My father had an apartment built on the side of our existing house; it was the plan he had talked about with my grandfather, “Granddad’s” death bed. My grandmother, Mammow, then moved to our house a year after her husband’s funeral. She passed away when she was 95.

Her daughter, my mother, passed away at 84. I am still processing that loss, as it has only been four months. I pray that she was escorted to the correct door.

Is heaven a spot with many doors and are we going to know the right door to go to?

In John 14:2, Jesus said “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

  

There are several other places in the bible that mention heaven, a heavenly mansion, or a place with many rooms. Is it described as such for our own level of understanding? Something that we are familiar with would be an explanation.

How many times do we hear someone explaining something to a child using words that they would be able to comprehend? Are we then, on that level?

 The greatest scholars and intelligent human beings are still not able to understand all the concepts presented in God’s design.

In Matthew 18:4, Jesus said, “The greatest person in the kingdom of heaven is the one who makes himself humble like this child.”

Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go.”

Joshua 1:9 NCV

Today's passage is from the New Century Version.

22 The Lord’s love never ends;
    his mercies never stop.
23 They are new every morning;
    Lord, your loyalty is great.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is mine,
    so I hope in him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who hope in him,
    to those who seek him.

Lamentations 3:22-25