April 2

Today has been a fun day. First my baby girl had another birthday. She celebrated at the Melting Pot Restaurant in Virginia. I miss her but look forward to her coming west in May and again in June. We are going to be Virginia in July to celebrate her baby boy’s first birthday. I had my first training day with the Seattle Mariners baseball team. It was called rookie training. Tomorrow I train with my team of seating hosts, and on Monday we learn how to handle any problems arising from imbibing to excess. I do believe God has my life under control so I don’t screw it up. I keep listening for instructions and I feel I am guided well. Sure, you say, you’re hearing things none of us is hearing. Well, each of us needs to open our lives to what is given to us and stop thinking we are alone. Lent is for us to contemplate the directions given and then follow then. It isn’t an easy task, because we interpret what we think we hear and combine that with what we think we know and can do on our own. I believe, mostly, we get it wrong and move further away from God, in other words, we sin. I know I can be pig headed at times. I can be stubborn and unfeeling. I fight to subordinate these actions, but I cannot do it alone and pray for the needed assistance from the Holy Spirit, sent to us freely by God. Easter is getting closer and we will celebrate a risen Christ; death no longer rules. Have a wonderful Sunday.