The Sailors Family

So, as you know, Kryssy and I recently moved.  The other day a very curious thing happend.  We opened a box that had been sealed in 1999ish.  In that box we found various things, mostly some of Kryssy’s stuff from College but the most interesting thing was a locked safety deposit type box that had a thick Master Lock on it.

We had a good time trying to think what might be in there.  From love notes, to fortune of course.  Well, it took a few days to find time to get into it and it really was not that important to us.  I have some bolt cutters in my truck (because who knows when you might need them right??) anyhow, I finally got the bolt cutters last night and below is what we found.  Take a look at the pictures:

So, no big treasure but it sure was a lot of fun to dream.  As you can see, it was mostly Kryssy’s stuff.  From late high school to college.  Check books, all types of recepts, gift certificates not used, pictures, a Polish recipe from an old boy friend etc..

This box though reminded me of a deep seated truth in me that I have gotten away from thinking about on a daily basis.  That being:

Psalms 40:1: “I waited patiently for the LORD;  he turned to me and heard my cry.”

The bottom line being Patience/Waiting on God.. We didn’t rush to open this box with some false hope.  We waited until we had time and had a lot of fun with it.  We didn’t find some cool treasure, but God used this to remind us of truth.

One more scripture from Isaiah 40:31: “but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

This all speaks to hope and trust that the Lord will come through.  We could go a lot more on all of this, but for now lets stop and focus on waiting on the Lord.  Get some time, get quiet before the Lord and listen.  What does He have you waiting on?

Tags: Mystery, Treasure, Waiting on God

I love Cherry Coke… too much, as it were! However, this morning someone supplied a Cherry Coke to my desk. Not just a can… but a cold one! One may ask how this happened? I, in fact, am scratching my head Let us make a list that will point to the truth:

1. We do not have a public office that people move in and out of… we have a cubby hole office in a church that graciously allows us to use it.
2. No one was in the whole church when I arrived here at 8:50am.
3. The only culprit I know that could do this would be Jamie and I saw him at home this morning getting ready to go to Alabama and he confirmed by phone his innocents.
4. Not many people know of my Cherry Coke love affair
5. It was Cold!
6. Only a few have keys to this office… all of which are not creative enough to think of this or the ones that are do not know about #4
7. Being here late at night or early in the morning will produce hair raising thoughts of this old building being haunted.. from unexplainable noises to conversations being heard in the distance with no one here but you..
8. and finally, the coincidence that my friend Ron has blogged about his love affair with Diet Mt. Dew (aka Diet Mt. Ron) just recently

Well, the list did not point to anything really.. so the search goes on! Do you know anything?

Tags: Cherry Coke, Mystery