All That Glitters

  22.  Ye shall not afflict any widow,  or fatherless child, 23.  If thou afflict them in any wise,  and they cry at all unto me,  I will surely hear their cry,  24.  And my wrath shall wax hot,  and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.  

  Tonight I prayed that God would speak to me and I waited to hear.  What did He say?   He said He knew I had been wondering why He had taken my mother, and Jim.  "I'm listening."  They were taken so that they won't be here for the war.   They wouldn't be able to be of service or help, but they would be in a hard situation.  However, you can be of service.  "War?  Why would there be a war?  When?"  When?  Soon.  "What is soon?"  A day with the Lord is as a thousand years.  "That's not an answer."  There will be one more.  I had a vague idea of who this might be.  Maybe more than vague.  "I thought You were going to say something about good things, like butterflies or lambs."  I heard music in my spirit.  First "O Holy Night."  A choir was singing.  Then "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear."  Then "While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on t...

  My favorite thing to do is watching stories on YouTube about the interesting lives of other people.   I think to myself, "Why don't I have an interesting life?  Everyone else does."  What's my most unusual story? About ten years ago I was walking back to the house from the mailbox when I saw my husband's ghost standing in the yard.  What???  He was standing with his side to me, facing a field about 100 feet away.  I walked up to him with my mind made up to find out what this was about.  When I reached him, he began to walk away.  I was determined to see where he went and I stood and watched.  He walked away slowly, not making a sound, even though it was fall, and he was walking on fallen leaves that should have crunched.  He walked about 25 feet away toward some trees and bushes.  He strangely began to lose definition around the edges of his body as he approached a tree.  He became blurry, and suddenly, poof!  ...

  I want to give David a Christmas gift.  What shall it be?   My go to gift is usually brownies.