My name is Veronica Arnold ~ I have not blogged in a while...but kinda felt like writing something that's close to my heart and that would be; The Cross Born (Jesus was born; died and rose again for me), and my "Life Goes On".
Many times up until now, I have felt like many others, (friends and family) throwing my hands up in the air; try to forget about difficulties in my life and the things that made the difference in my life; so, on a few ocassions I had this strange feeling that I never did matter to anyone....where I went and when I was coming back home; outside of my lovely husband "Bruce" who has truly been my best friend in life.
Well, evenings would come and mornings would rise up and that made the difference in my life and life worth living.
God wanted me to have a joyful heart; sing out praises to Him because He is worthy to be praised. In fact; several mornings, I would open my kitchen window shade and (out-loud) I would say..."Good Morning Sunshine" and that's me "As Life Goes On". Just being myself...God is so good to me and everyday I thank Him for what He has done for me in my life. I sing praises to my Heavenly Father :O) ~ That makes me smile!!
Like everyone else; I get caught up in everyday life issues of coming and going; the day is gone - hours have passed so quickly and think to myself, what did I do today that would count for anything...what did I do for my Lord today. As gracious as God is, I think to myself again; well, "Life does go on" but I need to observe more of what people's needs are; after all - it's not about me, but about others...that's what God is happy about. - God, please help me to always gives thanks to you for everything in my life!
About three (3) years ago; I took a trip down to Disney in Florida - spent one week with family and enjoyed the trip. Down there; truly, "Life Goes On". While there, people were going up and down the streets of Disney; so I decided to sit down on a park bench to watch people passing by.
My goodness, I really don't think any of those people had much on their minds other than how much money they could spend that day and what amusement they were going to next. This above little note from "Walt Disney" is true...."Guess they figure their dreams would come true if they had the courage to pursue them". With my hand under my chin and sipping on a soda; I just wonder what most of those folks were thinking in their minds on that lovely day at Disney. As I sat there in the breeze of the spring winds...I could not help but think to myself "wonder how many of these people know Jesus Christ as their personal savior?, because I know what He has done for me and my best is nothing to the Great Redeemer". So, amidst the hustle and bustle of these folks passing by this park bench that I was sitting on; I didn't forget to stop and pray this prayer: God pursues hearts for His glory, even in a theme park like Disney.
So, this small little picture just sums up all that I think a person should do to make them happy as "Life Goes On"!!! Always count blessings instead of grumbling...golly, learn from our mistakes - haha ~ people change and things do go wrong; love what you got; take chances and give everything you have to help others....laugh when I can and apologize to others when I know I've done wrong. I promise to let go of things I cannot change because life is to short to be unhappy.
