Independence – That’s the name of the road I saw as I drove by this latest trip up north… And I thought how WONDERFUL to be able to be free to travel and to know “the kids are alright!”… However, they told me the cat misses me, LOL. I am going to be happy to be home, not just so the cat doesn’t miss me anymore, but home to know I got out, displaying and portraying my independence…

It was easy traveling, especially in the mild weather, because I knew where I was going and I have been there before. So my independence is in and on dependence of comfort, space, direction, and food of course and rest.

Shouldn’t that be us with the Lord? A dependence of comfort, space, direction, food for thought and rest for peace. The Lord, much more than the cat, misses us and wants us close.

We have to take clues on our behavior out in the world just like Smokie The Bear warns us about fire danger, which is moderate right now. Be careful.

Be careful in the world but don’t be afraid to live.

And like the farmers, we need to pay attention to the weather. The weather in our lives creates the whether in our lives. God will help.

We need to be IN dependence of the Lord for independence of living – ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Amen