Gut Naben,

Evening is upon us and it is raining just a bit. A nice steady rain that sounds absolutely beautiful upon the tile roof or our house. Lennie is home and settled in for the evening. I love it when he is under the roof with me. We don't say much some nights but it is just the comfort of knowing my better half is with me.

Yesterday morning when I got up and opened up the kitchen window, low and behold, there were people waiting in the waiting room of PT and Ortho Docs across the street. The rouladens were up and it was business as usual. Next week I hear the sounds of children once again coming and going from their school. So my quiet neighborhood will get loud and busy again.

Tomorrow I am going to go find a stationary/art store. There is one, I think down the block. I want to get some art supplies. If that does not work out I think I will take the train into downtown Stuttgart and go to the art store I found there. I really want to do some painting and drawing. I have been stitching at night and during the day I do an online Beth Moore study and do my One Year Bible reading and read, but I am itching to be more creative. So I am on the hunt. I would like as the days get cooler to go sit in some of the pretty places and draw or paint them. There is also a arts and crafts place on Panzer so I need to check that out, too.

I was in the grocery this noon getting milk and brochen and God gave me another life lesson. It was fairly busy and there was a precious little old lady in front of me. She was not moving to fast, had a high tech walker with a shopping basket attached, and I noticed she had a black eye. She also was not moving with much steadiness. She dropped something and as she stiffly bent over I just felt such empathy for her. I picked up what she dropped and we smiled at each other. As I have said before smiles are understood in ALL languages and they make all people happy, even if they will not admit it. Now, when we buy things we have to put everything in our shopping bags, environment friendly if all possible, we are in Germany. So what I do, I put my things back in my basket, move away after I have paid, put all my groceries in my bags and off I go into the backerei! Well, the Frau was having a very hard time, and was slower than molasses, it just was not a good experience for her, and sadly to say others in the line were getting very upset with her. I had a choice be upset or ....as I heard God whisper, this WILL be you someday and how would you want these people to treat you? I almost started crying because at that moment I just wanted to hug and love on that precious Frau and say you deserve all the time you need! I think of what this woman has lived through, she has lived through war, no doubt she was that old. I love it when God just reminds me so gently and I see "myself" down the road, which this road is NOT that far away, God willing. It really is about do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Ipray she got home okay and that she was not to worn out by the excursion.

That is all for today. I listened to a great lesson on Lonliness by Ravi Zacharis today....he believes that lonliness comes from the lack of worship and gratitude. So I have been chewing on this and believe that he has hit upon something. He used a lot of material from GK Chesterton and CS Lewis and Jonathan Edwards. The Holy Spirit really speaks to me through Ravi.


Gruss Gott!

Tschuss,
Debby