Pruning

"Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit"
" Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise."
As I read Job and all he endured, when you listen to his complaints he is questioning God's care, and love for him. That's only natural, the poor guy , after all he was minding his own business and BAM!!! Sounds familar to me.... God was interested in making a good guy even better. He was obviously one of Gods favorites, remember He said to the snake, " what about my servant Job," eh,, eh"" He's quite a guy eh?" paraphrased a little bit.
God was about to allow the enemy access to Job, " Only spare his life" Thanks..... God knew the beginning from the end , He knew Job was going to go , maybe kicking and screaming, to another level of understanding of God. He was gonna get pruned so he could bear more fruit. So it really backfired on ol Satan.
So I see now its not about our comfort, but its about being made into the image and likeness of God.

"Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has a great reward"

"Daddy's favorite"

About 2 years ago, just before this " thing" started, I had the nerve to say to God " I really want to be one of your favorites" I didn't think about it much, although I repeated it a few times. So just about a week ago I was contemplating on Job,( he was one of Gods favorites) and God reminded me of the prayer I prayed..... What was I thinking????
I remember my father, I always felt like his favorite, he played with me when he got home from work, pushing me on the swing, or giving me a " horseback " ride on his back, crawling on all fours, rearing up so I would cling to him for all I was worth. I loved it, I loved him. I really felt his love for me , thats what I wanted from my heavenly Father.
You may think , He's got a funny way of showing His love.... stay tuned....

Okay, I did it!

You ever have something that your mind tells you ," you can't do that". I have a lot of that now since the stroke. This is how I deal with it. " O Yeah??? watch me." A couple of times its been a little hairy, but usually I have found the biggest hurdle is in my mind.
The other evening I wanted to go to the back pasture and feed some apples to the horses.
My mind said " you can't do that, its to far and the grass is to long." (Thats pretty bad when blades of GRASS get to be a formidable obstacle!) "What if you fall how will you get up" I can get up if there is something near enough to hang on to. There nothing between the house and the barn. So I had Sam walk with me just in case. But I went.
Same with driving, " you can't do that!!" " O yeah? " The left foot still works, so while I am waiting for the right to come on line, why not use the left. So now I drove to take Sam to college classes this morning, and then I went to the Chiropractor, and then to the salon. Next thing is the grocery store! " Mind , sit down and shut up!!