Surprise Saturday: An Open Letter To My Primary Sunday School Teacher

I wrote this letter to one of my Sunday School teachers years ago. I feel it is really important to make sure you let people know that they made a difference in your life while they are still alive. You never know the impact you could have.

Monday Madness: My Grandpa & The Newspaper

For years, actually, more like decades, my grandpa saved newspaper articles on whatever interested him. It might be wedding and birth announcements, something political that he found interesting or a comic that made him chuckle.

After he passed away, we pulled a couple of those albums out that he had carefully lued newspaper clippings in and imagine how fun it was to see two of me when I landed in the newspaper as a little girl.

I have to admit....it made my heart skip a beat to see his familiar handwriting with my name printed neatly next to one of the clippings...I miss you, grandpa!

Time has gone by, but it doesn't erase the fact
that you still miss those you love!

Won't Heaven be wonderful??

Only two more days of April, how will you spend them?

Take time to enjoy your family!

God bless,
Heidi

Blast From The Crazy Past: Letter To My Grandma Henderson

Welcome to memories...my memories....welcome to a Blast from my Crazy Past!

Dear Grandma Henderson...

My memories of you start with visiting you on New Hope Road and seeing the HUGE lava lamps in your living room. I couldn't have been very old, but those lava lamps made a lasting impression.

If I skip ahead, I remember visiting you in the hospital. I remember seeing you in a huge bed and I was told you were really sick. Later, I found out that you had died.

My last memory is the gift I recieved from you after you died for an inheritance. A gift that has affected me until this day. You gave me the most beautiful Bible and $100. I remember it was a crisp $100 bill tucked into the inside cover of the Bible. The Bible is what made the biggest impact on my life. It was a beautiful Bible with large print, easy for a child to read. It had some of the most wonderful pictures throughout it and on the cover was a picture of Jesus guiding the little children over a broken bridge. 

Yes, the $100 helped start my very first savings account, an account I have to this day. However, the Bible helped me in the early years of my life and will impact me for eternity.

Grandma, I don't have many memories. You died young, from cancer and I was young, just a child. But the memories you gave me made a difference.

So thank you...thank you for loving your grandchildren enough to make sure they grew up to know Jesus. For giving us a gift that would help shape and mold the direction of our lives.

I can't wait to see you in Heven someday, grandma...

Love,

Heidi

The Ups and Downs of Life

As I mentioned in my post a couple days ago, I was in a really nasty car wreck. Needless to say, I have been in a lot of pain, sleeping constantly whenever I can because I am not sleeping well at night.
I have been on such a roller coaster of emotions. Re-living the accident and dreaming about it practically every night. I guess my brain keeps trying to resolve it but in reality there was nothing I could do to stop it.
I think the thing that is keeping me going is knowing that all things happen for a reason. By the end of the day on the 14th, we had met up with three different people that we never would have met up with before and we now have the privilege to pray for them.
The story could have had a completely different ending if He had so desired. And even then, I still would be praising His name. However, for some reason, He saved our lives on Valentine's Day. And He let me know, that no matter what, He is in control, not me.
I remember as clear as a bell hollering to my Jesus as I realized what was going to happen. And just like that, He was there comforting me...loving me and showing me it would be okay. I also remember that I was totally okay with dying! There is just something so amazing about knowing where you are going when you die. I had no thoughts of fear, no regrets just knowledge that if I was to die, I was going to be with Him!
Let me tell you right now, if you are reading this and don't have that peace in your heart of knowing that you are headed to Heaven when you die...please stop reading and start praying. Seriously. Nothing, NOTHING is worth losing Heaven over. The devil will use every lie he can think of to get you to turn away right now. To ignore Jesus knocking at your heart's door. My friend, if you don't know that you are headed to Heaven, please pray right now and ask Jesus into your heart. To take away the sin, guilt and heartache and make you a new creature. He can do it! And He will if you come to Him with a completely honest heart and truly want a change. Once He makes that change, you can go through anything with Him at your side! Anything. You can even face death in the face and know that Heaven is your home!
I pray that you will make that choice today if you haven't already!
God bless you!