Pam's Path

I dearly love Christmas! I love the lights, the buying of presents, the parties, the baking, and all that goes with the season. Most of all I love what the season is about. I can hardly comprehend God the father sending His son to this earth to die for us. I can also hardly understand the leaving of Heaven to be born a baby here on earth to suffer the inhumanities of man. But I am really glad it happened!!! There is such joy in a baby’s birth. It is a miracle all in itself. But the miracle of God being born as a man is just the most wonderful miracle.

This morning I sat in church watching the amazing Christmas program being put on by the really talented people in our congregation. I was an appreciative observer… until we sang “Oh Come Let Us Adore Him”. At that point I lost it.

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No, I didn’t adopt! I have a beloved grandson that wishes he were Japanese. How can that be? Why would anyone not want to be an American? Obviously there are many but this one is so near to my heart that even the thought of him being so far away is painful. Now, understand, he is only 14 so I have a few more years with him before he goes out to conquer the world. Those years are just flying by so fast! I am not opposed to Japan. It is a fascinating culture. It is just so far away! Read the rest of this entry »

Last summer I was sitting on a porch at a friend’s house high above a lovely lake up in the mountains.  As we watched there were patterns on the water. Each pattern was unique and each was lovely. Some were made from the wind blowing over the water. Sometimes it was a boat flowing through or maybe a fish jumping up from under the waves. Some lasted only a short while and others rippled clear across the lake. When the sun was at different angles colors appeared to enhance these moving patterns. Never staying the same from moment to moment you had to be paying attention or you would simply have lost the opportunity. Read the rest of this entry »

From time to time I hear a song on the radio that gets me to thinking. Recently I heard one by Carrie Underwood where the refrain says, “You are just a fool to believe you can change the world”. She mentions several circumstances where just a little gesture goes a long way. She encourages the listener to not pay attention to those that say you are a fool to think you can change the world. Little things can make a big difference, little things done in love. Read the rest of this entry »

We have neighbors across the street from us that live in really nice houses. They back into a golf course and are easily worth twice as much money as ours. Some of them are for sale and since the market is not friendly for sellers right now one of my neighbors has decided to lease hers for a couple of years hoping the market comes back. She is leasing to a couple that is stepping down from a much larger and even more expensive home. They will only live there for two years as they will be building a new home. To me the house I am in is way more than I ever expected to be living in. The houses across the street are out of my possibilities and a house even bigger and more expensive yet is hard to imagine.  Tonight I had a wonderful meal that some friends provided for us. I feel fat! It just seems like we are fat in so many directions. How can we reconcile our fatness with; too many things, too much to eat, too many sermons, too much activity, to all the need in the world? Something is terribly wrong somehow. I know I don’t deserve all I have anymore than people around the world sleeping on the streets or in meager huts or going to bed hungry or lonely deserve their losses. I don’t understand the discrepancy. Why does God allow that? Why do I???