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~ Trust God At All Times ~

Trust GOD at all times!
JESUS is LORD!

When you write, you sometimes surprise yourself. I started this entry a few days ago. I had intended to write about text messages on my phone. The two bolded lines above exactly as they are displayed is actually my signature for text messages.

It has been interesting to have it as my signature. It is so much a part of my life, I forget it is attached to every text I send. Some folks don't realize at first that it is a signature.

Just recently, I sent a Happy Birthday text to my grandson who is around ten. It just had the words "Happy Birthday" followed by my signature. He responded, "Thank you and will."

It took a second for me to realize the "and will" part. I tell you, this granny's heart was blessed when I realized my grandson was responding to my signature. Then he send another text, "JESUS is LORD" and it filled my heart with joy.

He should have remembered it was my signature. He did figure it out when I texted him a birthday message in 2020. Sadly, looking back, I have only texted him on two occasions: his birthday in 2020 when he got his first phone and this year. I don't like communicating via text messages but maybe I need to put forth an effort to do so since that is the way kids tend to talk, eh?

As I mentioned in my first paragraph, there are other things about my signature I had intended to write about but when I came back to this entry and saw my signature displayed here, my own signature blessed me.

I am feeling sad today because of some drama between me and my middle daughter. I have used an apartment at the back of her house as a place to sleep when I work. My home is too far away and my little RV is getting pretty run down. I have not driven in back and forth since my daughter bought this house about a year and a half ago. I have simply used this apartment between shifts.

I have never called this my home. I have never "moved in". I have a box spring and mattress that I sleep on and a table and chair I use when writing with my laptop. I set my schedule up so that I go home every other week so I split my time between here and my house.

Even though this apartment is attached to her house, because I take care of COVID patients, I don't get to spend time with her and her family. The only one I get to see and interact with is their dog, Daphne. She is an Airedale terrier—and I will dearly miss her.

Why will I miss her, you ask? Because my daughter is making me "move out".

We haven't been fighting or anything. In fact, there has been very little interaction between her and I since her in-laws moved in with her in October 2020. We simply disagreed on how much I should pay her.

We had initially agreed to end this arrangement the end of March but she changed her mind and decided she wants me to move out now. So that is what I am doing. Tonight is my last night here. When I finish writing this, I will load up the last of my things and leave.

I was ready to do that when I opened this entry to write my story about my signature and what did I see? The message at the top of the page:

Trust GOD at all times!
JESUS is LORD!

My signature often serves as a reminder to me in the midst of the trials of life. It did that again today as I read those words. I ended up with a different story than the one I planned but it is a good message for me and so very timely. Jesus is Lord no matter what circumstances I find myself in and I can always trust God—so can you.

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Written for "I Write: Enter the Second Decade"