Spritual Visits and the Lillie Tree (Sunday, April 29, 2007)

Time spent with God this morning giving thanks and asking for guidance was rewarded with assurances from Him that He has my destiny in hand. I only need listen, hear, and heed. I do, I did, I will. He took me to visit Mama this morning and sat with me in the sun with her and my coffee. We talked, she smiled on me and sent me on my way, for the day.

The afternoon I placed a tribute to Lillie, my sister in a spot in my backyard. It is a beautiful, strong little dogwood that will grow through summer and winter, flowering in the spring, just as she did in life. God even gave me the spot. Not long ago a man showed up at my door. He introduced himself as Bubba Reed, a buyer and seller of antiques. The odd part was he told me that he was my ex-neighbor's father. But that ex-neighbor's father died last year. He gave me a card, 5 bucks, and hauled off the decrepit old bird bath from the corner of the fenced area of my backyard. The spot was bare. I looked out back for a place to put the dogwood, and the spot beckoned...here.