Bird's Eye View

We're often encouraged to think big, or to not limit our dreams. Aim for the sky! But sometimes we think too big. I walk pass the homeless beggar by the bus stop and think to myself that I'm gonna work hard now so that someday I can build a facility where people like him can rest for a while and have a warm meal. I think of getting my church on board, and having big name sponsors. Great, grand wonderful plans they are, but all the while I have not considering that I have a pack of salt bread in my grocery bag that I could hand to him right now. I was reading the beginning of Luke (from my Jameikan Nyuu Testiment, on my way to reading it through from cover to cover. I know...I have a loooong way to go). Luuk 2:20 says: "Di shepad dem go bak tu dem shiip a priez Gad fi all we dem ier an si, kaaz evriting dem did si an ier a jos laik oy di ienjel did tel dem." What struck me, or didn't I should say, was that the Shepherds went back to their sheep. That&#

My plan was to take the whole family to Jamaica in July 2020. It was a sure thing. We’d miss Christmas 2019 in Jamaica so that we could save some more to celebrate love with our friends plus have a real vacation, south coast and all. God had other plans. My 2019 miracle was being in Jamaica for Christmas (my last Christmas there was 2015!). But then there was Corona…which God knew would happen. Now any plans for traveling in July are up in the air. My July 2020 plans were not God’s plans. But He was gracious enough to let me see my family in advance. My plan was to have a family. I didn’t have a number in mind, but it wasn’t just two children. I ask myself; how does anyone know when their family is complete? I’m not sure. I knew I wanted children. Judah came along. He was awesome, and I knew I wasn’t done. I was ready for more of that awesomeness, and he would do well with a sibling. In came Ez, 2 years later. But when it was time to bless Ezra with a sibling, seems God had anoth