He makes all things beautiful

The other day as I was returning from work, I made a stop at a shop. I had a couple of options on which way to take home but because I was in a hurry, I wanted to know the fastest way home. I decided to consult Google Maps on my phone. Do note that I have had positive experiences with Google Maps in the past, so I was open to go with its suggestion. To my greatest surprise though, it showed my fastest way home was through “Allen Avenue”. The first thought that came to my mind was 'My Google Maps is broken'. You wouldn’t blame me! Google Maps had never suggested Allen Avenue to me before at that time of the day and anyway, everyone knows that Allen Avenue traffic could be crazy during rush hour. I re-entered the destination, made sure the traffic update was on and it still suggested going through “Allen Avenue”.😱😱 As I sat in the car, debating what to do and which route to take since obviously my Google Maps was faulty, I heard clearly in my spirit, “ *This is how pe

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.   2  He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. John 15: 1 - 2 This past weekend I finally did my closet clean-out that I had put off for a while. I needed to go through my wardrobe to get rid of some old items and make some space in the closet. This is something I do periodically; well I plan to do periodically is more accurate expression, but things don’t always go as planned 😊 . The process while not fun, after all it is still a chore, is usually an interesting. Interesting because of all sorts of ‘finds’ like empty perfume bottles that are reminders of past happy moments; that scarf which was presumed missing; the dress still hoping to be worn one day even though it has been 3 years; long forgotten items that are just happy to come out of the closet even for a min. As I was looking through and making the ‘all-important’