It has been a tough month. Cheryl has had bronchitis, I have had some  kind of head cold for two months now, and the grand baby has had a persistent cough that no one seems to know what the cause is much less how to get rid of it. The weather has been hard for travel to and from work. School has been very difficult and nerve wracking. But you know what? It will be alright. The only way that we are going to get through this, just as we have gotten through other difficult times, is by declaring a total dependence upon God. God tests us occasionally to see if we will remain faithful. He never promised smooth sailing, just a safe place to land. Indeed, with all that is going on, I know that we will come through intact and stronger for doing so. It is not the situations that we find ourselves in that get us down and weaken us. It is how we react to those situations. We must continually and unceasingly continue to “LOOK UP”.

Enough said for now. I will be back for a more relevant post Sunday afternoon.

Until then, God Bless,

Lonnie Richardson