My First Blog Entry! - Pam Stewart

For years I threw pages of my diary into a desk drawer not understanding why I felt so compelled to keep the worn-out paper that chronicled my life.  One day I pulled opened that stuffed drawer and watched hundreds of snippets of my life explode onto the floor in front of me. Should I finally throw them away?  I leaned down to pick up the pile of paper and began to read the journal of days gone by.  "Ok Lord", I thought, "If this accounting of how you worked in my life can glorify You in some way...please give it a name."  I smiled at how bizarre that request seemed to me while jamming the notes back into the drawer.  The phone rang.  It was my dear neighbor, Laurie.  She was going through a horrific divorce.  "Pam, I am calling because I have an important question to ask you.  Why is it that in the middle of all the pain, all I want to do is....dance in the kitchen?  Her question took my breath away.  I understood it completely. Her heart wanted to dance because she was living in victory long before she would ever see one.  "Laurie," I said, "I just have to thank you.  You just named the book I am going to write."

And so it has been for me, through all the years of pain our wonderful Lord has helped keep me focused on the unseen victory.  I keep my eyes on Him while I just keep...dancing in the kitchen. 
Pam Stewart