U + God = :-)
It was Saturday evening and I was sitting in the bathtub soaking my aching bones feeling sorry for myself. In October of last year, I developed pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a week. Two days after I got home, my Father fell ill and I went to take care of him on and off for three months, until his passing in January. Once again following the funeral, I was back in the hospital for another week with pneumonia and following that I came down with shingles. For the past month, I feel like I constantly have the flu and my joints are stiff and aching. I am so ready to get back to life as normal with an abundance of energy but for some reason it is not happening that way. Not realizing it, in my mind I was having a real pity party for myself when all of the sudden I looked out the window and saw in the sky a U that a plane had written…I watched as I tried to play hang man and guess what it was going to say but I was far from the phrase…the skywriter wrote U + GOD =J. Immediately my spirits were lifted and it took away my worries. I was gleaming with happiness with the reminder that God is always with us. After a few minutes the smoke began to fade and I thought how often our faith fades with everything going on in our lives these days. I was so thankful for the skywriter, it only takes a little bit to turn your thoughts back to what is important, God loves us. Whenever I am having one of my moments of why do I feel so bad, I think of U + God =J.
There are so many different ways we can make a difference in this world and my thanks go out to Jerry Stevens the Palm Beach Skywriter.
Here is an excerpt that I took from an article about Jerry Stevens…I think it says it all.
Stevens, however, is just a Roman Catholic skywriter who says he frequently heads toward the heavens to spread a positive message. He understands why he makes some people nervous, but he believes he is doing God’s work.
“People are scared. They know something’s bad is in the wind,” Stevens said. “But the important thing to do is to think about God. I’m just reminding people that God does love them. If America doesn’t wake up and turn to God, we won’t see the blessings that we’ve seen in the past.”
He said while some people may be alarmed when they see his message, which can be visible up to 35 miles away, others will be uplifted.
“You can’t imagine what it’s like when you’re feeling low, wondering if God is listening to your prayers,” he said. “And then you walk out of your house and up above in big letters right over you, there’s ‘God Loves You.’”
http://www.turntojesus.net/ContactTheSkywriter/contacttheskywriter.html
Many blessings,
Melissa
http://www.livelifeblessed.com