Lost Vivofit

by Kay Heitsch

Every morning when I get up, I put my Vivofit (pedometer) on my ankle. I've done this for many years. I don't usually look at it during the day unless I change my clothes.

Yesterday, we did our usual Saturday routine, shopping then going out to eat. We had shopped at a couple of stores, walking all around. When I got home I changed my clothes and my Vivofit was not on my ankle. Yikes!

I ran out, and I looked in the SUV, and it was not on the floor. I looked in the garage and all around the house. Nope, it wasn't anywhere around here.

I changed clothes again and got in the SUV. I said a prayer, asking the Lord to help me find it. I wasn't going to stop at Kroger because I didn't think I had lost it there, but I did. I was almost sure it fell off at the restaurant.

I think Bill was surprised when I walked in the back door with the Vivofit in my hand after only being gone a few minutes. Some good person had turned my Vivofit in at the service desk in Kroger.

Today's Bible verse says, "Discover for yourself that the LORD is kind. How blessed is the person who trusts in Him!" Psalm 34:8

I did discover for myself how kind the LORD is. I prayed and trusted in Him, and He blessed me and helped me find my Vivofit.

How Long Will You Live?

by Kay Heitsch

My friend Ann loved to take online quizzes that would estimate how long you would live by your healthy lifestyle. Every time she took a quiz, she would ask me to take it too. After taking several of these, she estimated we would live to be over 100.

I always laughed and told Ann I certainly wasn't eating and exercising to live a long time. I was only doing it to feel good every day.

We never know how long we are going to live. We can take quizzes, and they will estimate with the information you put in how long you will live, but that's it.

Yesterday was my friend Ann's birthday. Even though she lived a healthy lifestyle and thought she would live to be over 100, she died a few years ago.

I'm delighted Ann did live a healthy lifestyle and enjoyed every day of her life. It's important to eat healthily and exercise. Both of these help us enjoy life to the fullest, but they won't guarantee you'll live to be 100.

We don't know how long we will live. Enjoy your life now.

You Don't Believe That, Do You?

by Kay Heitsch.

Many years ago, I was in a conversation with a guy who was from a different country than I was. His culture was different, and so was his religion.

At Christmas time, I gave his little daughter a musical snow globe with the nativity scene. Anand questioned me about what the figures in this globe meant to me. I explained the birth of God the Son, Jesus, to him. Anand looked at me like I had lost my mind and gasped, "You don't believe that, do you?" I assured him that I certainly did.

A long time passed, I hadn't seen Anand in a while when he stopped over. Much to my surprise, he informed me that he had been working in Israel and bought a gift. Anand told me he walked the Via Dolorosa and had prayed for me at each stop. He handed me the gift bag.

When I took the tissue paper out, a little nativity scene made out of olive wood was in the bag.

Today, this story came back to my mind as I thought about the Via Dolorosa and the stops of Jesus.

I'll never forget Anand's words. "You don't believe that, do you?" The answer is still the same. "Yes, I most certainly do!"