ann kiemel

sitting in dentist office.

new  crown.

two cavities fixed.  

a contraption of some kind.

distorting my mouth.  my

face.

i am so proud and happy.Jesus has made a way for me to get

my teeth fixed.  dentists must

be extremely wealthy because

it takes so much to get basic,

dental work done.  a mother

always takes care of children

ahead of themselves, so it's

been years since i've had my

teeth checked. i've fled offices,

sobbing, when they've told

me i had to put $1,000 on the

counter before an office

would put a lost crown on a

drilled-down piece of tooth.

living with an obvious hole in my 

mouth for four years has humbled

me.  i'm happy with social

security.  I am!!  BUT...one of you

got a tap on your shoulder from

Jesus,  and you shouted, "YES,

LORD."   yes to anything You ask.

and  ten years since my last

dental check-up, i'm back with

the noise of drills in my ears.

woo-hoooo!  i never thought

going to the dentist would  make

the sky bluer and the afternoon

breeze feel so fresh. 

i want us to be "yes, Lord"

warriors.  whatever Jesus asks.

oh, may my children be the same.

the world cannot be changed

by "no sir!"  people.  we have

to be doers and givers.

today,  ask the Lord

to show you someone with

a need that cries to be filled.

trust Jesus, Who owns all the

cattle on all the hills, to show

you how to get the job done.

no one is more rewarded than

a giver.  and God smiles to see

His army doing the work of the

Kingdom.