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Life Is A Rollercoaster

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by Pam

Those words were in a prayer I read yesterday in the devotional, ‘Our Daily Bread’. Amazing, the difference a day can make. One person gets a diagnosis, another is expecting a baby, the weather always changes, and our lives are up and down, again. At the end of King Solomon’s life he writes the Ecclesiastes and ends Chapter 12 with, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. Because God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil”. I think it is nice to be caught doing the right thing. We fear being found out on those other days and God sees all. He has created a world and a rhythm. There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven. In Chapter 3 King Solomon, very poetically lists them as opposites.

A time to – give birth, and a time to die; plant and uproot. Kill and heal; tear down and build up. Weep and laugh; mourn and dance. Throw stones and gather stones; embrace and shun embracing. Search and give up as lost; keep and throw away. Tear apart and sew together; be silent and speak. Love and hate; war and peace. We like one list more than the other but the rain falls on the just and the unjust so just do our best? A rollercoaster is a thrill ride that comes to an end. Our ride is over when we meet Jesus and Heaven will be surprising. I doubt that eternal life is such a bumpy ride. “He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken”, Isaiah 25:8.

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Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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