Wordless Wednesday

 

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Happy Tuesday

Happy Tuesday

 Being shell-shocked by people speaking without thinking.  It sometimes feels hard to find happiness. But my home is my happy place. I will start there.

 Theses little Scripture verses are very important to me. But the Joshua 24:15 "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." is something I read daily because I Mean it when I say I will serve the Lord.

I met a blogger who I have followed but rarely commented at her blog. Not physically but we felt the same way on some things and she told me she would pray for my friends little girls.

Ollie and Edie are Down's Syndrome girls. Due to their DS they can not take the jab. But at school their teacher is very unaccomodating and it is  frustrating for the parents and a nightmare for these girls. One has a heart condition, so she should not be forced into wearing a mask all day long. The little one was born in a different country and she already has speech issues  Plus she is super quiet and becomes very frustrated when the teacher can not understand or hear her with the mask on.  I won't comment on the teacher, but ask for prayer for all three of them.Children should be happy and not forced into demands of the world. Unless you understand that, your treatment of them is not very kind or considerate. These girls should be happy. I was a very happy child, but times were not stressful and I went to a school where the children stuck together in difficulties. We never let anyone fall through the cracks because we were raised better. We did not bully each other and we learned wisely from the way we were raised up. Prayers for these precious girls and their teacher is graciously asked by their parents.

Happiness is a cat who has no worries

I love all the things I have that are in arms reach and I enjoy the solitude of my home when everyone else is working. My greatest frustration is rounding up dogs to come inside when the 90 temps are baking the ground we walk on.

I love reading the weather predictions from the Old Farmers Almanac. They predict a huge blizzard for Colorado in the third week of January 2022. One of the local news channels said it is a big joke. They must live in a hole somewhere because the Farmers Almanac is right on for so many of their predictions. These are the same people who can't prediction the weather properly on any given day. I will trust a farmer any day over a weather person!

And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a caretaker.” So God made a farmer. God said, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board.” So God made a farmer.

 God said, “I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt and watch it die, and dry his eyes and say, ‘Maybe next year.’ I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from a persimmon sprout, shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire, who can make harness out of haywire, feed sacks, and shoe scraps. Who planting time and harvest season will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, painin ’from tractor back, put in another 72 hours.” So God made a farmer.

 God said, “I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-combed pullets, who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the broken leg of a meadow lark.” So God made a farmer.

It had to be somebody who’d plow deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed, and brake, and disk, and plow, and plant, and tie the fleece and strain the milk. Somebody who’d bale a family together with the soft, strong bonds of sharing. Who would laugh, and then sigh, and then reply with smiling eyes, when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what dad does.

 So God made a farmer.

Maxine always has an opinion. This one is true.    

Happiness is home

Happiness is Prayer

Happiness is The Old Farmer's Almanac

Happiness is Farmers

Aw....Mondays

 Aw...Mondays

A small boy who turned two years old. Time flies by so quickly, you can hardly catch your breathe. I enjoy these moments,

 I love God, my phamily and my world I privately live in. I take nothing for granted but know difficult times are in store for us. Kepe those memories tucked away. Yoiu will need them. 

I will forever cherish this small boy with a blue guitar laughing and running and playing and singing "Happy Birthday to Me", I beleive being 2 is the only time you can be selfish and sing to yourself. 

I cherish my loved ones and I am grateful for my upbringing and the fact that Jesus has become the center of my life. I fought him for many years, always thinking life was doable my way. well, it never is. 

I am grateful I had that mother who reminded me that life is hard and I should pray harder.

Grateful a father loved me so much he shared all the good and bad in this world. You can can not hide behind anything or anyone. You have to stand up tall and stand for something. I pray many come together and stand in faith. Times will become hard and many are not prepared. I Pray for the world, for our country and my phamily. Life is hard, I am going to continue to pray harder.

Sometime it is hard to find the words. Other times it feels like the right thing to do. Love is...has made me smile since I was a young girl. I gave these little Love is...notes to my husband everyday for years when we were dating and as newlyweds. We still have them taped to construction paper. The newspapers use to print them in the comics. If you know Kim Casli's life story, you might be surprised or even shocked by it. But she lived her life as she felt best. This sums it up the best:

Sparks

Happy Anniversary in Heaven Mom and Dad

 

Heavenly Happy Anniversary wishes in Heaven. Mom and Dad would have been married 85 years this year on this date.

True love stories never have endings. Richard Bach

I will always miss these two most wonderful people until I see them again on the other side : Heaven.

Feline Friday and Pink Saturday

 

Now if I tried to sleep like this, I would need an ambulance.  My legs would be sound asleep and I would be falling off the couch. HaHaHa....I used another similar photo at my other blog but this one as a better shadow behind him. What a life. just needing food and water and love and attention. A good life. Stop by and say hi to Feline Friday

"When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall. " Proverbs 29:16

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 "For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven whom He raised from the dead, that is, Jesus who rescues us from the wrath to come. "

I can sleep soundly tonight because I know who holds my future. 

 All the sadness in this world just makes me pray harder.  To all those that have lost loved ones, God knows your sorrow and Jesus will hold you close to Him.  I can pray and I can learn about your loved one and what they meant to you. 

Pink SaturdayAll those beautiful souls taken away in all the violence in the Middle East. All those loved ones lost, everyday here and everywhere in our world. Here is a pink butterfly. Perhaps someone will see it and think of their loved one who has gone before them.  I am reminded of my grandmother's words, "God always takes the good ones." Image of the butterfly courtesy of google images

 

 

Scripture: Heed the Warning

 Matthew 24:6-14

New American Standard Bible

6 And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10 And at that time many will [a]fall away, and they will [b]betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will rise up and [c]mislead many people. 12 And because lawlessness is increased, [d]most people’s love will become cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved. 14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole [e]world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 Thankful Thursday

I had the best feline pal in Boots. He was a sweetheart. Now I have Mister Kitty a/k/a Tiger. He has been a real challenge. He knows zero boundaries. He is obnoxious and parks himself wherever he feels like . He is like a cement block trying to move him into his own personal space. But the two of us together are learning. Eight years together and we are learning.

I have a few prayer requests. Loretta in New Mexico lost her precious mom. She had been in an assisted living the past year and of course, we all know what happened where people were not allowed to be with theirt loved ones. Her mom was doing well and then about two weeks ago she had a fall. Please pray for the phamily. They are completely devastated. I am so thankful I can pray and send my love to Loretta and her siblings and other relatives. Yvonne is Loretta's cousin and "Y" and I attended high school together. I am thankful I still keep in contact with her. She lost her dad last year and their phamily has had much sadness. "Y"s mom was getting an awful cough and her dad was a terrific cook. He was teaching Yvonne all his recipes. She made her mom a big batch of green chili. She was happy to report that green chili kicked her mom's  cough's ! Thankful

Pray for Debbie and her daughter Liz. Heading to church this past SONday they were involved in a car accident. Liz has a sprained wrist and they both have shoulder and neck pain.  Pray for George and Betsy. They were also involved in a car accident, Betsy has a broken wrist. These three wonderful ladies are all experiencing pain. Thank you. These ladies and gentleman are amazing folks. I am thankful I know them and I can pray for them. 

Pray for Mimi's loved ones as they lost Uncle P. and much prayer is needed for all those shocked and saddened by his loss. I am so thankful I met Mimi here in blog world. She is such an encourager. 

Every single one of us is a different kind of person. I appreciate you all here. Just never forget we all do think or act alike. That is the beauty of being an individual creation. You are unique, no one else is like you. 

Goodnight and Sweet Dreams.