Yesterday morning as we were starting our day
Look what greeted us!!!
This is standing in front of the rig looking towards Amazon.
Beautiful and breathtaking!!!
Saturday, June 29, 2013
AYO = Voices of Glory ~ Originally published April 7, 2013
What a fun evening we had last night.
We were blessed with tickets to see AYO at the Hughes Theater.
And here is a little preview to their wonderful music.
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Hope you enjoyed this as much as we did.
Blessings from Today ~ Originally Published April 3, 2013
God's greeting to me this morning.
Sunrise at Branson View Campground.
Beautiful sunrise this morning.
Made me think of the little poem:
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning
Red sky at night, sailors delight.
One of my most favorite things to do is to go out for dinner. I could go out 5 or 6 times a week if the budget allowed but alas it does not. This year my goals are to get healthy, eat out less which means cooking more. I like to cook I just get tired of trying to figure out what to cook. I have recruited Ron into helping plan meals and so yesterday I asked him to get some meat out of the freezer for dinner tonight.
Voila ~ dinner was served.
Okra w/tomatoes, homemade potato salad and grilled pork steaks.
Another thing I have found is that if I dish it up we don't eat seconds or thirds!!
He is Risen ~ Originally Published 3/31/13
Have decided that having blogs on both blogger and wordpress is not working for me so now I am going to be reposting the blogs from wordpress here untilthey are copied over.
Woke this morning to loud thunder/lightening and rain and there was a huge thunder clap and immediately I thought about that Friday afternoon when Jesus said "It is Finished" and the great vale was ripped away.
My mind this morning had thoughts of God ripping the sin from my life and making me new in Him. I am struggling to find the words to express my thoughts but I am filled with thankfulness and awe about what God must have gone through to watch his son die on the cross for me, for you, for all the world. And no words can express the magnitude of feelings welling up inside of me. Feelings of love, abundance love!
I want that love that Jesus has for me to exude out of me to others.
We got up early this morning and headed over to Friendly Baptist Church for their early service and breakfast with Virginia & Bill. We were welcomed by so many. What a blessing that we as believers can love on each other even though we are unknown to each other. God's love is what binds us together.
By the time we left church the skies had turned a light blue with the sun peaking out from behind the clouds. Another new beginning!
I want to close with the words to the hymn "Because He Lives" ~ each time I hear or sing this song I am reminded that I am not alone and that it is because of the sacrifice that God made of giving us his son, to die for us that we can live and have a full and everlasting life.
Because He Lives
God sent his son
They called him Jesus
He came to love
Heal and forgive
He lived and died
To buy my pardon
An empty grave
Is there to prove
My Savior lives
They called him Jesus
He came to love
Heal and forgive
He lived and died
To buy my pardon
An empty grave
Is there to prove
My Savior lives
(Chorus)
Because he lives
I can face tomorrow
Because he lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because he lives
Because he lives
I can face tomorrow
Because he lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because he lives
How sweet to hold
A newborn baby
And feel the pride
And joy he gives
But greater still
The calm assurance
This child can face
Uncertain days
Because he lives
A newborn baby
And feel the pride
And joy he gives
But greater still
The calm assurance
This child can face
Uncertain days
Because he lives
And then one day
I'll cross the river
I'll fight life's final war with pain
And then as death
Gives way to victory
I'll see the lights
Of glory and
I'll know he lives
I'll cross the river
I'll fight life's final war with pain
And then as death
Gives way to victory
I'll see the lights
Of glory and
I'll know he lives
Friday, June 28, 2013
Prompt: NO
Writing Prompt for Today - NO
No
Definition:
NO - adverb
1. (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request)
2. (used to emphasize or introduce a negative statement): Not a single person came to the party, no, not a one.
3.
not in any degree or manner; not at all (used with a comparative): He is no better.
4.
not a (used before an adjective to convey the opposite of the adjective's meaning): His recovery was no small miracle.
adjective
5.
not a (used before a noun to convey the opposite of the noun's meaning): She's no beginner on the ski slopes.
No means a negative.
Opposite of Yes.
When I think of the word NO, I go back in my mind to when we first returned from the Netherlands. Our son, Jamie was four months old when we arrived in the Netherlands. Hubby was stationed at
Camp New Amsterdam, Soest, Netherlands.
When we returned to the US our son was 18 months old. I used "nee" no in Dutch. It was habit, and one of only very few words I can remember :)
Summer of 1979 found us going to San Bernadino for hubby to attend NCO Leadership School. It was a four week course so Jamie and I went to my mom's in San Jose, CA. I used the word nee anytime to tell Jamie no. Now he was almost two so you can imagine how often I would have to tell him nee.
My younger sister kept telling me to speak English to him...I remember Jamie was crawling up on the dining room table and I said "No, Jamie get down.' He promptly sat on the top of the table and giggled. My sister got upset because he would not listen to me. I think I said "no" 3x to him. Finally I said "Jamie, nee, you can't be on the table." He promptly got off and I then laughed. My sister was so frustrated with me, with Jamie, and then both of us were giggling and that made her super mad.
To this day sometimes I will use the word "nee" instead of "no" it just comes out.
Thanks for the prompt, Donna.
Thanks for the wonderful memory of a precious time in our lives with just one little one.
Opposite of Yes.
When I think of the word NO, I go back in my mind to when we first returned from the Netherlands. Our son, Jamie was four months old when we arrived in the Netherlands. Hubby was stationed at
Camp New Amsterdam, Soest, Netherlands.
When we returned to the US our son was 18 months old. I used "nee" no in Dutch. It was habit, and one of only very few words I can remember :)
Summer of 1979 found us going to San Bernadino for hubby to attend NCO Leadership School. It was a four week course so Jamie and I went to my mom's in San Jose, CA. I used the word nee anytime to tell Jamie no. Now he was almost two so you can imagine how often I would have to tell him nee.
My younger sister kept telling me to speak English to him...I remember Jamie was crawling up on the dining room table and I said "No, Jamie get down.' He promptly sat on the top of the table and giggled. My sister got upset because he would not listen to me. I think I said "no" 3x to him. Finally I said "Jamie, nee, you can't be on the table." He promptly got off and I then laughed. My sister was so frustrated with me, with Jamie, and then both of us were giggling and that made her super mad.
To this day sometimes I will use the word "nee" instead of "no" it just comes out.
Thanks for the prompt, Donna.
Thanks for the wonderful memory of a precious time in our lives with just one little one.
#Write4Ten PROMPT: No
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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The prompt today is the word NO. Take ten minutes and write, fact or fiction, real or imagined. Then post your writing or a link to your blog with your writing in the comments below. Thank your for joining in!
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Blah...
,That's all I can say.
Blah.
BLAH.
BLAH!
And I am not sure why???
I have lots I can be doing,
stuff I enjoy doing,
YET I find myself sitting here,
zoning,
mind wandering,
listening to the rain fall,
glance outside and it is gray!!!
I could read; I have many books just waiting to be picked up, a Nook waiting to be turned on.
I could write; I have lots of blog posts running through my head, prompts calling my name, pictures waiting to be uploaded and a story told,
YET here I sit, staring at the computer screen,
nothing really catching my attention.
I could clean the rig, the floor could use a good sweeping,
I could send cards to friends: I have stamps, I like to send cards yet they sit in the basket, waiting.
I could make some phone calls. I know Aunt Erma and Aunt Joan like to hear from me.
Yet, here I sit.
I could figure out what to make for dinner, I could make a dessert,
eat a salad or make a smoothie
Yet here I sit.
BLAH!!!
My eye hurts; it is infected...on eye drops and oral antibiotics, it just hurts.
I want to scratch it but it will only make it worse.
I hate eye infections.
I have had four eye infections in the last year.
Did I say I hate eye infections!!!
Blah.
BLAH
BLAH!!!!
Sunday, June 16, 2013
God Loves Me!
God loves me just the way I am!
"Just as I Am" has been one of my favorite songs since in my early teens,
when I first began to realize that Jesus loves me just for me.
Sometimes I forget and I have to sing these words over and over.
Today has been one of those days.
Reminding myself that Jesus love me, just the way I am.
Just as I Am
Text: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871Music: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868
Tune: WOODWORTH, Meter: LM
1. Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidst me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
2. Just as I am, and waiting not
to rid my soul of one dark blot,
to thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
3. Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt,
fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
4. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
sight, riches, healing of the mind,
yea, all I need in thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
5. Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
6. Just as I am, thy love unknown
hath broken every barrier down;
now, to be thine, yea thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
I recently read a devotion titled "Comparisons Stink"
The scripture ~ Galations 6:3-5
Reminds me to see myself as God has made me, has God sees me.
And I remember telling my boys that
and now I have to remind myself that
and I have a husband who tells me all the time that he loves me and that I am special, though he usually says "spacial"
and then laughs because of some strange or unique thing that is going on with me and then we
God don't make no junk!
He made me in his image!!
God makes good things!!!
I am good, not perfect, but good!!
And good is good!!!
I am good. Just as I am!!!
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