Outside my window... The big event for us this week was the solar eclipse on Monday. We weren't in totality, but it was a grand display of God's marvelous creation and how He has ordered the universe.
Praying for...
Friends in Houston who are going through Hurricane Harvey.
Thankful for...
In-Home Care services. We were able to link my parents up this week for help with meal preparation and freezer meals. So thankful for those with a compassionate heart who reach out to help others.
Noticing the sound of...
Military helicopters earlier in the week flying overhead. They sounded so very close to the house that I would not have been surprised if whatever I heard was about to hit the house. I stepped out onto the back porch and saw them flying by. Thankful for those who serve and protect.
Looking forward to...
Picking up a friend and attending a baby shower tomorrow. What a privilege God has given women to participate in His ongoing procreation of humankind! Miraculous and Awesome!
Learning...
To be grateful for opportunities to serve, whether there be joyous reception and appreciation or irritability, grumbling, and complaining from the one being served. I truly want to serve as though as I am serving Christ himself, to offer a cup of cool water as if to Him. For in that, there is eternal reward.
Pondering...
"You can live with joy even when things make you sad. Christian joy is not about avoiding life while dreaming about heaven. It is about taking an utterly honest look at all earthly life through heaven's lens. There we find real hope. " ~ Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp in Heart of the Matter
Around the house...
A very busy week with doctors' appointments for most of us and shopping for a refrigerator with my parents, but today I did get the house freshened a bit for Sunday.
Brought a smile...
My
91-year-old dad breaking out in song after he purchased a new
refrigerator with lots of freezer space that Mom fell in love with. :-)
In the kitchen...
After looking at new refrigerators, mine sure looks like it needs a good cleaning!
The fruit of my hands...
Gifting a baby quilt that I made to a new mommy. Fun colors for tummy time.
Gifting a baby quilt that I made to a new mommy. Fun colors for tummy time.
Reading...
An article in World Magazine entitled "Anti-Bullying Bait and Switch". If your child's public school has become a "Welcoming School," you might want to check into what that's all about. You can read the article here, or see other articles in World by clicking on the image.
Thinking...
That perversion has become a larger snowball than I ever would have thought possible this side of Gomorrah. Developing into a menacing avalanche.
Image of woman writing ~ Valerie...Charles Dana Gibson 1911
