On the first day of my fiftieth year… my husband’s family began arriving for the funeral and memorial service for his grandmother. It was a bittersweet day as many gathered to honour her — to pay their respects, laugh, cry, look at photographs, reminisce, sift through treasures and memories and to lay to rest a woman who’d spent her whole life toiling for the Lord and for those He brought across her path. At nearly one-hundred years old — twice my age — she had lived a very full, very rich life. However, by many standards, “rich” might not have…
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I’m always amazed (but not surprised) that God works in marvelous ways. Every now and then (and it happens infinitely more often than I’m aware of), God lets us in on His doings — or lets us see His Hand. I suppose were we to stop and really consider it, we’d see His Hand much more often than we do. Well, so last year (I cannot believe this is already 2009!), my husband was impressed that we should read through the Bible in a year and that we would do so with no particular schedule or daily ‘requirement’…
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I thought I’d better just log-in, write something, share a few thoughts or blog an entry in order to dispel any thoughts that I dropped off the face of the earth. Or am still coughing. Or am still sick. Okay, I’m not sick… but am still coughing. It’s December 18th and all through the house every creature is stirring — even a mouse! Little traps are all set with peanut butter and bacon — in hopes that the little creature would soon be achin’ and what to my wandering eye should appear, but more snow, yes, more snow is here! …
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The Thanksgiving preparations are underway at our house… the different breads have been cooked and cubed and are drying in preparation for the dressing in a couple of days. I made cranberry relish (finely chopped cranberries, oranges and sugar) and it’s in the fridge melding. Yep, melding… it’s the key to most all good soups and sauces (and people, too). Next, I have put the bread ‘n butter pickles in the fridge to chill — these are the pickles I made at the end of August… mmm, mmmm, mmm!! I got the freezer jam out of the freezer and…
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So, tell me about you. And thus began a very long conversation. Have you ever asked someone that? I mean asked them and really meant to be asking the question bcz you really wanted to know — and not for information’s sake but for love – that’s all, just for love. Well, that’s how my conversation with my cousin began. Just for love, that’s all. I loathe actions done for anything else. That’s been a character quality that has brought me both great peace and great anguish. Great peace bcz I’m a what-you-see-is-what-you-get person. Great anguish bcz what you…
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So,I forgot that on election night our boys had a soccer (I know, Timothy: futbol!!) game and Sam was playing and in a close and exciting match there was a bit of fancy footwork and an ensuing fall… and he came up with a broken finger. I attempted to call Wes so that he could take Sam to the ER – but Wes was with Hannah at the obedience school for her new dog (yes, that’s another long story!). Well… in the midst of groaning over the very sore hand and the groaning over the election results – Wes returned…
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I always get a little nervous when my husband smiles a certain smile and says he has a fun family activity. On Sunday night we were talking with friends about all the amazing things going on in our nation, in the government, the political climate and in the financial institutions in our nation and around the world — read: end times; and Wes said he thought he might like for our family to try this fun activity. I knew where this was going — not bcz I had seen the covers of different books Wes has recently been reading and…
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My mom sent me this one in the email today: Thought it was too funny… but it’s sort of ironic… since we just got a dog last night and we’ve never asked the second question. 2 questions… 1.) Should I get a dog…? Or. 2.) Should I have children?….
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I’ve been thinking that we need to think on other things… you know… Philippians 4.8: “…whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are good, whatsoever things are of good report, whatsoever things are tasty; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things.” Well, so that’s what I’ve been trying to do today… think on *good things* instead of dwelling in the valley of dimness & despair. It’s cold outside today. Samuel swept the chimney, the boys filled the porch with stacks of wood and there’s a fire in the woodstove. Wood is the source of…