If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.Romans 10:9 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.John 3:16
Thought I'd share some photographs I've taken recently. Hope you enjoy.
This was a fun puzzle to work
This was a favorite one
Hubby and I watched our favorite Christmas movie
Beautiful sunset on Sunday evening on our way to church. I was driving so I stopped in the middle of the road to be able to take this. Thankfully no one was behind us
Our church lit up for our Christmas Candlelight Carol Sing
Some of our Christmas decorations this year
Love our little fiberoptic tree
Usually Lucy won't look at me for a picture, but she let me take several of her this night.
My mother-in-law makes the best pasta salad
My daughter took this picture. Colton got a leopard gecko for Christmas, so we bought him this t-shirt.
A group of us cousins got together today for lunch at Bob Evans. We had so much fun. I realized we are getting so old. We range in age from 50 something to 85. That was a little shocking! No matter the age I love these people and we always have a good time together.
I just finished this puzzle tonight before I started writing this post.
I try on most Thursdays to make a post of things I am thankful for. I believe it’s important to be intentional about giving thanks to the Lord, because He is worthy. So, here are a few of the things I’m thinking about and giving praise to God for.
Music - I love many different kinds of music and I’m so thankful for the joy it brings to me and that we can use music to honor and praise Him.
Laughter - I love to laugh and I love to hear others laugh. A good belly laugh can sure add a lot of joy to my day.
Bible Study - Our fall Bible Study started Tuesday. It was so good seeing all these ladies again and having some new ones join us too. We’re studying Luke using this study by Lisa Harper.
Skies - I love beautiful sun rises and sunsets. I love night skies and day skies. I love seeing all the beautiful skies that God gives us. I don’t know how anyone can look up at the sky and then believe there is no God.
Family and Friends - I am so grateful for my immediate family and my extended family, my church family, my friends and my blogging friends. I feel so blessed having all these in my life.
So, what’s something you are thankful for today? I’d love to know. Thanks for visiting here.
I hope all of you are doing well. I wasn't feeling very good when I woke this morning, but I'm feeling much better now and I'm ready to get some things accomplished on this fine day.
It's really pretty out right now with sunshine and blue skies and it's currently 68 degrees here. However, that's supposed to change around 1:00 and it looks like we may be getting some more rain and thunder and lightening. It seems we have been having lots of rain lately; but, I must say, the grass is really green and beautiful.
When we were leaving the house this morning, hubby saw a bird peeking out from our bird house. As soon as I tried to get a picture it flew away. It came back and then flew away again and still no picture. Hopefully I'll get it soon. Also I put out our hummingbird feeders and so far I've seen 2 hummingbirds. But alas, no picture of them either. Man, I love watching those things!
On Friday, I met 2 of my cousins at a church in Middletown for a concert of Appalachian Blue Grass Music. It was fun and we enjoyed it. After that we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel and it was just so nice to be together and talk about everything under the sun.
Saturday night around 9:50 one of the Starlink Satellites was supposed to pass over in our area. The sky was fairly clear, but I never did see it. They are supposed to pass by a couple more times this week but they won't be as bright. But if the skies are halfway clear, I'll probably be out there looking. I have seen one before, but I wasn't prepared and didn't have my camera with me. They are really cool to see. It's like a string of lights in the sky and they only stay in sight for a very short time.
Sunday was nice. We had 2 really good services. Sunday morning hubby preached on God's Answer to Temptation. Make sure your exit signs are still lit. 1Corinthians 10:13 says "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." Below is the pre-recorded sermon.
Well, that's about it for today. I hope you all have a really good day.
Good morning on this lovely Friday. Well, actually, it's not that lovely outside, but it is good to be awake and feeling good for another day on this planet. I don't know what we're going to do today, but I'm sure we'll get into something. So far, we slept in and I've done some reading. Fixed myself some breakfast and for Lucy too and now it's time to do some blogging. Here are a few photos from my week and some sky shots for SkyWatch Friday.
Another photo of Lucy with my new phone camera. She is so happy when there's a blanket piled up in a chair that she can lay on.
I wanted to see how my phone camera would do with a moon shot at night. I definitely need to learn how to do a night shot. But I still like this picture.
Sunrise the next morning
And the moon was still up after the sunrise.
Lucy and I took an afternoon walk and this flag was so pretty blowing in the wind with the bright blue skies behind it.
Here's a closer look at the flag. I so love the American Flag.
You can link up with SkyWatch Friday here. Hope you all have a great day.
**Another anniversary - 34 years together with my husband. I feel God blessed me so much by giving me this man. I think hubby would say the same about me. Thank you God for letting us meet each other and love each other. Again, what a blessing.
**Scripture - I am enjoying reading the 4 Gospels along with Annie F, Downs. In January we read from the NIV version and this month we are reading from the ESV version. I'm noticing things that I don't remember seeing before. I just want to know more about Jesus and where better to learn than in the Gospels.
**Ruth Series of Unexpected Grace in our Sunday morning sermons at Church. Ruth is such a short book, but it is stuffed full of good stuff.
**Reading - I have read about 11 books so far this year and I'm currently reading another good one and I have several in the wings waiting.
**Crocheting - I'm really liking crocheting again and I am so thankful for the ladies that started a group and invited me too. First of all, I'm loving getting to know them. I'm so thankful for new friends.
**Journaling/Coloring Bible - I am still enjoying this so much. This is the one I'm currently working on. I am so thankful for the grace of Jesus and I can't imagine surviving in this world without His grace.
**New Garage Door Opener - Our old opener was having problems. It only worked intermittently. Hubby called a company we have used once before. The guy came out Monday and several options were give and hubby decided we'd be better to get a new one. We've had this one for a long time and trying to fix it would have cost almost as much as just putting in a new one. You don't realize how much you use something until it isn't working any more. So thankful to have it working again and it's much quieter too.
**Revival - I'm so thankful for the revival at Asbury and the outpouring of the Spirit. It's so encouraging and I hope lives will be changed for everyone there and then that they will testify and share to all they know and that the Spirit will change many more lives through them.
That is all for today and I hope you have a great day and thanks for visiting!
Hello on this beautiful Monday. Blue skies and beautiful clouds and it's 55 degrees outside. And to me, this is perfect weather.
Met my 2 sisters this morning and went to pick up some groceries and stuff and then my younger sister picked up lunch from Frisch's Big Boy before she went back home. I then dropped my other sister off at home and I picked up a couple sandwiches at a local shop for hubby and I and I'm back at church working on this post. This week seems to be starting out at a racer's pace. lol
We've been having some trouble with our garage door opener for about a week and a half. Last night we had to lower the door manually, so hubby called a company we've used before and they will be out this afternoon between 4:00-6:00 to check it out and see if it can be repaired or does it need to be replaced. Either is fine with me as long as we can get it working soon. We prefer entering the house through the garage because our Lucy is a runner and will take off if given half a chance. Coming through the front door could be a problem.
Our Sunday was a really good day. We had church and hubby preached Sermon #7 on Ruth and Unexpected Grace. I'll post it below in case anyone has been following along. After church we picked up some chicken for lunch and watched part 2 of a documentary on an earthquake at Mt. Everest in 2015, while we ate lunch. After that we both took a nice nap and then Lucy and I took a walk around the neighborhood. It was so nice out but really windy. After that we went to church for Bible Study and then home for the evening and relaxed and watched some TV and I did a little crocheting.
Not a great picture, but if you look closely you can see Lucy laying a pile of blankets on the recliner.
Saturday was our 34th Anniversary so we went out to lunch at Texas Roadhouse and I had an absolutely delicious Dallas Filet, baked potato and house salad. About the best that I've had in quite awhile. I sure do love this man! Below is our wedding day and below that is a selfie at the restaurant.
On Thursday hubby and I took my sister and her husband to the hospital for a procedure he needed to have done. The hospital is 30-40 minutes away. We dropped then off and then we went for some lunch and then came back and sat in the parking lot waiting. It took a 4-5 hours, but we didn't mind. We had stuff to read and I took some crochet and we both love to people watch. On the way to lunch we passed the cemetery where my grandparents are buried. It has been a long time since I've stopped there. We did this day and here is a picture of their tombstone. These are my dad's parents.
Here are a couple of photos of the sky that I've taken in the last 2 weeks. I love sunrises and sunsets and beautiful clouds. Here are a few random shots I've taken with my phone when out walking with the dog. I'm also linking up with SkyWatch Friday.
And last but not least is the dog, Lucy. I know I already posted this picture, but it's because of her mostly that I get out to take the other photos.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a great day!
I am so thankful for all Christ has done for me. He is always good, all the time. He is always faithful, even if I'm not.
I've been talking with my sister a lot this week and we struggle with some of the same things in our faith. It is so helpful to be able to talk with someone who truly understands. The older we get, the more I appreciate her.
We had our second crochet get-to-gather yesterday. So much fun. I'm enjoying the crochet, but I'm really enjoying getting to know these ladies. They are so sweet and they love the Lord and we have just been having so much fun. I needed some friends closer to my age. I guess we all can use more friends.
Today started out rather gray and rainy, but then the rain stopped and the skies turned blue with big white clouds and it warmed up and is beautiful!
I'm thankful for spaghetti too. That's what I'm fixing right now in the middle of this post, for our dinner. Hope you all have had a good day. You can link up here if you'd like to.
