Five Minute Friday on Saturday

This week's prompt:  inspire

What inspires me?  Watching someone run after God inspires me. I love to see someone who tries to serve others and tries to offer grace and love and kindness. All the things Jesus did. It makes me want to do more for Jesus. In other words, someone who lives for Jesus makes me want to live for Him and encourages me when things get hard. And things do get hard. That is something we can count on.

My desire is to inspire someone else to turn to Jesus and pursue this wonderful life of salvation. I want when people look at me that they don't see me, but they see Jesus. I believe Jesus in me is who can inspire others to seek Him.

Thank you for visiting and reading my post. If you would like to participate in FMF, just click here.

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

This morning I am so thankful for the grace of God.  That is what I am thinking on.  I've listened to this song a couple of times this morning too.  No there is nothing wrong (except our fridge died, but there's a miracle in that too which I'll share soon).  I am fine.  Just thinking on and thankful for the grace of God. Thought I would share it with you.  I'm sharing this video from YouTube.




Cathy

Wednesday Hodgepodge

It's Wednesday, so it must be time for the Hodgepodge.  Click on the button to visit Joyce and join in with all the fun.

1. We've reached edition number 315 here in the Wednesday Hodgepodge. So tell us, what were you doing at 3:15 yesterday? I think I was in the grocery store picking up a couple of items.  Is that typical?  No. Typically I'm at work.   On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being low and 10 being high) what's your energy level usually like at 3:15 PM? It all depends on what the day at work has been like.  But I'm usually more than ready to be getting off at 4:00pm.  

2. A frisbee, a tantrum, a towel, a party, a punch, or a curveball...which have you most recently thrown or had thrown at/for you? Elaborate.
A party...we had a get-together of our Bible Study group last night.  There was food and lots of catching up (as we take the summer off from Bible Study).  Food and talking and great friends sounds like a party to me.  Here's the group that came last night.  Several were missing, but we still had a great time.

3. What are three things that would help you right now. Tell us how or why.
Courage, motivation and strength..We need to do some remodeling at our house.  We need a new roof and new floors and new paint on the walls.  I get a little nervous just thinking about all that and the decisions that have to be made.

4. Do you think you're strong? Why or why not? What makes you strong?
I've never really thought so, but I survived cancer.  So maybe I'm stronger than I thought.  Or maybe it wasn't me, but the Lord in me that made me strong.  

5. Do you enjoy reading historical fiction? What's your favorite book set sometime in the past?
Yes, I do.  Any of them written by Lori Wick.

6. Insert your own random thought here.
Surely you didn't think I'd leave here without posting a picture of my grandson.  Gigi and Colton video chatting.

Hope you have a great day!

Cathy

Five Minute Friday and Friday Foto Friends

Five Minute Friday is where we are given a prompt and you write for five minutes on your blog and then go here to link up.  Why not join us this week?

FMF Prompt:  Collect


Go:

Thinking about the word collect and what comes to mind first is collecting memories.  I'm trying to collect memories.  In the last 2 1/2 years I've lost my oldest brother, my mom and my dad, along with several aunts and uncles.  Then with me having cancer last year and my younger sister having a stroke that has left her in an assisted living facility, it makes me want to collect lots of memories with the family and friends still here on earth.  The memories of my brother and parents help make it bearable that they are gone (just barely), plus knowing I will see them again helps alot.  We're being intentional to spend more time with my husband's parents and with other family, because no one knows just how much time we have left.

So while collecting things was something I did a lot in the past, now I am much more interested in collecting memories and new friends and new experiences.  I want to live life to the fullest each day.

Stop!

What do you think of when you see the word collect?

Come join in with Friday Foto Friends.  Just post some pictures from your week and tell us about them.  You can go here to link up and then see what some other bloggers week looked like.

Here are 3 of my favorites from this week that have not already shown up on my blog (at least I don't think they have.)  Of course, you know there always has to be a picture or two of my grandson.

That little Colton can flat move!

Here he is looking at me like "Come on Gigi, I want some more pudding."

We saw this plane swooping all over the place.  Turned out he's a crop-duster.  There was a helicopter doing it too, but unfortunately I didn't get a photo of that.

 Cathy

Thankful Thursday

Click the button above to visit Rebecca Jo's blog to join in with us.

Here is what I am thankful for this week:

1.  Time with Colton and Kerri.  Tracy and I drove up, along with his parents to visit.  We had such a wonderful time.  Colton was on his best behavior, smiling the whole time.  We went to lunch and did a little shopping for Colton.  It was great being with hubby's parents too.  All in all it was one of my most favorite days recently.

This is one of the little shirts we bought him that day.

 2.  I'm thankful for our dog.  She just brings so much laughter and love to our house.  No matter what or how my day may go, she is excited to see me when I come home.  I love that unconditional love.  That is something I want to get better at.

I do believe she needs a haircut.  

 3.  Flowers from a friend's garden.  Aren't they beautiful.  They sure do brighten up my white office.

4.  I'm thankful for learning about podcasts and how easy they are to get to.  I mean I knew about podcasts, cause hubby downloads them and listens to them in the van.  I just didn't know how easy they are to get to on my phone.  Now I'm listening to them at work and talk about making the day go faster.  I understand that there are thousands of podcasts available.  Now I need to go find some more.

My favorite so far is this one with Annie Downs and Sadie Robertson

This is my list this week.  What are you thankful for?

Cathy