Romans 6:6-7, “Our old life died with Christ on the cross so that our sinful selves would have no power over us and we would not be slaves to sin.”

FREEDOM!

Yesterday our poor little 6 month old black lab was spayed.....that crazy head cuff seems to us to be a torture instrument. I suppose we all will endure the 10 or more days that she has to have it on but OMGoodness do we feel sorry for her!

Tim is attending a mini show Saturday in Newark but this year I will stay home and take care of our little girl, Chauncy!

Be blessed and enjoy this wonderful, beautiful Indian Summer weather here in Ohio :)

Happy Birthday Dukey!

You possess (get this!) every spiritual blessing possible. Ephesians 1:3 promises that “in Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.” This is the gift offered to the lowliest sinner on earth. Who could make such an offer but God? John 1:16 says, “From him we all received one gift after another.”

Romans 11:33 asks, have you ever come upon anything quite like this extravagant love of God, this deep, deep, wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do? Anyone who’s done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice? 

Everything comes from him. Everything comes through him. Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes, yes, and yes!

From In the Grip of Grace

Psalm 103:12 says, He has “taken our sins away from us as far as the east is from the west.”

Hard to believe isn't it? But our doubts in ourself have nothing to do with God's plan for us in Him.

Yesterday was Grandparents' Day at STS Peter and Paul. It was a breakfast at 7:30 am so we were on the road by 6 (it is a long drive). I am so thankful that Pooh and I get to spend time with the grandchildren! It is always  filled with food and songs and laughter.

I love my family!

This morning we went up to the cemetery  to freshen up Jamey's gravesite with fresh flowers and gourds....tomorrow is his birthday! I want everyone to know that he is not forgotten but I am so thankful that there is not where he resides. The Apostle Paul said that to be absent from the body is to be present with God....and Jesus told the sinner who accepted Him as he was dying on the cross of God's salvation that that very day he would be present with Him in heaven. 

What a loving God we serve.

Be blessed.

Matthew 10:32, “All those who stand before others and say they believe in me, I will say before my Father in heaven that they belong to me.”

We belong to Him and through Him we belong to God...what  hope we have in Jesus!

Have a blessed day :)

Faith in His grace and power to save even the likes of me :)

Romans 3:24-25 says, “All need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ. God gave him as a way to forgive sin through faith in the blood of Jesus.”

Oh what a glorious God we serve :)

Have a blessed day!

Hebrews 10:14 explains, “With one sacrifice he made perfect forever those who are being made holy.”

 God does what we cannot do, so we can be what we dare not dream…perfect before him. He canceled our debt. He took away that record with its rules and nailed it to the cross. 

It was and is an unspeakable gift of grace!

From In the Grip of Grace ~Max Lucado

Yesterday I messed around in Photoshop and did a type self portrait cool beans!

Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he’s a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.”

Tim loves Mondays'....he gets to bowl in the Senior League (me too) and in the evening he gets to watch WWE wrestling. I do believe that he knows it is just a show but you wouldn't know it from the conversation he carries on with himself? or maybe it is for my benefit to which I give that cursory nod of understanding :)

Yesterday in between bowling and wrestling we went up the hill to my parents house and played a game of cards. My Daddy feels about playing cards the same way that Tim feels about wrestling! Neither are my favorite things to do BUT it makes my Dad so happy that I try to work in a game every once in a while just because I love him...the same thing I do with Timmy and wrestling just because I love him!

I am going to enjoy a day of peaceful quiet!

Be blessed :)

There is hope :)

Philippians 1:6 says, “God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again.”

Be blessed!

Keep this ever present in my mind and in my heart!

We aren’t good enough to judge. Can the sick mock the ill? Can the blind judge the deaf? Can the sinner condemn the sinner? No. Only One can judge…it is God.

From In the Grip of Grace ~Max Lucado

I Have enough to worry about judging my own actions!

I now remember that hand stitching is not for the faint of heart....OMGoodness I have been stitching a little sampler 7 1/2" square this week...it is not as easy as I remember it as a child.

Be Blessed :)

Judge your actions and let God judge others

 Paul said in Romans 2:1, “If you think you can judge others” here is a stern reminder for you, “God judges those who do wrong things, and we know that his judging is right.”

Paul argues in Romans 3:12, “There is no one who does anything good.”

“For he was looking forward to the city with foundation, whose architect and builder is God.” Hebrews 11:10

I am taking a class on making personal memory videos.....maybe I will figure out how to use iMovie. I tape my classes with a video camcorder and premiere pro but the camcorder is on a tripod and focused on my painting skills it does not move and it is hooked up to electricity and my mic....a totally different experience

They say (whoever they are) that you should strive to learn something new daily...pretty soon I will be a genius :)

Be blessed and enjoy this day that the Lord has given you!

Go out and show God's love to a dying world!

“We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to devote ourselves to the good deeds for which God has designed us!” (Ephesians 2:10).

Be blessed!

There is God's way and then there is the world's way....Choose God's!

Romans 1:21, “Their foolish minds were filled with darkness.”

The Commandments were not given to us so that we could pick and choose those we agree with........they were given to save us from ourselves

Esteem others above yourself. Speak only the truth. Stay far away from immorality. Let your actions show your faith. Actively seek peaceful solutions to common problems.

Be blessed and abide in Him :)

Paul said in Romans 1:18, “God is against all the evil and wrong things people do.”

Only in His mercy and and in His grace are we allowed to live!

Timmy 's test yesterday at the oncologist came back so very, very good.

We are feeling blessed right now :)

Micah 6:8
Be fair to everyone. Forgive easily and freely not expecting anything in return. Walk humbly with your Father God for every little thing that you are comes from Him. 

Treat yourself and others with respect!

Only by His grace does man live!

Do not confuse the wrath of God with the wrath of man. The two have little in common. We get ticked off because we’ve been overlooked, neglected, or cheated.  It’s the anger of man. God does not get angry because He doesn’t get his way. He gets angry because disobedience always results in self-destruction.

What kind of father sits by and watches his child hurt himself? What kind of God would do the same? Do we think he giggles at adultery? Or snickers at murder? Does he shake his head and say, “Humans will be humans?” God is rightfully angry. Our sins are an affront to his holiness.

 Habakkuk 1:13 says, his eyes are “too good to look at evil; he cannot stand to see those who do wrong.” God is angry at the evil that ruins his children. He cannot be indifferent that his creation is destroyed and his holy will trodden underfoot.

From In the Grip of Grace

We are changed precept by precept into the image of Jesus!

“What matters is not your outer appearance–the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes– but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.” 1 Peter 3:3-4

The weekend is over and all 6 of the grand babies are safely home to their mommy's and daddy's...Pooh and I are recuperating and trying to settle into the silence once again.

Be blessed and  enjoy the fruits of your labor this Labor Day!