Friday's Fave Five

Welcome to FFF hosted by Susanne!

1. Spring is definitely in the air and it  is  greatly received by this country  gal..!

One of the main things we are noticing is that    our church  which has been open for a few months now,  is finally seeing some families come back. Praise God.

We  had been hosting about  10-15   faithful folks every week.  But the last couple of weeks we are seeing  more like 25-30.   Now our flock is on the small side anyway,  about  60 on roll.    Our pastor has worked so hard during this  pandemic to   keep the thrust of the  Spirit moving and  people encouraged.  Services can be heard on youtube!  Our prayers are being  answered in seeing our old friends  coming back in person... Thank you, Father!     

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  Hubs has been taking advantage of this season  to get  a job done that has been on the back burner for literally years... Painting the  laundry area of our 85 year old home.  The walls had never been painted. .. there was a  crummy homemade  shelving unit we had packed with  items  we thought we needed  30 years ago when we moved here,  but we  went through it all and   purged  over  half of it and then tore out those  horrid shelves and  bought new metal ones  to begin  sorting through other  things we had stored in the basement and really tidy up the space..  Now the  area has been freshly painted ,  new exciting storage units,  the   old  concrete double tub    by the  washing machine   had been looking pretty bad for some time so we  replaced it with    a nice new  tub and even worked on the  water  pressure issue we had been having. The windows now look amazing ..  I will share  a photo of the whole  thing once it is complete.  Today he is down stairs busting up the old sink so we can get it out of there.  That means another trip to the transfer station.  Well,  he came up and told me it was finished  before I finished editting!  

  3.  While he was working down stairs I have been doing a bit of sprucing up upstairs..

Our St.Patrick's table  really    makes me happy...  it was good to trade in some spring colors  for the red  that we had since  December through Valentine's Day and beyond. 

Our trip to Ireland inspired me  in this table design.  I kept thinking of the gorgeous stags we saw  in Phoenix Park outside of Dublin!

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The mantel  was the next  area I  worked on.  I   went a bit more minimal here.. using spring  flowers  surrounded by angels.  I collected these  lovely angels years ago and  often forget to use them in decor,  but   they certainly do herald in springtime  with their  glorious singing and   gladsome tidings!

1	“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
	“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”   Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—     “Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
2	Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
3	Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!                  One of my all-time favorites! 5. My granddaughters, age 5 and 7,  have been enjoying their dad reading to them the Narnia Series by  CS Lewis. I had read   The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe years ago, but never the whole series and they  inspired me to read the series, too.  At the  same time as the Sprit would have it our pastor  has been doing a Sunday night study of Lewis.  I read many of his  theological books years ago in the early days of my faith..  Now I  must round up  those books, ( I think my daughter has them)   and  reread  them, especially Mere Christianity!  Now the girls are on the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  and only have two books to go. I am way behind.  But I  do want to read them, because  there are many wonderful  faith  discussions to be had with  those girls the  next we are together...