♥♥The Weather♥♥ Monday -92, cloudy Tuesday -88, mostly cloudy Wednesday -77, storms Thursday-80, partly cloudy Friday-83, cloudy Saturday -85, cloudy Sunday -88, cloudy Sorry that Ida is bringing cooler weather and rain, praying it will not bring more devasta-
tion in Tennessee, and on through the mountains to us, here. But it has been so hot, this
change is welcome. Oh, I wish it would usher in fall temperatures!
♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥
I am happy to be starting a new week.. hopefully
I will feel a bit of autumn in the air this week!
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥ Coffee, fruited yogurt.
♥♥On my reading pile♥♥ I hope to spend more time on my reading now! Lord, I want to Know You, by Kay Arthur, is our study in Sunday school.
♥♥On the menu this week♥♥ Monday- leftover bbq from Mission BBQ, veg. salad Tuesday- roast chicken with roasted veggies Wednesday - sliced beef steak salad Thursday- stir veggies and pork with wild rice Friday- dinner out
♥♥From the camera♥
I love this collage from a year ago... it shows some late summer photos from
2020 with my dear family. But I love the photo of Wee One seeing big sister
off to first grade. This year they were both off to school Wee One in Kindergarten
and Big Sis off to second grade. Both of them will be in French Immersion school.
In other words every word spoken in class will be French.
♥Looking Around the house ❤️
Things just need a general pick up and perhaps a swiffer mop. I plan to do a little redo
in the dining room this week.
♥♥What am I listening to♥♥ I am listening to the soundtrack to Brave Heart on the Bear McCreary station on Pandora.
Bear McCreary is the composer for the series Outlander.
♥♥Something I want to share♥♥
One of the vlogs I love is Faith and Flour posted by a lovely Christian housewife who
shares her tips for keeping the household for her family. She shared this recipe this week!
Confetti Chicken Casserole
Transform chicken, kale and corn into a delicious chicken casserole that comes together quickly if
I like this recipe because it looks easy, and uses fresh unprocessed foods which follows the
Skinnytaste diet I am trying to follow. I found it is the current Woman’s World periodical at the
grocer last week. A great free app on your phone at skinnytaste.org will give scads of recipes using
unprocessed foods. This diet is approved by many health orgs. for losing a good amount of
weight.
♥♥Devotional, inspirational, prayer list or Bible verse♥♥
I was listening to pastor Allen Jackson lately and he is really in touch with what is happening in the spirit realm which heavily influences what is hap- pening on earth. I highly recommend if you do not follow him, to listen to his very timely teaching. I just love his very pertinent teaching. No not the country singer..
Lately, as we consider the demise of our nation, the eradication of statues, and history, the voting debacle, the attack on families, churches, Christians, and the Constitution, we realize just how concerted the enemy has been over the decades to bring us to this point. This is not something that just came upon us, but has been brewing for decades. I believe it really began in the early 20th century with some in- nocuous moves of various liberal presidents. These things were packaged to look innocent, but really were setting a foundation for future actions that
systematically eroded cultural mores to bring us to where we are today.
Unfortunately, as the erosion took place, the church was silent, ( the 60's with prayer out of school, and abortion)and the church continues to stick her head in the sand and allow the entities that are to push their ungodly agenda on the nation. God has a solution, but it all begins with the church. Christians need to seek God's face, and learn to know His will for them. When I began doing this I could hear the Holy Spirit tell me to
starta prayer ministry in our small church. I was faithful, an obedient
servant to do this to the best of my ability starting in June. We started
with 5 faithful pray-ers. This week we had 7 pray-ers.. which is signifi-
cant as our church only has about 35 attending members. I praise God
for His faithfulness and look forward to what He will do with our small
group!. Pray that you might be a faithful and obedient servant and
willingly attend to what the lord is speaking into your Spirit!.
New: The call for prayer apparently doesn't last very long. Granted one person who had been meeting with was is out of town and another went back to school. But we were just the two of us this morning. even though we have never experienced anything like what is going on now, the
prayer warriors are few between. I don't know what to do to get people
to come out to pray! I only leave that in His hands. But is is very discon-
certing!!
Prayer: Crisis in Afghanistan and the Middle East, influx of illegals into our
nation,crisis in Haiti, and everywhere that persecution is taking place... Our government leaders to seek God, and for the fear of the Lord to
spread among all people. For healing of the sick, salvation of the lost, deliverance for the hurting, Personal: situations, Prodigal children to return to their roots and be spiritually healed, Churches to arise, against ungodly moves of govern-
mentto infringe on godly practices... protect our children from the un-
godly teachings and protect them from ungodly people who wish them
harm for their own purposes. Pray for organizations that are doing good in the communities, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Straight Street, Street Ransome, Salvation Army, Rescue Missions, etc!
Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here. 1) In this song, Garth Brooks tells us he wore boots to a black-tie affair. When did you most recently get dressed up? What did you wear? Not such a fun reason to dress up, but I got dressed up to attend my Aunt's funeral. We dressed at home and drove 90 minutes to Winston Salem, on a very hot day, so I when I saw a gauzy bohemian skirt and top in the new Coldwater Creek catalogue I new it would be just the thing. It was a Celebration of life actually so I had time to order and receive it .
Love this skirt... this is a reasonable facsimile of the top!
It was dressy, but comfortable for traveling!
2) The lyrics refer to The Oasis, which was a real bar in Concordia, Kansas. What's the name of the last bar or restaurant where you ordered a beverage? (Yes, Dunkin' counts.) About a week ago we met friends at the deli and I had a Havarti Chicken sandwich and half and half iced tea!
3) Garth was having a stellar 2021. He kicked the year off by performing "Amazing Grace" at President Biden's inauguration in January, and then over the summer he received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor. Now that we're past the halfway mark, how's your year going? Well, the best thing going right now is that I am back on my eating less and losing way of living.That makes me happy and encourages me to keep going!
4) But earlier this month, Garth cancelled the remaining August and September dates of his big concert tour. He's provided refunds for the 350,000 tickets that were sold. How do you tend to react when plans change? Are you easily annoyed, or do you roll with it? Oh, I always roll with it. When I was much younger changed plans were heart breaking. I had two major trips cancelled at the last minute.. One to Alcupolco, and one to Prince Edward Island. Neither of them were ever realized! But I've learned to roll with the punches now!
5) Before he sang about having friends in low places, Garth hung around in some. When he was as a struggling performer, he supported himself as a bouncer. What's the most physically taxing job you've ever had?It would have to be when I was about 14 and spending a couple week with my grandparents on their farm. Grandpa had me in the corn field hoeing every day, from 8 til noon, then lunch and from 1 to 4.. there were corn fields everywhere and it was the most daunting heavy duty work I have ever done. I got paid 10.00 a t the end of 2 weeks. That was in 1964 . I need spent it., but opened my bank account with it!
6) According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), Garth surpassed The Beatles as the top-selling recording artist of the last 30 years. Who do you listen to more often: Garth or the Beatles? Neither, I like easy jazz, or golden oldies of the early 70's best.
7) Garth and singer Trisha Yearwood have been happily married for 15 years now. Trisha says that as much as she loves her husband, his whistling drives her crazy. Come clean: what's your most annoying habit? My husband couldn't think of one or didn't want to tell me!
8) In 1990, when this song was a hit, Soviet President Gorbachev traveled first to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Mulroney and then to Washington DC to meet President Bush. Do you have any travel plans? We want to hear about them, even if you aren't meeting any politicians or heads of state. Our family with our daughter's had planned a trip to Ireland to explore the western regions. It was planned for last summer but, of course, we didn't get to go because of covid. We are now looking at going next year, but who knows? We had our lodging, our rental car, our flights all ordered and ideas for what we would do in each of the 4 areas where we planned to stay. We were planning the activities we hoped to experience in each of the 4 areas in which we stayed. One of my favorite was to attend an afternoon tea party with the girls here!Ashford Castle has an awesome golf course on the grounds where the guys would be spending their afternoon!
9) Random question: Your dear friend spends weeks planning a party. After just 30 minutes, you find yourself having a terrible time. Would you leave at the earliest (polite) opportunity? Or would you stay till the bitter end out of loyalty? I would probably leave early. I am not into the large parties especially where a lot of alcohol is planned. I much more enjoy small gathering with special friends!
We started out the week going to church where we had the most wonderful sermon and program. Our fill pastor played the organ to open the morning, then during his sermon he sang a wonderful song he had written which so beautifully demonstrated his topic on how we are to worship our precious Lord and Savior! We then, as a church, enjoyed wonderful fellowship on the mountain at a delicious ice cream social. It was a birthday celebration for our fill pastor to to let him know how very much he has been appreciated. He finishes his call this week then he will continue his teaching at Liberty University!
This week has been rather dull after the last two weeks when we enjoyed the visit of our daughter and grands!! Lynn and I knew on Monday that the prayer meeting would be slightly attended, but, alas, it was just the two of us. But we had so much to pray for, Afghanistan, our nation, Haiti, the flood in Tennessee, and our church that following this Sunday will have no pastor! it is enough to almost lose hope when you string it all together, but God is still in control, and our faith and trust is in Him! So we persevere in our calling and do our best.
On Wednesday, we attended our Bible study on Joel. Joel lays out a scenario that is almost exactly what we as a nation are enduring, at this time, which is concerning because Joel is about national judgement that comes on nations that have turned their back on God. We can look to the book of Amos to see just how His judgment was called out on Israel. Joel is written to unspecified nations who refuse to repent. It is difficult to even get the church to repent in these days. Oh, we say we are sorry, and ask for God's forgiveness but the problem is we do not turn to God and stay focused on our turn.. therefore IIChronicles 7:14 is not working! The church in America has become too worldly in many aspects. To many people live like they believe that gender issues are this generations manner of showing love, that much of God's Word is obsolete, and must be understood in the worldly way we see in our culture. We have lost sight of the truth that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. His truths are immutable. We have been given chances to turn to Him, but stiff necked people only respond to severe repercussions. A reading of the book of Joel will reveal His judgment... We are almost at the point of Preparing to Meet our God!!! Dear Lord, have mercy and withhold your judgment., help your people and the nation to see the error of their thinking and come back to you and your truth!
Many pastors are understanding the above situation. I see James Robinson on the floor wailing to God for the sake of His people.. He is preparing the church... I really enjoy Pastor Allen Jackson, not the country singer, who is sermonizing several times a week since 2020 to prepare his people and all who tune in to prepare for what is coming.. prepare their heart, build up the faith, share the gospel, be strong in the Lord, Study the Word, and so much more... I really love this clip of him teaching how we much we need to get the name and word of God out into the world so people can see God in action... only 7 minutes long and he is very entertaining. please watch.. it is so needed in the world today!!!!
Tonight we will go to Intercessors for America.. a local prayer group.. only one of its kind in our city where about 10 people come together to pray for major situations in our nation and world. I highly recommend that if you are a person of prayer that you would look up and see if your community has IFA prayer meetings /
Once you are inside the site, you can scroll about to find a map of places where people are praying and you can click in to dive right into your section of the map to your city and neighborhood. Also, you can see the prayer concerns about which people are praying... these change daily as this site is very up to date on what is transpiring in our nation! If you are a prayer warrior a daily search of this site would be a very welcome thing .. we need to stay focused on what is happening and joining with God in the battle for His will to be done!
1. Is school back in session where you live? Is everyone in person or does your system still offer a virtual option? Are kids wearing masks? Teachers were back last week. Students start tomorrow. Masks and distancing are required!
2. Something you still do 'old school'? I am a pretty much old school gal. I do not learn the new angle ways easily!
So it is sort of hard to think of anything in particular. I was just heating up some French fries in the oven and as I was reading the directions on the back I remembered yet again, 'Gee, I wish we had an air fryer!" But it is hard to get hubs to buy new gadgets. I know everyone raves about air fryers. I think Im going to just have to get on Amazon and do the deed!!
3. One lesson you've learned in the 'school of life'? Keep my opinion to myself. Either no one is interested or it can really start a ruckus!. If my opinion is Biblical, then I know I must live it instead of just think it!
4. When you were in school did you pack a lunch or buy a lunch? Your favorite thing to see on the lunch menu or inside your lunchbox back in the day? I packed on most days, except on Vegetable soup day, and beef stew day. I detested taking egg salad sandwiches.. yucky after waiting around in the locker all day!
I liked bologna sandwiches. The thought of one now, yuck!
5. August is National Family Fun Month. Tell me something fun you’ve done this month. We had scads of fun while the kids were here. We played miniature golf and I actually got a hole in one and basically parred every other hole! Not bad for an arthritic old lady! We stopped at the soft serve food truck at the strip mall parking lot! It is always a fun house there! We went on Mill Mountain to enjoy the view! and we watched Pollyanna with the girls and ate pop corn! Very fun indeed! Oh, yes, and we baked our items and had a royal tea party! Designing our hats was half the fun!
After the cleanup!
6. Insert your own random thought here.This morning I went to get my allergy shot then rushed on to Bible Study. We are doing a study of the Minor Prophets because they refer to exactly what is happening in the world today! The correlations are astounding!!! And if the church doesn't get with God's program,, repent and actually return to Him and do His will, the US is in for more than anything we've seen so far! Churches need to really study and apply the Minor prophets, especially Amos and Joel. Amos has already taken place, Joel is for us!
♥♥The Weather♥♥ Monday -91, cloudy Tuesday -95, sunny Wednesday -93, cloudy Thursday-95, cloudy Friday-93, cloudy Saturday -95, cloudy Sunday -91, cloudy Not much of a week to brag about. Cloudy and hot... glad I'm not doing so much tis week!!
♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥ Now that the house is empty and quiet, just the two of us again, time seems to stand still compared to the rushing clock that sped our lovely visit past ways so quickly!!! Lynn and I got up this morning and prepared for our trek to church where we hold Monday prayer every week. We knew no one would come, but there was just too much happening in our world we just had to be in church praying for Afghanistan,Haiti,Tennessee, schools starting up, and just so much evil infiltrating every arena of life! ♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥ Coffee, fruited yogurt.
♥♥On my reading pile♥♥ I hope to spend more time on my reading now! Lord, I want to Know You, by Kay Arthur, in Sunday school, also, I am reading Wendell Berry’s book Hannah Coulter and really love it!
♥♥On the menu this week♥♥ Monday- leftover baked spaghetti and salad! Tuesday- steamed shrimp ands cole slaw Wednesday - breakfast for dinner Thursday- stir fried chicken and veggies Friday- Baked cod, and Mac and cheese, cole slaw ♥♥From the camera♥
Ice cream social held yesterday at Rockledge, the magnificent home of dear friends from church. This wonderful home is perched over our great
city just below Mill Mountain Star!
And below are a couple of photos from our fantastic tea party for the girls! We've been doing this every year since they graduated from their plastic
tea set!
♥♥Looking Around the House!♥♥
Everything is quiet and still...
♥♥What am I listening to♥♥ I love Terry Macalmon radio on Pandora. He is one of favorite Christian music performers!
♥♥Something I want to share♥♥
♥♥Devotional, inspirational, prayer list or Bible verse♥♥
I was listening to pastor Allen Jackson lately and he is really in touch with what is happening in the spirit realm which heavily influences what is hap- pening on earth. I highly recommend if you do not follow him, to listen to his very timely teaching. I just love his very pertinent teaching. No not the country singer..
Lately, as we consider the demise of our nation, the eradication of statues, and history, the voting debacle, the attack on families, churches, Christians, and the Constitution, we realize just how concerted the enemy has been over the decades to bring us to this point. This is not something that just came upon us, but has been brewing for decades. I believe it really began in the early 20th century with some in- nocuous moves of various liberal presidents. These things were packaged to look innocent, but really were setting a foundation for future actions that
systematically eroded cultural mores to bring us to where we are today.
Unfortunately, as the erosion took place, the church was silent, ( the 60's with prayer out of school, and abortion)and the church continues to stick her head in the sand and allow the entities that are to push their ungodly agenda on the nation. God has a solution, but it all begins with the church. Christians need to seek God's face, and learn to know His will for them. When I began doing this I could hear the Holy Spirit tell me to
starta prayer ministry in our small church. I was faithful, an obedient
servant to do this to the best of my ability starting in June. We started
with 5 faithful pray-ers. This week we had 7 pray-ers.. which is signifi-
cant as our church only has about 35 attending members. I praise God
for His faithfulness and look forward to what He will do with our small
group!. Pray that you might be a faithful and obedient servant and
willingly attend to what the lord is speaking into your Spirit!.
New: The call for prayer apparently doesn't last very long. Granted one person who had been meeting with was is out of town and another went back to school. But we were just the two of us this morning. even though we have never experienced anything like what is going on now, the
prayer warriors are few between. I don't know what to do to get people
to come out to pray! I only leave that in His hands. But is is very discon-
certing!!
Prayer: Crisis in Afghanistan and the Middle East, influx of illegals into our
nation,crisis in Haiti, and everywhere that persecution is taking place... Our government leaders to seek God, and for the fear of the Lord to
spread among all people. For healing of the sick, salvation of the lost, deliverance for the hurting, Personal: situations, Prodigal children to return to their roots and be spiritually healed, Churches to arise, against ungodly moves of govern-
mentto infringe on godly practices... protect our children from the un-
godly teachings and protect them from ungodly people who wish them
harm for their own purposes. Pray for organizations that are doing good in the communities, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Straight Street, Street Ransome, Salvation Army, Rescue Missions, etc!
this is the design but the bag is a large shoulder bag!
