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Tuesday - partly cloudy, 82/55
Wednesday -partly cloudy, 75/52
Thursday -partly cloudy, 83/58
Friday - partly cloudy, 83/53
Saturday-rain, 86/64
♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
The sun is shining brightly, and the dew drops are glistening! Lovely!
♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
As I work on this post, I am watching the most amazing YouTube video featuring Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson discussing AI. Scary business!
♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I am wondering if I really want a Facebook acct, but, also, just wondering about all google entities. 😞
♥♥How am I feeling ♥♥
My allergies have been giving me fits. Still are!
♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Coffee and fruited yogurt!
♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
I am considering making a breakfast for supper.. I am hungry for biscuits and gravy ; in our area so many good restaurants have closed and other places have stopped using real ingredients to create food. We are finding, for example , places that used to make real sausage gravy from scratch like grandma used to make, are getting premade items to warm up that are in my opinion, horrible. No more chance of getting biscuits / gravy out anymore.
♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
Black leggings and a deep russet colored tunic.
♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥
Chapters from Numbers Psalm Isaiah Hebrews
Also, Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
♥♥On my TV this week ♥♥
Youtube channels, for example , Location, Location, Location, Escape to the Country, Meadow Afternoon, and The Food Network, and HGTV. Also, hubs and I enjoy watching the old Dick Van Dyke program before bedtime!
♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥
I spend much of my quiet time in the den… reading, painting, studying the birds that come to the feeder outside my window, enjoying my coffee with a snack, our watching tv. Truly, my cosy corner does need a pick up. Things kept at arms length need to be sorted and re -stored in their proper places.
- Do my exercises
- therapy class
- Plant my bedding plants
- pick up any areas of the house that need it
- allergy shot
- Bible Study
- daily Bible reading
- Prayer group
♥ ♥ From the camera ♥ ♥
I did a bit of investigation into my google photos and saw that by this time the spring plantings were well under way by now !
To say we are a bit behind is , well, Bah!!
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2–4 (NRSV)
In John 16:33 Jesus made a promise to His followers: “Here on this earth, you will have many trials and sorrows” (NLT). I can understand that, since this world is opposed to Jesus and all He stands for. But I’ve always had a hard time understanding how I’m supposed to count those trials and sorrows as joy. I do want my faith to become “mature and complete,” but still—joy? Then I heard a story from a friend that changed my perspective on trials.One spring Mike’s neighbor gave him some duck eggs and explained how to incubate them. Mike watched the eggs carefully; he couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw the baby ducks trying to break their way out. When he noticed that some were struggling, he helped them by breaking off parts of the eggshell. Sadly, those baby ducks died. His neighbor later told him the babies needed that initial struggle to help them gain strength. So despite trying to help, Mike had actually killed some of the baby ducks.
Just as those baby ducks needed the struggle to grow physically stronger, we need trials in our lives to help our faith grow stronger. There is no shortcut to spiritual maturity. To get there, we have to travel a road of trials, difficulties, and sorrows. But we can persevere because of the second half of John 16:33. The One who travels with us declares, “But take heart, because I have overcome the world” (NLT).
Faith Step: Think about your hardest struggle. Thank Jesus that He will use it to strengthen your faith.
Hey! I am crazy behind on my gardening as well, maybe we will have a longer season haha. I love biscuits and gravy for dinner. Have a beautiful week!
ReplyDeleteBiscuits and gravy are possibly my favorite food ever. I agree that its hard to eat out anymore, AND that AI is so scary! I'm sure that's an interesting video to watch! I haven't had a facebook account in some time, and each time I try to make one it fails me and I end up deleting it! I think you will love Screwtape Letters, my husband references that book in his sermons from time to time, he read it in school and it impacted him a lot! I also love that devotion, we have had similar experiences incubating baby chicks :( heartbreaking, but all is a learning experience. I hope you have a beautiful week, and I so enjoyed reading your post!
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