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| “If you keep on doing what you have been doing,
you’ll keep on getting what you have been getting.”
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Thank God we can still say that to each other!
In our local post office the other day, they were playing Christian Christmas carols and I thanked the postmaster for playing the carols. He looked surprised and then smiled as he realized that I meant Thanks for daring to glorify the Christ of Christmas in a day when some have been intimidated and are only saying Happy Holidays to each other!!
So again I say,
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
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| It's been awhile! If you want to know what I have been doing this summer, read the entries from summer of 2007 and maybe 2006 and if there were entries from the 20 years before that, they would all basically be the same!
The grackles of my last post are gone because I don't keep food in my bird feeders in the summertime. I do have six hummingbird feeders up. Check out my daughter Zonya's website at http://www.xanga.com/lazonya75. She took pictures when they were here in June.
One of my goals for this winter is to learn to use the camera I inherited from my hubby when he bought a new one. Maybe I can get some pictures on here then.
See, the reason I don't post is because I don't really have anything to boast--I mean, post.
For weeks now the only time I leave home is to go to church twice on Sunday, to prayer meeting every other Wednesday night and to market on Saturday. Other wise I am busy here. For now I do not mind. It's a way to keep my sanity in the middle of my busy schedule. It also is a way to save gas which is quite something at this time. When I don't go away, I don't spend money....er....at least, that is how it used to be. Now, I can simply punch some buttons and presto, I can spend more money than my husband can shake a stick at...er....I mean, make! Sure glad he trusts me. Seriously, though, it is way too easy these days to spend money without leaving home!
I don't really know why I started this except I was tired of knowing the same old thing was there for anyone who happened by. I don't see how this is much better.
Something worthwhile to think about: Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
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| My DH got me a BB gun (Mother's Day????). (Check out http://www.xanga.com/joytobealive). The grackles that come to our bird feeder chase away the nice birds. The Rose Breasted Grosbeak showed up ONE time and decided there are too many grackles around and he never came back. Last year, for some reason, the grackles did not come to our feeders but the Rose Breasteds did. One day there were 8 males out there. Anyway, I so wanted to get rid of those pesky old grackles so I asked Albert if he would get me a BB gun. He did. This morning the house sparrows were dominating the feeder and I asked him if I can shoot a sparrow. His reply, "You may if you can!" Now tell me, what do you call that?
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| Every year at Christmas time I think back to the year we read the "Reader's Digest" story about "The Gift of Little Boy Blue". It is in the December, 1987 issue. For some reason that story struck a chord in my heart that never completely went away. Some time later "Reader's Digest" had a note saying that because of that article, authorities were able to discover more about Little Boy Blue that was found in Chester, Nebraska. This Christmas again I began to think of Little Boy Blue and did a Google Search simply by entering "Little Boy Blue of Nebraska". You can do the same and get the whole story. I was saddened to find that the little boy's father, who had been a suspect in the case, committed suicide in February of 2007. Sad because he lived a life of sin and running and was never able to find the peace he needed. I am challenged as I reflect on the whole story. There are many hurting people among us. What am I doing about it? Could we be making a difference in the lives of those people by simply showing them we care about them? I think it has to be something that happens deep within us by the power of God and not something we try to put on or manufacture. What am I going to do about it? | | |
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