thank you Jesus!

 

first time voter

Our grandson Jake is a first-time voter.

I am so proud of him.

Today is Election Day in the USA.

Please go out and vote if you haven't already.

It is extremely important.

 

finding good in the dark

 When the long days of summer are finally over,

When darkness comes before supper,

When sleep patterns are rearranged,

When hunger comes at odd times...

It must be Daylight Savings time again.

When God says "Be anxious for nothing,"

When we are commanded to "Take every thought captive,"

When God declared "Nighttime good,"

When I pray and ask Him to help me "Rejoice in all things."

I tuck in and try to find good in darkness.

Here goes...

I eat supper a little earlier to get through before it gets pitch dark.

I close all my window coverings and pretend it's still light outside.

I clean the kitchen and tidy the house.

I go through my nightly get-ready-for-bed routine.

I settle in my chair with a good book

I might watch a movie or look at a house renovation show.

Then I get in bed and read until I fall asleep.

I go to bed early with no guilt and sleep most of the darkness away.

When I wake up it's starting to get light again.

God, thank You, for the moon and stars that light up the winter sky.

You made the night for relaxation and rest.

You watch over us during the night.

You never slumber or sleep.

We earth dwellers will acclimate to the time-change.

We'll be fine in a couple of days.

🌃

 

every leaf is a flower

Loving this Fall.🍂

God is so good all the time.

He holds us in the palm of His hand.

He will never leave us or forsake us.

He is sovereign over all things.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And do not lean on your own understanding."

 

first place

Our Harry placed first at his cross-country meet in Macon on Saturday.

His time of 15:51 was his personal best.

We are so proud of his achievement this year.

He came to Grammy's house for dinner after he got home from the race.

I made his favorite broccoli-chicken casserole,

a big, steaming pot of my green onion-infused rice,

and I served up apple pie a-la-mode.

We celebrated with him over dinner.

I gave him one of my favorite bottles of IBC Root Beer.

He drank it with his dinner.

This boy lives and breathes running.

He subscribes to several running magazines and he loves running shoes.

He works hard at Chick-fil-A so that he can update quite frequently.

I love these teenage grandkids.

They are all so interesting,

💗

 

pray and vote

Yesterday was a busy errand day.

Grocery store,

Pharmacy,

Panera, 

Gas station.

On top of all that, I decided to go vote.

It was painless.

I walked right in.

registered,

was escorted to a voting station.

Got my ballot secured and tucked away,

and was gone in 10 minutes.

I was so glad I stopped by and got it done.

I've prayed all day that my vote went to the right people.

It is such a privilege to live in a free country.

What a blessing that "We the People" get to choose who governs us.

My prayer every day for our country is that God will be merciful to us,

and that His Will will be done in this land where we live.

God knows what's going on,

He is working out His plan.

He is sovereign.

We can trust Him.

These verses...

"First of all, then, 

I urge that entreaties and prayers,

 petitions and thanksgivings,

be made on behalf of all men. 

For kings and all who are in authority, 

in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life

 in all godliness and dignity.

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

who desires all men to come to the knowledge of the truth."

1 Timothy 2:1-4

 

a "broken" heart bagel

Yesterday morning I woke to one of my "seeing hearts" bagels.

I am always surprised by them.

Hearts are everywhere.

Do you ever see hearts?

Anyway,

Breakfast is good.

Coffee gets me going.

I put sugar in my coffee.

😉

Notice the green depression era glass sugar bowl.

It belonged to my Grandmother Hodie.

I chose it to come to my kitchen many years ago.

It's one of those things that makes me happy.

After I finished eating and started to clean up,

I dropped the lid and it broke into three pieces.

It shattered and there was no way to fix it.

I was "brokenhearted."

I went into all four stages of grief quickly and then dealt with my tears.

When I accepted that it was ruined,

I started thinking of how I could make this situation better.

My Hodie was a problem-solver too.

I came to my computer,

went to eBay,
 and typed in green depression glass sugar bowl lid.

It took a while.

I found a set...

sugar bowl and cream server,

no one had just a lid.

I bought it and it is on the way to my kitchen.

The lid won't be Hodie's, but the sugar container is authentic.

She would be so proud of me.