Abundantly Satisfied...

Here it is Wednesday night already...this week is flying by...

Just like that Great Blue Heron, whose wings you may see spread out way over on the other side of the Still Waters Pond...He flew so fast I had a hard time getting a picture:

But when he finally landed, I was able to zoom in on him and get a closer look:

He stretched out his neck as if to say..."Well, if you must take my picture, at least let me stand up tall so you can see me better!"

Something else that is flying around in our back yard is this "lovely" rooster sitting on top of the weathervane... (if you can call a black iron rooster lovely, that is! LOL! At least he doesn't crow every morning and wake us up at the crack of dawn!)

 The weathervane was actually an anniversary gift that we bought (with gift money) for our Golden Wedding anniversary last August. (Hence the gold decorative balls on the post).  Our intention was to perch it atop a cupola on the top of our new shed. (see the Pinterest picture below to get the idea.) ⇓

Cupola w/weathervane, Pinterest picture

However, after pricing the cost of a cupola we decided that will have to wait awhile, maybe until our son can find some time to build us one some day. So in the meantime, the rooster weathervane has been patiently waiting to be set up somewhere...and finally this past week we decided to put it on the deck where we can see it and can watch which way the wind is blowing out by the pond.  It makes for a good conversation piece if nothing else!

On another note, Valentine's Day and my hubby's birthday is coming and we will be having some company for lunch actually two days in a row...tomorrow some dear friends from our previous home neighborhood (and our home Bible Study we had there) are coming and actually bringing the food!  We are really looking forward to seeing them.

And then on Friday my sister and her hubby (from the Orlando area) and my brother and his wife (from Charlotte, NC) are coming for lunch...and we will celebrate my hubby's birthday and also my sister in law's birthday is coming up next week so we will celebrate her birthday too. So this will be another very special day. We don't get to all be together very often! We are thankful to still be able to do this since we lost our oldest brother to leukemia last year. These times together are very precious.

These tulips were so pretty at the store today, so I just had to bring them home to decorate the table.

And we've finally been trying to start doing some "landscaping" in the front yard. This is just a small start, with some pretty flowering plants to bring some color to a very dry and drab looking yard.

It will take some time to get things green and pretty as this home never had any kind of landscaping or flowers before.  Seems like that was what I had to do at our last home too, and then I left it all there. So now we are starting over again little by little.

But when I really want to see something pretty, I just look out the back door in the evenings and see this gorgeous sunset, and then I remember why we bought this house in the first place!

We give thanks to the Lord for providing this lovely dwelling place for us. Yes, there is always work to do to maintain a home and help make it attractive.  But the most important thing is to always remember to honor and praise God for how He has blessed us...and to use this home for His glory.

Psalm 36:5-9

"Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;

Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Your righteousness is like the great mountains;

Your judgments are a great deep;

O Lord; You preserve man and beast.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,

And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

For with You is the fountain of life'

In Your light we see light."

(The full moon this past week)

I hope that you are having a blessed week. I know some have had difficulties with too much snow or rain and possible flooding. Others are grieving the loss of a dear loved one or are battling illness or caring for those who are ill. May the Lord give you peace and comfort and strength for whatever issues you may be facing each and every day. And may we each put our trust "under the shadow of God's wings...and be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of God's house..."

Amen.