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Sunday, September 27, 2020

"He Has Made Me Glad"

Well, it has certainly been a whirlwind week of celebrating me becoming a "septuagenarian".  I had to actually look that word up and get the spelling correct. I've never been a "septuagenarian" before. Maybe some of you are already there and have more experience in this department. It's all new to me! LOL.


But I've had a great week of celebrating with friends and family, and I just praise God for so many blessings I can't count them all!
Here's a smattering of pictures from the past week. Some you may have already seen on Facebook.

Flowers from my kids, and then this lovely centerpiece container to put flowers in for on the table:

Friends from our former home came to spend the day and celebrate with me on Saturday:


I actually blew out the candles...of course there were only two candles, but they represent 70 years!
Took a BIG breath...and I was being very careful not to "spit" on the cake.


On Friday I went out to breakfast with my honey:


These pancakes were LOADED with blueberries, and SO Good!!
I can't believe I ate the whole thing!


A new bloom on the Rose of Sharon bush in the Memorial Garden for my "heavenly Birthday gift" from my son in heaven...


Our kids were here Friday night to celebrate with me too:
(after we went out to eat at a nearby restaurant, "Hog Wild Country Cafe". I had ribs!)


L to R: Sherrie (the sister to our daughter in law Rose, visiting from MN.), Rose, Benton and Scott:


This wasn't my birthday, but one day last week it was actually cool enough to wear my flannel shirt while taking our walk.  That didn't last long...we are back to summer weather again, but hopefully not for too much longer. I was celebrating the first day of autumn here:


And here below is our sermon for today from I  Peter 3:1-12, and our praise team singing
"He Has Made Me Glad"....won't you sing along...it will definitely make you "glad".


"I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

He has made me glad, He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad, He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad"

Interestingly, all week long it seems our morning devotional readings have been about age, growing older, life in general...these passages in particular seemed to be speaking to me directly:

Psalm 90:10-14
10.  The days of our lives are seventy years;
and if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11.  Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12.  So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13.  Return, O Lord! How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.
14. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days!"

Kind of goes along with the song we sang today:

He has made me glad, He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad, He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad"


Yes, friends, I am very glad and thankful to have reached 70 years and be in relatively good health and feeling pretty good for someone of such a "great age". Truly I have been well blessed and am extremely thankful.  And I am thankful for each of you as well. I haven't been around to visit this weekend as I have been kind of busy "celebrating", but I hope to get caught up with you all next week. Thank you for so many who have sent me happy birthday greetings here or on Facebook. What a joy and blessing to have such wonderful friends!  God bless you all, and thank you again for being "friends".  

"He Has Made Me Glad!"



 

17 comments:

  1. I am so happy for you, Pam! What a wonderful birthday week you have had!! Each year is a blessing and this year is an extra special one! I'm only a year behind you! Keep celebrating!! Love & hugs!

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  2. You truly did have a celebratory week, Pamela! Honestly, looking at your photo, I would never guess you had turned the big 70. I guess you could view it as being 70-years young! :)
    Blessings to you, my friend!

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  3. Sounds like a wonderful time of celebration . You deserve all that and more. Now, I have beat you to that age of 70+. Each year is a blessing.

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  4. Welcome to the Super 70's! I'm delighted to see you looking so happy and being deservedly feted. Mmmmm pancakes! Hope you have a most blessed New Year.

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  5. You certainly deserve all the happiness this past week, celebrating ... (I am a year ahead of you!) All the smiles, the gifts, good weather and most importantly being with friends & family. May you have many many more. Be blessed.

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  6. I'm so glad you have had a happy birthday week! Loved all the photos, especially the very first one of you. I have to say the bloom on the Rose of Sharon bush in the Memorial Garden is the most special of all.

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  7. Happy happy happy birthday! Yes, I am sure it feels good to reach an age and still feel good to take those walks. Maybe we will get some of that cooler weather back this week.

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  8. Happy birthday ������

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  9. Pam: You had a wonderful birthday, as you should have. The weather here has been nice, rather cool, and dry. Dry for too long. We are getting rain today, needed and welcome rain. I love that song. I speaks of joy, praise, and happiness. I love that centerpiece container. Peace and blessings to you and yours.

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  10. So glad that your birthday week was fully of joys and blessings. I was especially moved by the blooming of The Rose of Sharon in your memorial garden. Hugs. xx

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  11. So that’s what we are — septuagenarians! I didn’t know!

    You have ushered in your new status thoroughly and well with much fellowship and good food!

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    1. Yep! We have an official title!! LOL. Today I crashed from too much celebrating! My age caught up with me and I just had to curl up in a ball and rest for a while. Hopefully I will be back up and running again soon. Nothing serious. Just needed a break. Thanks for visiting. (((hugs)))

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  12. Glad to see you had a lovely birthday! Congrats and many more to come.

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  13. Welcome to septuagenarian-hood!! So nice to see you had a good birthday with family and friends, they have a way of making one feel so special.

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  14. Happy belated birthday 🎈 You sure are making 70 look good! So glad that you have had a blessed week with gifts, family, and friends.

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  15. What a wonderful septa-something-arian celebration! I'm glad you had such a good time celebrating with all your family and friends...and food. LOL I love that centerpiece container. So cute. And thank you for sharing that chorus. I love it and hadn't thought of it in years. We used to sing it with the youth and kids a lot at church. I'm going to be singing it the rest of the day!

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  16. I'm so happy that you had such a wonderful celebration for your BIG birthday! :) Birthdays really should be celebrated--life needs far more celebration than we give it, especially this year.

    Love and blessings!

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