calendar
doorway (quarterly)
letters
chill
hidden
plans
So let's see what I can come up with! Of course, you know the calendar photo for me is already a regular event each month. Maybe I can find something new to share in the way of a calendar that you haven't already seen:
Not too fancy. That's our church calendar, one with the birthdays and anniversaries for the month, and the other with the activities for the month.
Below is the box of cards that I use to send out birthday and anniversary and get well cards to members of the church each month. That is a little ministry that I do for the church that keeps me on my toes, especially lately with the number of people needing get well cards!
Doorway
I just switched our door wreath from Christmas to a Valentine decoration, which will probably stay up through February.
Letters
I am assuming you mean letters, as in "letters of the alphabet" ? This made me think of a little bag full of blocks that I've had for years and had stashed them away in a cabinet. So this was a good opportunity to bring them out:
Each side of the block has a different letter on it, and if you arrange them correctly, you will find four different messages!
Sometimes it's challenging to rearrange them and get them in the right order. Finally I got smart and penciled in a very small number in the corner of each block so that if you put them in that order, all of the messages will be in the correct order for each side.
Chill
Still Waters Pond early in the morning, when it was 39 degrees outside. That's a way to get "chilled" if you step outside to take a picture!
Hidden
There's something hiding behind that photograph of my great-nephew's graduation picture on the bookshelf in our living room:
Oh, it's this beautiful handmade music box, created with love by my father many years ago:
And hiding on the back is his little note: "Handmade by Bill Mursch,12/90"
It was a Christmas gift to me that year. I think he made one for each of his children. The little upside down sticker says "These Foolish Things", which is the song that it plays when you wind it up.
Plans
When I started to write this post this morning I had no special plans for the day. Just figuring out what pictures to take and share was my only plan...and hubby had another plan...He wanted pancakes for breakfast...so here you go:
This used up the last of the frozen blueberries that we got from the Blueberry Farm here in town last summer. So I guess my next plan will be to buy some at the grocery store until we can get the good fresh ones again from the farm when they are ripe!
Regarding "Plans", here's some words of Wisdom from God's Word:
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 16:9 NKJV
9 A man’s heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
Just as I was about to close this post, I got a call from my niece, telling me that her father, my sister's hubby, was out running errands, and was stepping out of a store and someone on a bike or e-bike or something ran into him and knocked him down and he hit his head. Thankfully he didn't lose consciousness, but he's at the hospital getting checked out to make sure there are no internal injuries, especially in his head since hit it so hard. Apparently whoever knocked him down did not stop. And my sister now has pneumonia and can't go to the hospital to get him, so thankfully his son is available to go get him. So please say a little prayer for my brother in law Art and my sister Doris. Thank you so much. Sometimes the "plans" we have for the day just don't work the way we planned. Praying that God will speed healing to them both. Amen.
Thank you, Kym, from "A Fresh Cup of Coffee", for these photo prompts for today. I enjoyed finding the pictures and I hope you will all enjoy them too.
I’m sorry to hear of the accident of your BIL. Those things happen. Once I was leaving the grocery store with a cart full of groceries and as I was going on the rolled curb, a car in a big hurry to get a parking space hit my cart! Then he had the audacity to yell at me. You have to be very careful. Plus Doris being so ill - they sure have not had a good start to this new year. Prayers for recovery and restored good health.
ReplyDeleteYour above scriptures on plans made me think what we discussed yesterday in my Isaiah study - and looking up other verses how man May makes plans but God determines his steps. Love it ❤️
“Isaiah 8;9-10 Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”
Great post Pamela! Enjoyed it very much.
You certainly covered the prompts well. My favourite pictures are always the ones of Stillwater Pond.
ReplyDeletePrayers lifting for Art (and Doris) right now! That's so nasty (that) the motorist never stopped. Same as Tom when, for no particular reason, fell in the parking lot at our grocery store and no-one inquired as to his well-being.
ReplyDeleteI so love the music box your father made. I know I know that song, but it's not coming to me right this minute. Old doorknobs? How did you know those are among my favorite things?
You did these prompt images and narrative so well. Makes me want to put on my thinking cap and join in.
I saw this on another post today. It looks like fun. I like how your messages change. Praying for your brother in law. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteI really like your door knob collection and the blocks with letters on them!
ReplyDeleteThe pond looks pretty even though it's chilly.
The music box from your dad is so special!
Praying for your BIL.
That's such sad news about Art, Pamela! And the person didn't even stop??? I will pray for his full recovery and for Doris' health, too.
ReplyDeleteOn a bright note, that music box that your father made is an absolute treasure! And I do like the idea for those prompts that you followed through with today, too. In spite of everything, may you have a blessed weekend!
You did well on the pictures....very clever you are. Hoping Bill and Doris are ok. The sickness has been awful thus far this winter.
ReplyDeleteHi Pamela. Great pictures. I always enjoy scenes from your lovely home. Prayers for your BIL. I hope he wasn't hurt. Life is so unpredicatable. We just have to trust God in everything. I love your minstry of sending birthday cards. Everyone needs to be remembered on special days and when they are sick. You are doing God's work. Have a good weekend. See you again soon.
ReplyDeleteprayers for your BIL and your sister, that is just crazy, and the TV keeps talking about the pneumonia virus if rampant with the flu, norvirus and CRV. I pray they will hill quickly and be ok. you did a fantastic job of finding the words they gave you. My favorite is the door knobs. wow, I love that photo and everything in it. From what the TV has on the screen as I type, you and I are going to get cold waves Sund night and again on Monday night and next week is going to be a BIG CHILL with snow falling in Florida.
ReplyDeleteyou must be really detail minded to deal with more than one calendar. I can hardly keep up with the one in my kitchen. there is one in the bedroom but it is for tracking two meds I do at night.