Happy Monday morning everyone! I hope you have had a peaceful and blessed weekend. Ours was somewhat busy, but all good. I'll start out with a few pictures from Still Waters Pond of a Brown Thrasher that landed in a tree and visited for a few minutes. We don't get to see them very often, and normally they are on the ground, "thrashing about" in the bushes and weeds, looking for a good meal. But this one decided to land in a tree to say hello, so here he is:
The weekend started out with one incident that wasn't so great. We went over to our son and DIL's house to check on things since they are on vacation, and as we stepped out the front door a very long black snake slithered across the step just as my hubby was about to step down on the step. When he saw the snake he leaped across the step and almost knocked me down as I was in front of him headed for the gate. This all happened very fast, as you can imagine, and left us both a bit breathless at being taken by surprise. We recovered from the "shock" and headed on home. It wasn't until a day later that my hubby realized that he must have either pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve in his lower back when he made that giant leap. And so for the rest of the weekend he was pretty much in pain, using ice packs and/or the heating pad and taking anti-inflammatory meds. Thankfully today as I write this he is starting to feel better, but still hasn't totally recovered. We are just very thankful that he didn't fall or actually knock me down in the process either. It could have been much worse. We are very thankful.
On Saturday I had the privilege of attending and helping out at a baby shower at our church. This was actually a kind of a "mission project", as this dear sweet family does not attend our church, but they are the neighbors of one of our members, and she wanted to help them out. They are a blended family and between them already have 8 children, and this baby will make #9!
I know...they look so young to have so many children...but I must tell you they are the sweetest couple, and the three youngest children, all boys, came along with them, and they were so well behaved and precious. The new baby is a girl, and she is expected to make her arrival in a couple of weeks.
Some of our thoughtful ladies also brought gifts for these children to help entertain them while Mommie opened her presents. That was a very smart idea!
I was very pleased so see that there were many wonderful gifts, including this adorable Care Bear Tricycle, made with diapers, bottles, booties, onesies, and various other necessities for a new baby.
It was nice that we already knew the baby was a girl, so gift buying was much easier!
I hope we get to see the baby dressed in this precious little blue dress!!
This is my friend Norma, who planned the shower and is always looking for ways to reach out to our community and help children and families. She is a blessing to all of us.
Here's a picture that hubby took of me before I left for the shower. I don't get to wear my flowered summer skirt very often, but felt like a baby shower was a perfect opportunity!
On Sunday morning hubby made it to Sunday School to teach our Adult Sunday School class, but was hurting so bad in his back that he really wanted to go home as he knew trying to sit still in a pew for an hour was going to be very painful. So we came back home and took it easy the rest of the day.
Thankfully, our son Scott came home to visit (and do his laundry, LOL), and he grilled some hamburgers for lunch. That was a real treat!
Scott's grilled hamburgers (or anything he grills) are always the best!!
This is little out of the sequence of events, but on Friday our "kids" Noah and Dawn came back from Maine after being up there for a couple of weeks. They had originally planned to come back down here to work, but after a lot of consideration they have realized that they are better off back in Maine where they have more connections and opportunities. We are going to miss them, but are so very thankful for the time we had together while they were here.
I would appreciate your prayers for them as they begin a new chapter in their lives.
Their time here was hopefully a new beginning in many deeper aspects, and this verse from
Philippians 1:6 really speaks to that hope and promise:
I found this song by Steve Green that also speaks to that promise.
I am dedicating this song to Noah and Dawn with a prayer for their future:
Lyrics
He who began a good work in you
He who began a good work in you
Will be faithful to complete it
He'll be faithful to complete it
He who started the work
Will be faithful to complete it in you
If the struggle you're facing
Is slowly replacing
Your hope with despair
Or the process is long
And you're losing your song
In the night
You can be sure
That the Lord has His hand on you
Safe and secure
He will never abandon you
You are His treasure
And He finds His pleasure in you
He who began a good work in you
He who began a good work in you
Will be faithful to complete it
He'll be faithful to complete it
He who started the work
Will be faithful to complete it in you
He who began a good work in you
He who began a good work in you
Will be faithful to complete it
He'll be faithful to complete it
He who started the work
Will be faithful to complete it in you
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jon Mohr
Well, that's about it for today. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
Numbers 6:24-26
24 “The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
Amen.
