Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, The Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen
Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Leap Year

We are jumping through this year by leaps and bounds!

Mark and I have had our share of sickness this month!  It all started when I got sick after babysitting.  Then it came back to bite me again!  Finally, Mark ended up with it, too, a couple of weeks ago!  Then, last week Mark had a colonoscopy.  During the procedure he aspirated content from his stomach that came up while he was out of it.  That set off a week of coughing and hacking and just not feeling well.  He was taking an antibiotic due to the aspiration and that made him sick to his stomach.  He is finally seeing the end of it, I believe.  He is feeling better today, anyway!  Thank the Lord!

We went to Ruby Tuesday's for supper tonight.  We just ate sandwiches instead of getting the pork chops or salad bar.



Ilene was gone for 3 long weeks!  She went to Florida to visit with Buford's aunt and cousin.  I was glad to be able to see her this week.  I took her for her mammogram and then we went to lunch and then went to visit Carolyn and Julie, which I forgot to get pictures of!



I've been doing some crafting this month, but not much of anything, really.  I'll certainly be glad when warm weather is here to stay!  We go from hot to cold back to hot!  The flowers and trees are confused!  Ilene's forsythia is all bloomed out.  The daffodils at church are blooming, too!  We had snow right after they bloomed out, but it was basically gone the next day, except for what was in the shaded areas.










We went to the elementary school in Midway tonight to watch Jaxon play a basketball game.  It was an intense game and the good news is that they won by one point.....Jaxon's (he's #3) free throw kept them from having to play in overtime!  Way to go, Jaxon!  Great job!  Great game!














That's it for me for now!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, January 12, 2020

And......Just like that......

......we are almost two weeks into the new year!

Happy 2020, everyone!  I pray your new year has gotten off to a GREAT start!  How many resolutions have you broken?  Hmmm?  I can honestly say that I have not broken a single one!  But, it's like the lottery, you've got to play if you want to win!  In other words, I don't make resolutions, so I don't break any!  One thing I am trying to do better is putting my Bible reading and prayer BEFORE I do anything else!  So far, so good, except for today.  But, I'll be doing it as soon as I finish this post!

So, here is what we have been up to for the past two weeks..................

12-30-19
Fridge declutter before and after.....


12-31-19
Birthday money I used for this purchase.....

Christmas puzzle in the works.....


1-1-2020
Good start on the puzzle.
Sorting the pieces really proved helpful!

BOGO Free At the Ruby with gift card.....

1-2-20
HAPPY 40th to my daughter, Jessica!  
Am I really that old??!!  :D
Breakfast Home cooking.....

TA DA!!! Puzzle finished!
We made quick work of that one!

Later in the day, we took a bucket of chicken
to Mark's daughter's house and gave 
Nellie and Waboose their Christmas gifts
and Waboose's birthday gift.  
She was a New Year's baby 17 years ago.

Nellie

Nellie looking at her scrapbook I made for her.

Waboose

1-3-20
Self explanatory!  :D
Lunch during a shopping trip.

Crafting for a swap.

1-6-20
Lunch with my bestie...

Gas fill-up on the way home from Wayside Baptist.

New toy for Asher.

1-7-20
Practicing my lettering with my Bible reading.....

1-8-20
Fixing breakfast for our other besties, Carolyn and Julie, 
before we watched a movie together, "Faith Like Potatoes."  
Excellent movie!





More Ruby Tuesday!
Another meal deal!
More gift card!

 Full moon.  Phones do not do moon pictures justice!

1-10-20
Can't pass up those $5 salad bar deals!
The last of the gift cards!
We move to the Bonus $15 cards next! ;)

Babysitting Dakota and Bella.


Can't leave his clothes on, lol!  
He even wanted to take Bella's off!



Videos of Dakota and Bella playing






Art journaling fun.


1-11-20
Brian Free and Assurance concert with Bobby and Joy.....
dinner at Applebees first!


Beulah Baptist Church in Statesville is where the concert was.  
HUGE church!  GREAT concert!




Second Generation group was great, too!
I think they were a group out of the
church there.

Brian Free and Assurance


Video (most I took are too large to post)


1-12-20
Breakfast today before church!


Selfie at church today.

It was warm enough today that we rode the
bike to church tonight!



Until next time!.....