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Morning Devotional...


Scripture: Isaiah 42:9a
"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare." KJV

10. If you have a bad attitude-Let It Go!
9. If someone has angered you-Let it Go!
8. If you are involved in an addiction-Let It Go!
7. If you are feeling stressed and depressed-Let It Go!
6. If you are holding on to past hurts and pain-Let It Go!!!
5. If you are judging others to make yourself feel better-Let It Go!
4. If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge-Let It Go!
3. If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship-Let It Go!
2. If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs-Let It Go!

And the number one "Let It Go" as compiled by Pastor Bill:

1. If someone won't treat you right, love you back or see your worth-Let It Go!

Prayer: Father thank you for giving me the courage to let go of those things that would destroy me and reach out for your goodness and peace. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

Janet:  there is saying, "Let go, Let God".  Fine reminder from your writing and that is to tell each of us that too many times we hang on to old and sour thoughts.  Thank you for your posting.

We signed on with a real estate agent.  She is happy with what we have accomplished - mentioned moving our new t.v. out so it wouldn't impair the view.---not going to do it as that is where the wires come in and we have no idea as to how long this will take.  Also, she mentioned changing out a buffet in our dining room - good grief, we can't even lift that thing.  She wants me to take down a wallpaper little thing I put up in the sewing room and I don't even know if it will come off.  Will try - we are exhausted every night and Don says he won't paint that room because it will take two coats.  OK - this too shall pass.  Houses are selling on average about 150 days from listing. 

This week, we will go to a band concert in Denver and later we have all three grands & two friends staying over next weekend - on different nights.  It is kinda a chaotic week - plus all the other happenings & people over to measure rooms and so forth.  I must listen to Janet's post about letting things go!

Pat:  Glad that you are back home safe and sound.  It sounds like you could use some rest time.  Take care.

Larry:  You shouldn't be lifting too much yourself either.  Please take care.

Satan tried to deter me from going to church this morning.  I really wanted to just drop my kids off and go back home and crawl back into bed.  But I didn't let him win.  Take that, satan!

I'm so glad I went.  The music is always great, but one of the songs was especially great for me to sing today.  It goes like this...


Anyway, I just thought I'd share that with you all.  It's so good to be reminded that even in hard times we can have joy, peace, love and rest in the presence of the Lord. Simple truths of God's character!  He is always the same, no matter how I feel!  I praise Him for that!

Larry-I miss typed my other post.  My husband is going to open fishing season, not "ice" fishing season.  It's just that they are going to the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range where the lake is still frozen.  This year it's still 3 feet thick with ice, so they are ice fishing.  Don't ask me why they go when it's still so cold up there. (I believe it's about 9-10,000ft.)  I think they're crazy!  I'd like to go once things are mostly melted and flowers are blooming, myself. 

My husband left post-it notes all over the place with different things on them for me.  One on the bathroom mirror that says,  "I love you!"  One on the coffee pot that was ready to brew when I got up this morning, just like it is nearly every morning that says, "Just for you, babe!"  One in the refridgerator that says, "I'm thinking of you."  One in the car that says, "Miss me yet?"  I'm sure I'll find more througout the week.  He's so sweet!  I am so blessed to have such a wonderful man for a husband.  He even left some just for our girls in their rooms/bathroom.

Guess that's my post for today.  Just resting in Him!

Kathleen, thank you so much for that!

I experienced a similar happening tonight.  I got to church.  I was sitting at the organ and I had broken my tooth on the way to church and it started to hurt and then I noticed I didn't have my engagement ring on my finger!!!

I quickly left and tried to get the pain to leave my  mouth and then hurried home to find out if I had taken my ring off (which i had) and then tried to settle down.

Take that Satan!!!  Great sentence!

Thanks so much.

I also wondered about the "ice" fishing as we have a lot of ice fishing up here in Canada but it ends in Ontario about March 8! 

Thanks again, Kathleen.

Your welcome, Pat!  I am glad it helped you and I hope your tooth feels better. 

Good Morning, I was a wonderful service that I attended yesterday. The pastor was continuing a series on Mark, The passage was the one about the man being lowered into the house  in front of Jesus. "Is Jesus in your house?" the worship was fantastic. I was set free and used the flags to worship. It was awesome.

Gotta go now Keith just came online.

Good Morning! 

Short night, it seems.  That's what I get for posting late the day before.   

Today I get to have a Bone Density test.  Yippee!! 

Then this afternoon Ivalou and I will be going to a funeral visitation.  This time it is a man that us kids all went to school with.  He was retired from a factory but still farmed the family farm.  He was working on a hydraulic system on the tractor and the bucket fell and pinned him.  His wife discovered him in the barn.  So sad.  He has left his wife, 5 children, 13 grandchildren and since he was from a family of 10 children, lots of brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.  Sad for Lapel. 

It is chilly in Indiana today and predicting frost tonight!!  It is only 53° right now with an overcast sky.  My solar is running and I have my fireplace on just to get the chill out of the air.

Jerry passed away 3 years ago today.  Seems like yesterday.

Hello all, Today you can't even tell we were under a freeze warning a few nights ago and by the end of the week we are supposed to be up in the 90's!!! I will sure be happy when school is out for summer i can feel the end of it approaching quickly as i try to get all my final projects done with it has been a busy semester with school and work and summertime will be greatly appreciated this year. by next year at this time i will be looking forward to graduating in may  yay! but then its off to make money and support myself (hopefully i can find a good job as a PARAMEDIC) anyway hope ya'll are having a wonderful day i have a few projects i need to get completed before work so i can come home and go to bed and get up and go to school tomorrow! have a GREAT day!
Sarah

Hi everyone.  Am a bit rushed today as it has been a busy day and we have a dinner engagement with our friends that we visit in Florida, who are back for the summer months.  We are going out to eat at the Snellville Diner and then will come here and play a card game for awhile. 

After coffee this morning and walking at the gym, my friend picked me up and we met another man for lunch a the local airport eatery.  Nothing fancy but the food was very good.  Following lunch he took us to the hanger of the Civil Air Patrol, which is stationed at the airport, and showed us around including the plane they have.  He told us the Civil Air Patrol is a volunteer organization that comes under the U.S. Airforce.  The Airforce provides the plan.  They have a very active youth group called Cadets from ages 12 to 18.  It was a very enjoyable tour.

I also have some work to do for the Golden Games so will not terry here today.

Nice day here on the island...between showers, that is. I had a lovely long walk, then took a cup of tea and my book, intending to sit in the sun for a bit.  Of course, along came a shower to sort of dampen my joy in the sun.

I enjoyed your post, Kathleen.  What a nice guy your husband must be...Tried ice fishing once, when much younger.  Brrrr!!

A friend of my daughter came over with her newest toy, a little Robot that washes floors.  She set it loose on mine and it did a great job.  Sort of slow and I had the urge to give it a smack....resisted and it is something that would be a big help as my back is a mess.  So Wendy and I are thinking it would help her with the bathrooms and their entrance.  Would not use on hardwood.  Betty is thinking about getting one that also does the carpets and vacuums.....hmm   We might get the one that washes floors. 

Did anyone else watch Glenn Beck on CNN last week?  He had Joel Rosenberg on and it was all about Prophecy and how things are falling into place so quickly now.  His latest book is Dead Heat and I have ordered it from the library.  If anyone is interested, you can read the interview on GlennBeck.com.  It is worth having a look....

Time to go and much to do.  Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Hi, Ruth Ann here.

The surgeon's assistant cleaned up my thumb surgery site, and I have my "marching thumbing" orders. No left hand work for 2 more weeks, including no trying to open a pop/soda/soft drink bottle or lift even as much as only 5 lbs.

Then, it's going to be flex those fingers..."oil" the scar with vitamin oil taken from a capsule of Vitamin E, etc. Maybe even a bit of physical therapy.

Our dog's tumor will be biopsied tomorrow. Poor doggie.

Does anyone still have the link to that wonderful UTube explanation of the song "Amazing Grace"? The wonderfully gentle, talented singer was in Nashville last night at a hymnfest - OH, WHAT A BLESSING to even be in this man's presence! I'd sure like to send a friend the URL to that website.

We have two different home inspectors coming in today - they call this pre-sale.  One will be checking the little things to be fixed such as grout - the other will check big things.  We will get our money back whenever this place sells.  There will be a Radon test and that will be over by Thursday.  Our driveway will be cut up at some time and the sprinkler system fixed that is under the concrete - not our bill, thankfully.

Fun to look forward to watching a grandson play the trumpet tonight but it means a drive to the Denver suburbs and staying overnight, rushing back here tomorrow.  I am giving him a great harmonica which was purchased on a trip to Germany by my parents.  He loves anything musical.

Ruth Ann:  It sounds like your thumb is mending well - that is just great.

Pat:  I do hope you get your tooth fixed so it won't come back with any pain.  So many things on your mind, that is why you forgot your ring.  Sending you calming thoughts. 

Good morning everyone!

Busy day here!

It's so nice to read what you are all up to.

Larry, what did you order at Snellville Diner?  Did you share your meals with your friends?  You get so much food, it's unbelievable!

I have never seen so many people visiting at a funeral home as I did last night.  Ivalou and I stood in line for way over an hour before we got to the casket and to talk to Linda, the wife. I can't imagine what the funeral will be like this afternoon. 

Today I go for an Echocardiogram.  The doctor asked me if anyone ever told me I have a heart murmur.  I went on line to search 'heart murmur' and decided to wait and hear what the doctor says instead of getting myself worked up for the worse.  My brother has had a heart murmur since having rheumatic fever at the age of 18 and he is fine! 

That's it for today!

Etta Sue, I've had a heart murmer for most of my life and I'm "fine" too ... You are right to wait for the doctor's opinion.  And then remember it is just an opinion.   

Hi everyone.  Another typical morning.  It is cooler than it has been for sometime but a beautiful sunny day. 

Pat, I actually didn't even eat last evening as I was still full from the nice lunch I had with friends at our local airport.  So I just enjoyed a nice soft drink.  The others had fried catfish and were not very happy with it as said it wasn't crisp.  The lady of the couple we were dining with made the comment that she wouldn't go back there to eat, which rather annoyed my wife, since she had tried only one things and particularly since we had recommended it.  Oh well, that was obviously how she felt and you can't change people's opinions.

Liz, my friend and his wife have one of the robot sweepers and seem to like it.  After it finishes it goes back to its base and plugs back in to the unit for recharging. 

Ett Sue, my good friend, Rod, who I was referring to in the above paragraph, is also having and echo cardiogram done today as he was having skipped beats of his heart.  Hope everything turns out well for you and the doctor releaves your mind on the murmur.

Jane, my father also had a murmur all his life and was refused for the military in WW II because of it.

Carol, it will probably relieve your mind to have had the pre-sale inspections so that you can deal with any problems prior to the time of nearing closing.  We have had inspections done of the last several houses we have purchased, except the new ones, if I recall correctly.

Ruth Ann, you type very well with one-hand.  Hope the discomfort has pretty well subsided.

For those of you who knew Francy Lou Krause from Seniornet. I received this from her son:

Frances L. Krause
August 22, 1943 – April 25, 2008

Frances Louise (Butler) Krause passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, at the age of 64.

Born August 22, 1943, in San Francisco, CA, Frances Butler grew up and lived most of her early life in the Bay Area, raising her family in Pleasanton, CA.  She married Delbert Krause in 1965, and they recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary on April 16. Fran loved living on the west coast and spent much of her time volunteering in schools and at local parks and nature centers.

In 1983, Fran moved with her family to Overland Park, KS.  She was a kind, gentle, well-loved person who enjoyed raising her children, tending to their home and volunteering at the American Heart Association and at local churches. After she retired, she liked to spend her time playing cards with friends, learning about nature, growing plants and flowers, watching movies, reading mysteries and crime-dramas, spending time with her family and spoiling her grandchildren, who were her heart's delight. She will be dearly missed.

Surviving Fran are: her husband, Del; her son, Alan and daughter-in-law, Sarah of Fairway, KS; her three grandchildren, Zachary, Henry and Emma; her son, Bradley and his family of Houston, TX; her sister Dorenne and husband Ron of South San Francisco, CA; and her nieces and nephews, Bobby, Brian and Kim of CA and Greg of MN.

A celebration of her life will be held at 6:00 PM, Friday, May 2, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS.  A gathering of her relatives will occur November 15, 2008, at her sister's home in South San Francisco, CA.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org or 1-800-DIABETES).

Larry, that's too bad as Paul and I sure enjoyed that place to eat!  Oh well....

Thanks, Marilyn.  I remember Francy quite well.

Well, my son and I are really thankful our dog Shelby's tumor was a benign fatty tumor, but in a bad place to cause choking in her throat, so we're thankful the tumor's gone, and she seems to be doing very well.

Y'all have a good evening.

That is such good news Ruth Ann I am so glad to hear the tumor was benign.

Wow!  Great news, Ruth Ann!

I'm glad to here that!

Ruth Ann, My clan is glad to hear that Shelby is going to be ok.

    Well just a short post as you all can see it is very late.

I have glanced over the post's and very busy and exciting what is going on in everyone's life.  I have been taking it easy and not doing to much as some days I

   Hi to all and as you cansee it is late so I will be short .

I have gone through the post's and everyone is very busy and I also wish that I was over at Colin's place as I used to spend most of my summers as a young boy at my grandma's place on the outskirt's of Belfast.

I am doing o.k. and am still taking it easy as some days I have no strength.  So please continue to pray for my wife and I as we appreciate it.

Well I must go to bed so God bless to all and will try to talk soon.

Hi everyone.  Have had my breakfast and emptied the dishwasher and will leave for coffee shortly.  Today is our day to go to McDonald's instead of the cafe.  We decided to do that once a week as a change.  Then it is Bible study with the pastor.  However, the pastor is away on a study week so we will watch a video on having a mission oriented church and then in the next three weeks the pastor will go back over the video (about a third each week) and we will focus on that in our study.  This evening is choir practice again. 

Ruth Ann, sure glad you and your son got good news about your dog.  Sometimes the things we dread or think are going to happen just aren't that way at all.  I am sure your son was greatly relieved as you had indicated he was very upset when the tumor was found.

Pat, I am sure we will go back to Snellville Diner but know a couple of things to stay away from. 

Marilyn, I did not know the person you mentioned as having passed away.

Hope everyone will have an enjoyable day.

Good Morning. Last night we got a good shaking.. 5.2 on the Richter scale, 35 miles to the east of us here. I was sitting at the computer talking to Keith when it sounded like someone hit my front door and all my wind chimes started moving  I have 2 hanging in the house as well as some outside. Happy was laying next to me and he got and sat by the couch looking frightened. then I felt the jolt, it rocked me from side to side and gave me a weird feeling in my head. (No comments Al) Kind like I was getting dizzy or something.

All is well this morning the sun is out  after some rain showers. I am baking Banana Bread for my client today.

Have a great day all y-all.

My goodness, Marilyn!  That's some "shaking"!

I think it's time we all sang again...