September 30, Today’s thought – Uplift

Good Morning

they shall mount up with wings as eagles; Isaiah 40:31

A young minister in our town asked some of us to describe the role we’d like to have God play in our lives. “In just one word,” he said.
An interesting collection of words came forth:
Protector, Redeemer, Guide, Comforter, Friend and so on.
But there was one unexpected reply, “I’d like Him,” this man said, “to be my Chauffeur.”
All of us were taken aback until he explained his choice. “When hot-air ballooning was invented some two hundred yeas ago in France, ” he said, “the man in charge of the fire underneath the balloon that produced the hot air was known as the chauffeur, from the French word, chauffer, meaning to heat. Without the work of the chauffeur, the balloon couldn’t soar I couldn’t even rise.
“I like the thought of God breathing His life=giving Spirit into me every single day so that I can rise above trials and difficulties and preoccupation with w material things. Without the life that God supplies I can do nothing.”
~~~Arthur Gordon

Isaiah 40:28-31
Hast thou not known?
hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary?
there is no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.

Rise above . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Sunday Bible Reading – Romans 8:35-39

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Cactus is a start from my mother.

Good Afternoon

Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written,
For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay,
in all these things
we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I am persuaded my God is more powerful than any of these things.
Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 27, Today’s thought – Mourning?

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Good Morning

Psalm 42:3-5
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalm 42:8
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Canst thou answer this, believer?
Canst thou find any reason why thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing?
Why yield to gloomy anticipations?
Who told thee the night would never end in day?
Who told thee that the winter of thy discontent would proceed from frost to frost, from snow and ice, and hail, to deeper snow , and yet more heavy tempest of despair?
Knowest thou not that day follows night, that flood comes after ebb, that spring and summer succeed winter?
Hope thou then!
Hope thou ever! for God fails thee not.
~~~~Charles Spurgeon

Hopeful . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Yarn Along – Grandmother’s Favorite

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On Wednesday’s knitters go to Ginny’s to share all the wonderful projects being worked on, finished, frogged, cried over, and learned from. They also tell what they are reading and a little of the storyline or provoking thoughts. I think it is great. So many books, knitting ideas and hints on how to make knitting more enjoyable.

I don’t have much exciting knitting this week,
but I wanted to link up with Ginny and her friends.

I have a large lace shawl and 2 afghans on the needles,
but I seem to need to see something done.
So I have been knitting Grandmother’s Favorite dishcloths.
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These are this Grannie’s favorite, too.
I knit with a size 4.
I love using the signature points to make
that K2tog with the unyielding cotton.
Thanks to the Farmer’s gift a few Christmases ago.

The white one has a swan knitted in, for my Mom,
she and dad used to have swans living on their section of Nelder Heights creek

I saw this yarn in Joann’s and knew it had to me another blanket
for a friend due late fall.
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What pattern to use??????
sept 27 001Grandmother’s favorite, of course.

Hmmmmmmmmm……..uh oh look at all those ends to weave in!
I better start soon.

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September 26, Today’s thought –

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Good Morning

Matthew 4:18-20
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

In the Midst of Regular Work

“It was their regular work.” (Matthew 4:18, The Message).
Here we have two guys minding their own business,
when suddenly, and unexpectedly
they are interrupted by a preacher.
We could finish the story fifty different ways,
but none would be as astounding
as what actually happened after this brief encounter.
For the two guys were Peter and Andrew;
and the preacher passing by was Jesus.
“Follow Me,” He said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
And get this —
“they dropped their nets immediately and followed Him.”

Something is going on here
which does not appear to the naked eye.
Two guys quietly going about their regular work,
day after day, net by net, catching fish after fish —
over and over and over again.
They were no doubt considered successful by their competitors;
their business was doing well.
They’ve got it made; not a care in the world.
At least that’s the surface reading.
But Jesus read their hearts.
He looked past the obvious and saw the actual.
There was a longing in their labor
for something more, something better, something meaningful.
And Jesus tapped into that desire
and opened the door to their future;
and that’s why they responded so immediately to His invitation.

Might He be doing the same for you today?
We were made for something more than regular work.
Our lives are not meant to be relegated
to the usual, the ordinary, and the average.
This is why these things disturb us so
when they seem to become the predicable course for our lives —
our spirit stirs for higher things.
And it is just there,
in the midst of regular work,
you can hear Jesus calling you
to something truly significant and satisfying,
something worth spending your life pursuing.
“Follow Me,” He says,
“and I will transform your labor into a calling —
filled with extraordinary promise and great purpose.” Rylie

May my ‘daily work’ not stand in the way of Jesus’ call . . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Ten on Tuesday – Books

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On Tuesday’s Carole hosts ‘Ten on Tuesdays’.
She chooses a topic – we list ten items.

10 Books On Your To-Read List.

Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle  by Mary J MacLeod  (link)

Free-Spirit Shawls: 20 Eclectic Knits for Every Day by Lisa Shroyer  (link)

Yes, I read knitting books.

Dinner: A Love Story: It all begins at the family table  by Jenny Rosenstrach (link)

The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting by Clara Parkes  (link)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  (link)

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh  (link)

Seaside Knitters Mystery series  8 books  by Sally Goldenbaum  (link)

Broken (Extrahumans #1) by Susan J. Bigelow  Series (link)

Charlotte Bingham has written many books. (link)
I’d like to read one to see if I like hers.

Rosamunde Pilcher, I love .  (link)
From this link, I find she has written many books I didn’t know about.

Most of these books and authors I’ve gleaned from blogs I’ve read. I don’t know it I’d read them once I held them in my hands and checked them out, but they sounded interesting.

To read others’ lists, click here.

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September 23, Today’s thought – Pop Quiz

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Good Morning

Each day has a pop quiz! And some seasons are like final exams. Brutal, sudden pitfalls of stress, sickness, or sadness. What’s the purpose of the test? James 1:3-4 says, “For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.”

Test, test, test! This chapter in your life may look like rehab, smell like unemployment, sound like a hospital, but you’re in training. God hasn’t forgotten you, just the opposite. He has chosen to train you. Forget the notion that God doesn’t see your struggle. Quite the contrary. God is fully engaged. He is the Potter, we are the clay. He’s the Shepherd, we’re the sheep. He’s the Teacher, we’re the students. Trust His training. You’ll get through this!

From: You’ll Get Through This – Max Lucado

Through all the test of life – Just Remember

Just get through it . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 21, Today’s thought – Heavenly Sunlight

Good Morning

This song was on my mind this morning.

Heavenly Sunlight
Henry J.  Zelley

Walking in sunlight all of my journey;
Over the mountains, through the deep vale;
Jesus has said, “I’ll never forsake thee,”
Promise divine that never can fail.

Refrain

Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
Flooding my soul with glory divine:
Hallelujah, I am rejoicing,
Singing His praises, Jesus is mine.

Shadows around me, shadows above me,
Never conceal my Savior and Guide;
He is the Light, in Him is no darkness;
Ever I’m walking close to His side.

Refrain

In the bright sunlight, ever rejoicing,
Pressing my way to mansions above;
Singing His praises gladly I’m walking,
Walking in sunlight, sunlight of love.

Refrain

Do you want to hear this song? Click here

Close to His side . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 20, Today’s thought – Two Grand Links

482012 001God’s Word reveals to me His Love.

Good Morning

Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38  This is the first and great commandment.
39  And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:40

On these two – hang all the law and the prophets
– They are like the first and last links of a chain,
all the intermediate ones depend on them.
True religion begins and ends in love to God and man.
These are the two grand links that unite God to man,
man to his fellows,
and men again to God.

Love is the fulfilling of the law, says St. Paul,
Romans 13:10; for he who has the love of God in him
delights to obey the Divine precepts,
and to do all manner of kindness to men for God’s sake.

from Clarke’s Commentary

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 13:10 KJV

Thankful for God showing me His love . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 19, Today’s thought – Love thy Neighbour

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Good Morning

Matthew 22:39

Thou shalt love thy neighbor –

The love of our neighbor
springs from the love of God as its source;
is found in the love of God
as its principle, pattern, and end;
and the love of God is found in the love of our neighbor,
as its effect, representation, and infallible mark.
This love of our neighbor is a love of
equity, charity, succor, and benevolence.
We owe to our neighbor
what we have a right to expect from him –
“Do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you,”
is a positive command of our blessed Savior.
By this rule, therefore,
we should speak, think, and write,
concerning every soul of man: –
put the best construction upon all the words and actions
of our neighbor that they can possibly bear.
By this rule we are taught
to bear with,
love, and forgive him;
to rejoice in his felicity,
mourn in his adversity,
desire and delight in his prosperity,
and promote it to the utmost of our power:
instruct his ignorance,
help him in his weakness,
and risk even our life for his sake,
and for the public good.
In a word, we must do every thing in our power,
through all the possible varieties of circumstances,
for our neighbors,
which we would wish them to do for us,
were our situations reversed.
This is the religion of Jesus!

Do we as the lawyer ask in Luke 10:?
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus,
And who is my neighbour?
Christ related the parable of the good Samaritan,
and asked the lawyer:
36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour
unto him that fell among the thieves?
The lawyer answered:
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.
Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

That one who needs a smile, a hand, a prayer is my neighbour.
Remember how many times we needed just that little bit of caring.

Love thy neighbour. . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 18, Today’s thought – The First and Great Commandment

Good Morning

Mat 22:37-40
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:38, from Clarke’s Commentary

This is the first and great commandment –
It is so,

1. In its antiquity, being as old as the world, and engraven originally on our very nature.

2. In dignity; as directly and immediately proceeding front and referring to God.

3. In excellence; being the commandment of the new covenant, and the very spirit of the Divine adoption.

4. In justice; because it alone renders to God his due, prefers him before all things, and secures to him his proper rank in relation to them.

5. In sufficiency; being in itself capable of making men holy in this life, and happy in the other.

6. In fruitfulness; because it is the root of all commandments, and the fulfilling of the law.

7. In virtue and efficacy; because by this alone God reigns in the heart of man, and man is united to God.

8. In extent; leaving nothing to the creature, which it does not refer to the Creator.

9. In necessity; being absolutely indispensable.

10. In duration; being ever to be continued on earth, and never to be discontinued in heaven.

Every need of proof, every reason of proof supplied.
God’s Word is steadfast and sure.

Psalms 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

from Clarke’s
God, his way is perfect –
His conduct is like his nature, absolutely pure.
The word of the Lord is tried –
Literally tried in the fire.
It has stood all tests;
and has never failed those who pleaded it before its author.
He is a buckler –
A sure protection to every simple believing soul.
We cannot believe his word too implicity;
nor trust too confidently in him.

Trusting in the perfect way of God . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Chatting on the Porch – Potluck

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“Chats on the Farmhouse Porch” is a group of friends
gathering to visit,
sip their favorite beverages,
nibble delicious treats
and share their likes and dislikes.

Patrice and Wendell have invited me to join the chatting.
Patrice provides the questions,
we answer.

What’s the one thing you feel is the biggest waste of your time during an average week?

Yep, the internet, I have cut back, but still find time has flown while surfing.
cats and compter 001Maybe I should let Grissabel sleep longer.

When was the last time you baked a pie?

I can’t remember. I did bake a cobbler in August, it didn’t turn out very good.

What do you want to spend time doing that you aren’t right now?

My next chores are dicing green peppers to freeze and folding a putting away laundry – I rather knit.

What do you do with old clothes?

Donate or toss. I hadn’t heard of fabric recycling.

If we were having lunch on the porch today, what would you bring for the potluck styled lunch?

Oh, my, with quiche and apple pie; I’d bring sour cream peach scones with fresh sliced peaches and mock devonshire cream, and fresh sliced tomatoes from the garden. What time do we arrive?

Join us for a pretend potluck here.

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September 17, Today’s thought-With All my Mind

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Good Morning

Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:37

Thou shalt love the Lord –
This is a subject of the greatest importance,
and should be well understood,
as our Lord shows that the whole of true religion
is comprised in thus loving God and our neighbor

4. He loves God with all his mind (intellect – διανοια)
who applies himself only to know God, and his holy will:
– who receives with submission, gratitude, and pleasure,
the sacred truths which God has revealed to man:
– who studies no art nor science
but as far as it is necessary for the service of God,
and uses it at all times to promote his glory
– who forms no projects nor designs
but in reference to God and the interests of mankind:
– who banishes from his understanding and memory
every useless, foolish, and dangerous thought,
together with every idea which has any tendency to defile his soul,
or turn it for a moment from the center of eternal repose.
In a word, he who sees God in all things
– thinks of him at all times
– having his mind continually fixed upon God,
acknowledging him in all his ways
– who begins, continues, and ends
all his thoughts, words, and works, to the glory of his name:
– this is the person who loves God
with all his heart, life, strength, and intellect.
He is crucified to the world,
and the world to him:
he lives, yet not he,
but Christ lives in him.
He beholds as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
and is changed into the same image from glory to glory.
Simply and constantly looking unto Jesus,
the author and perfecter of his faith,
he receives continual supplies
of enlightening and sanctifying grace,
and is thus fitted for every good word and work.

And to think God loves me the way I am to love Him.
It is beyond understanding.
All I can pray –
Lord, help be draw evermore nigh unto thee.
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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September 16, Today’s thought – Love With All My Strength

Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:37

Thou shalt love the Lord –
This is a subject of the greatest importance,
and should be well understood,
as our Lord shows that the whole of true religion
is comprised in thus loving God and our neighbor

3. He loves God with all his strength
(Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27)
who exerts all the powers of his body and soul in the service of God:
– who, for the glory of his Maker,
spares neither labor nor cost –
who sacrifices his time, body, health, ease,
for the honor of God his Divine Master: –
who employs in his service all his goods,
his talents, his power, credit, authority, and influence.

Let your love be strong for the Lord . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

Today is Mary’s birthday, born 9 weeks early, in 1968,
weighing in at 3 pounds 6 ounces and 16 inches long.
God spared her life even when I was told
“This one isn’t going to make it”
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Mary has been a joy and comfort to me.

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Sunday Bible Reading – Psalm 68:1-9

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Good Morning

Psalm 68:1-9

Let God arise,
let his enemies be scattered:
let them also that hate him flee before him.

2 As smoke is driven away,
so drive them away:
as wax melteth before the fire,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad;
let them rejoice before God:
yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

4 Sing unto God,
sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah,
and rejoice before him.

5 A father of the fatherless,
and a judge of the widows,
is God in his holy habitation.

6 God setteth the solitary in families:
he bringeth out those which are bound with chains:
but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

8 The earth shook,
the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance,
when it was weary.

confirm – assure

Being assured by the showers of blessings . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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