January 10, Today’s thought – Light

jan8 004 Jonquils tell of coming Spring.

Good Morning

Let There Be Light

And God said, “Let there be light.” (Genesis 1:3)

The first words we have on record of God speaking
are highly instructive.
“Let there be light”
means far, far more than mere sunshine.
In fact, the sun and moon were not made
until the 4th day of Creation,
yet Light was already so.
What, then,
did God mean when He said, “Let there be light”?
To find the answer,
we need to look elsewhere in the Bible
to see if there is any “light” shed upon this mystery.
The first thing we discover is that the Bible tells us —
“God is light” (1John 1:5).
The same author later writes twice that “God is love”
(ch. 4:8, and 4:16).
Thus we can surmise that “light” and “love”
are spiritual synonyms;
interchangeable with one another
without compromising the express meaning of either.
With this in mind,
we look back at the Genesis declaration
and conclude that when God said,
“Let there be Light,”
He was in fact saying —
“Let there be a revelation of My love!”
And there was.
In fact,
everything that occurs in creation and in the Bible
from that moment forward is in complete compliance
with that unalterable decree.
And the implications of this for us today are profound.
What would each day hold in store for us
if we walked through every situation
looking for how this or that could reveal
something of God’s love to us.
And just maybe, once we began to see this,
we ourselves could learn to reveal God’s love to others around us.
Let there be light! —
the single most powerful sentence you could ever say.
~~~Rylie

Walk in God’s Light and Love . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Write ALM – persist(ence)

Joining  Write ALM  with a writing prompt, persist(ence)

I have inherited my daughter’s cats.
this one is Grissabelle,
persistent, personified

whose knitting jan13Whose knitting did you think this is?

cats and compter 001Now it is my turn to use the computer.

6g6vDon’t touch that mouse!

And this most recent,
trying to get a picture of my Yarn Ends jar of 2013;
who shows up  .  .  .
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And she came closer to make sure I knew she was really there,
but , oh so cool about it
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Yep, I love her!

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Write ALM – guilty pleasure(s)

First time  I’ve joined Write ALM  with a writing prompt, guilty pleasure.

I always feel a little guilty
when I go to the grocery store or bank or post office.
You see, that is not my main purpose.
I will go to the grocery store or bank or post office,
but I’ll fit those errands around
a quiet, peaceful, solitary time
of dining out with a book.

jan9 subMy chariot takes me to quiet moments.

Breakfast, my favorite,
lunch,
or coffee and donuts,
or maybe, Baskin-Robbins.
As long as
it is a quiet, peaceful, solitary time.

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January 9 – Today’s thought – Pressing On

jan8 006Bulb leaves breaking through tells me ‘Spring is coming’

Good Morning

Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Seventeenth-century hymnist Paul Gerhardt penned the following hymn
to celebrate the New Year:

Above all else, Lord,
send us Thy Spirit to attend us,
With in our hearts abiding,
To heaven our footsteps guiding,
All this Thy had bestoweth,
Thou Life, whence our life floweth.
To all Thy name confessing
Grant, Lord, Thy New Year’s blessing.

God is all knowing and able to direct our steps
so we can press forward confidently–
even when the future is uncertain.
Since we are assured of HIs constant presence
and help every day throughout the year,
we should embrace the New Year–
and each day–
with a spirit of perseverance
and confidence in our Heavenly Father.
~~from A Daybood of Grace

Look forward . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Yarn Along – A Filled Jar

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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.

Very little knitting has been done; I was embroidering pillowcases for our three married children.  No pictures, they turned out pretty (I thought) and I added beads for a little bling.

jan8 001This is my year’s worth of ‘ends’ mostly yarn
with some embroidery thread as a topper.

I’m reading, not listening to, a book of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I’m enjoying it more than I thought. I don’t really try to figure out the problems – I like being surprised.

Joining Ginny, and many other knitters.

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January 8, Today’s thought – Recipe

Good Morning

Happy New Year – a week late.

First 5 days of the year I was with Grandsons while parents went to the coast.  My lap top wouldn’t hook up to internet and I refused to try to post from my Ipad.  I came home sick with whatever is going around – so today, thankfully I believe I’m going to live. It’s been a long time since I had felt that bad.  Today is just a simple recipe I found at Stitchin’ Heaven’s weekly newsletter.  Stitchin Heaven is a great quilt shop.

Recipe For A Happy New Year

Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate. Cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past. Have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time.

Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time.

Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing— don’t do it), prayer, meditation, and one well-selected resolution.

Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.

~Author Unknown~

Psalm 118:24
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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

Ps no 2014 pictures, yet!

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