Time to count blessings: (I haven't done this in awhile!--You know what this means...)
Sunny skies
A warm home
A daughter who knits lovely socks and scarves for the people in her family and her friends
A cheerful son who faces a life-threatening disease. (More on that later)
A husband who gladly supports his family, and has a wonderful job
Minnesota ---the sparkling lights of Minneapolis, the clear air, the fresh snow, the crisp cold. Beautiful.
A really cool car to zip around town in. Yes, it's new, and I love it. My husband and I thought we were being sensible buying a Ford, just a little bigger than our old Focus, since we don't need a 12 passenger van much anymore. He insisted on stick shift (which I prefer, too) and the only car available like that anywhere nearby was ruby red.
I truly have the coolest car around now, hands down. Since I'm on the road so much with Ed it has been a joy---easy to drive, low gas mileage, and safe. It fits in the parking ramp at the hospital, too. I count it a major blessing.
Organ lessons for Ed, which started up again today after 7 months
Fun things to give for this season of remembering Jesus
A plentiful honey harvest
Parents who have excellent health, overall. (What a huge blessing!)
Wonderful friends, caring friends, helpful friends, servant-hearted friends!
A truly Bible-based church fellowship. What a precious group of totally great people!
No goofy seeker-sensitive mumbo jumbo at this church...just straight expository preaching. How refreshing!
(It's what actually works in reaching people who know they are lost, and some who don't know they are lost!)
Fun concerts: the Northern Lights Chorale just finished their fall season, and that was fun. We also went to the Episcopal cathedral of St. Mark's to hear a concert of music by Franz Liszt. Ed loved it. Liszt has never been my favorite, but some of the pieces were really beautiful.
Ed's counts were rather low this past week, so he couldn't continue with chemotherapy or other appointments as we had hoped. We always have good conversation in the car, and on Monday when we were driving I asked him about having the possibility of not getting well, of not beating the cancer, and how he felt about that.
"I'm ready, Mom," he said. Big sigh.
Yes, he is. Thank the LORD.
The nice thing about being a Bible believer is that you never have to rely on your own imaginary hopes about God. It's all there in the word of Scripture, our hope, spelled right out, and solid as rock.
The one who believes in the Bible has a mountain of solid authority to stand on, to face life's worst with.
It's like night and day.
So we are STANDING ON THE PROMISES, and we COUNT (Y)OUR BLESSINGS.
Old hymn/choruses are so handy!
Yes, we can. We can count our many blessings.
Oh, yes, and we have such sweet pets: the cats, the black lab, the corgi. Smiles everywhere!
Thank you, Lord.
Sunny skies
A warm home
A daughter who knits lovely socks and scarves for the people in her family and her friends
A cheerful son who faces a life-threatening disease. (More on that later)
A husband who gladly supports his family, and has a wonderful job
Minnesota ---the sparkling lights of Minneapolis, the clear air, the fresh snow, the crisp cold. Beautiful.
A really cool car to zip around town in. Yes, it's new, and I love it. My husband and I thought we were being sensible buying a Ford, just a little bigger than our old Focus, since we don't need a 12 passenger van much anymore. He insisted on stick shift (which I prefer, too) and the only car available like that anywhere nearby was ruby red.
I truly have the coolest car around now, hands down. Since I'm on the road so much with Ed it has been a joy---easy to drive, low gas mileage, and safe. It fits in the parking ramp at the hospital, too. I count it a major blessing.
Organ lessons for Ed, which started up again today after 7 months
Fun things to give for this season of remembering Jesus
A plentiful honey harvest
Parents who have excellent health, overall. (What a huge blessing!)
Wonderful friends, caring friends, helpful friends, servant-hearted friends!
A truly Bible-based church fellowship. What a precious group of totally great people!
No goofy seeker-sensitive mumbo jumbo at this church...just straight expository preaching. How refreshing!
(It's what actually works in reaching people who know they are lost, and some who don't know they are lost!)
Fun concerts: the Northern Lights Chorale just finished their fall season, and that was fun. We also went to the Episcopal cathedral of St. Mark's to hear a concert of music by Franz Liszt. Ed loved it. Liszt has never been my favorite, but some of the pieces were really beautiful.
Ed's counts were rather low this past week, so he couldn't continue with chemotherapy or other appointments as we had hoped. We always have good conversation in the car, and on Monday when we were driving I asked him about having the possibility of not getting well, of not beating the cancer, and how he felt about that.
"I'm ready, Mom," he said. Big sigh.
Yes, he is. Thank the LORD.
The nice thing about being a Bible believer is that you never have to rely on your own imaginary hopes about God. It's all there in the word of Scripture, our hope, spelled right out, and solid as rock.
The one who believes in the Bible has a mountain of solid authority to stand on, to face life's worst with.
It's like night and day.
So we are STANDING ON THE PROMISES, and we COUNT (Y)OUR BLESSINGS.
Old hymn/choruses are so handy!
Yes, we can. We can count our many blessings.
Oh, yes, and we have such sweet pets: the cats, the black lab, the corgi. Smiles everywhere!
Thank you, Lord.
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