Anyone else having this problem?

Every time that I go to my Blogger page- it only shows me the most recent blog post - it normally has a whole list blog posts from everyone that I follow. It gives me the option of pushing the more button but I don't get more blog posts. Are any of you having this problem? Or is it just me?

Treasure Found

Last Tuesday I went to my favorite little thrift store. As I was shopping I saw a reel push mower I had been kind of interested in it but was a little worried about being able to use it. Anyway a little later another lady was looking at it and the older woman that runs the store- took it outside to show her how it worked. And I went out to watch as well. She was able to push it and that is when I knew that I should be able to use it as well. Only problem was - now this other lady was interested in it. Well I told the lady that runs the store- that I was very interested in it - and if the other lady decided that she did not want it - to let me know.


Well I could have kicked myself for not moving forward to checking it out when I had first seen the mower. And I learned a valuable lesson. If I see something I am interested in - be sure and check it out.

On my way home - I prayed and ask God - that if it were His will to work it out that I could get the mower. I knew it was a long shot, but left it in God's hands. Then I spent some time weed eating and then it was time to go. My son was going to take me to Cracker Barrel for hemming some stuff for his girl friend. I never did hear back from Becky(lady at the store) so I figured that I had just totally lost out.

Fast forward to this morning- I got a phone call from Becky. She was letting me know that the lady had went home and got her husband and he had decided that no they did not need the mower - so it was available. Yay!!! A wonderful answer to prayer! So we went by to get it today!

I am so very happy that we were able to get it. And we got a really good deal.  Only problem is that it is raining today, so no trying it out here today. We have gotten about an inch so far. We are so enjoying the rain! :O)

Love With All Your Heart....series..Love is Kind

Love With All Your Heart

A Treatise on True Love 1 Corinthians 13 

by

Linda Driver

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Love is kind

 

Maggie had a sharp tongue, and she was proud of it? She had a real knack for pointing out flaws in others. She told herself she was just being honest with people. just telling it as it was. The trouble was, her words were like poisoned arrows sent out to hurt and destroy.

 

Maggie's parents had been extremely critical, and this was the only way she knew how to relate to others. It seemed that every conversation revolved around picking someone apart. Although people tried to avoid her, she didn't avoid them, but stuck her nose in everybody's business. She didn't even stop to think what people thought of her; she felt that her criticism was necessary. How else would people know what was wrong with them? Ironically, her critical and sarcastic tongue gave her a sense of importance and belonging although it alienated everyone with whom she had contact.

 

Then one day Maggie came face to face with the claims of God's love as found in the Bible:

 

"Love....is kind." 1 Corinthians 13:4

 

"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness,

 humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."

 Colossians 3:12

 

"And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,

just as God in Christ forgave you."   

Ephesians 4:32

 

    "Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love,

 in honor giving preference to one another;"   

Romans 12:10

 

Love seeks to bless and uplift others with encouraging words.

Love is tenderhearted and merciful, showing compassion on all, especially the weak and undeserving.

Love is soft spoken and gentle.

Love actively seeks to comfort and serve others, whoever and wherever there is a need, and always watches for opportunities to minister to others.

Love does not allow favoritism or prejudice, but respect all person equally and considers each one of infinite value.

Love returns good for evil, kindness for cruelty , and love for hate.

Love has no malice or ill will.

Love is a flowing out of one's self for the happiness and blessing of others.

Love cares about other peoples feelings and is sensitive and sympathetic to their needs.
Love never speaks unkindly under any circumstances.

Love never offends any by and unkind act or even by a look.

Love is not critical or harsh.

Love is not annoying or bothersome.

Love does not antagonize or tease others in a way that hurts them.

 

My Gilgal

I am so excited about what I am going to share with you today! So in continuing to read my Beth Moore book Believing God chapter 13 now, I have learned an exciting thing about the stones talked about in the previous post.

We are continuing on from our reading yesterday:

    Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.   

Joshua 4:19-20

As we see from the above text that they set the stones up at Gilgal. Now here is where it gets kind of exciting - at least to me.

"In essence the word Gilgal means "circle or wheel." The assumption is that the standing stones were arranged in a circle." quote from chapter 13

Which gives my windmill even more significance as my memorial - of God's faithfulness in my life but especially during my cancer 'adventure."

This chapter, like the whole book, is chalked full of a wonderful message - and has met me exactly where I am. I love it when I can see that God has brought a certain book that deals with exactly where I am in my walk with Him. It has happened several times before.

So as you can see - my windmill - which is in a circle or a wheel is very appropriately my memorial.

I will remember the works of the Lord; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. 12 I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.   
Psalm 77:11-12

In Rememberance

I know this is a long passage from the Bible - but please humor me and read it. There is a point to why I am sharing it.

 

1 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: 2 "Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, 3 and command them, saying, 'Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight.' " 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them: "Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?' 7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever." 8 And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day. 10 So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over. 11 Then it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people. 12 And the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them. 13 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 16 "Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan." 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan." 18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks as before.   

Joshua 4:1-18

 

Just like the Israelites, I too set up a remembrance of how God has delivered me.

 

I love windmill's and had always wanted one. When Mother's Day came my husband had seen this and had decided to order it for me. I was so excited because I knew what I wanted to do with it- I wanted it to be a reminder to me of what God had done for me. That he had been with me every step of the way. Many tears were shed, but with Him by my side I made it through. Now I would have a reminder of His care.

 

 

I thought it was very appropriate - how the day that I decided to take a photo for this post - the sun just happened to shine in the photo so much like the presence of God.

And I hope that as you take some time to look at this photo that you too- will be reminded of God's presence in your life and where He has led you. It is a good idea for us to remember these things.

I am still reading my Beth Moore book - Believing God - and I just finished the chapter that talks about asking the Holy Spirit to help you remember the specific ways in which God led in your life. And on a timeline - I began filling in difference things that quickly came to my mind. I am not done with this project yet - but I intend to continue to fill in the time line - and probably even write out a few of the stories in my AHA book. So I can be reminded of God's guidance in my life.

By remembering how God has led in the past - we are better able to trust Him with our future's. And this helps us develop our faith in Him.

Whether you have walked with God a long time or a short time - I am guessing that you too can think of ways that He has guided and directed your path. Beth Moore was quick to point out - that not everything on our timeline will be happy memories - even in the painful circumstances we can see how God was guiding us. I know this to be true for me. My testimony of just the last 7 months- has a number of times where God was leading and directing my path - when I had no idea how important some of those decisions were. Now I see that His hand was there- and that is why I am not only going to be writing this experience in my book - but why I have this remembrance windmill in my back yard to remind me.

Coincidence or Not- I don't think so

This week something kind of neat happened - in fact, it was yesterday. I had been praying for a friend who has been going through some really rough stuff. And not just now but it seems that all of her life she has gone through several different hard trials. So as I am praying - I ask the usual question- of why? And I got a response. It was just clear as can be - If she is not broken - how will she ever know what strength she can have in Me. Just as suddenly a light bulb came on in my mind- and I realized that I, too, was learning this same lesson. I have truly learned over the past couple of years -and especially over the last 7 months- that God is faithful to give me the strength needed for what ever trials come my way if I will just surrender my life and my will to Him and allow Him to work in me. There is a peace that I have not always had. I have noticed situations that have come up which at one time would have caused me much grief, now I am able to work through them much easier - because I am allowing God to guide and direct. I am still a work in progress - it is so nice to see God's hand at work in my life. It was just neat that one day I have one of my heart's cry-of "why?"  answered - and then the very next day - this photo - above - begins to float around Facebook - reminding me not only of the importance of praying for others but also of the way that God had healed just a little bit of me- by helping me understand why, sometimes trials come our way.

This Journey

 

Ok - So I finally was able to get some decent photos today. And when I was putting it in my folder - and it was up next to my photos from last week- I could certainly notice the difference. Although it is not growing as fast as I would like it to grow- it is growing! I am so grateful!!

 

Notice my pink top- well I know you can see the sleeves(sorry) but they had elastic around them but it just did not flatter at all. So I seam rippered those seams out - took the elastic out and then resewed the seams. And it looks SO much better now. I am so happy to be becoming more creative. I like being able work with some things in order to make them work better for me. It feels good to be

creative.

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This week I am slowly getting some weed eating done around my yard. There is A lot of it to get done. There is one area on the side of our yard that I really need to cut down a branch off of a tree so that I can at least run the mower around there a time or two and that would take out some of the weed eating that I have to do. Believe me - I end up with a lot. And to be honest - I don't even weed eat everything that I could - if I wanted a perfect yard. I just can't keep up with it all. I am slowly getting more and more energy built back up and I am so happy about that. But I just take it one day at a time. I do what I can each day and mark the things off the list that I can- and if I don't get something done- I put it on my next days list of things I want to do. I am getting things done and moving right along.
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I am still working on getting projects and such together to do with SweetPea this July. That reminds me-I have a cool story to share. For the past year I have wanted a 6 muffin muffin tin. I had looked through my stuff and had not found one. Well this morning I was pulling a pan out of my cabinet - and guess what fell out? YES!! a 6 muffin - muffin tin! Just what I wanted. I had not wanted to spend a lot of money of it because I just wanted it for a couple of projects to do with SweetPea. So I was SO very happy that I found that we already had one!
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Well I better get off of here and get some more things done around here. Have a great rest of the day! :O)