Sane, Simple, Sacred: The Good, Bad, and Unexpected

The Good, Bad, and Unexpected

In addition to fun in the park on Saturday morning with our grandkids from Illinois and car repair this morning, we enjoyed a Friday evening pizza bash with a couple of my siblings and their spouses, a wedding (Saturday evening) and a short trip to Ohio on Sunday afternoon to check on my mother who experienced a health issue earlier in the day.

With a little help from a friend who will show him where to put it if necessary, my husband will attempt to install a new starter in our son's van. We exchanged vehicles with him on Saturday night so that he and his family could return home to Illinois for church responsibilities on Sunday. If all goes well, Gary and I will meet him halfway between here and there and return a working van to him later this afternoon.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city..."

You don't even know what tomorrow will bring--what your life will be!

For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

Instead, you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." James 4:13-15

Car delivered; Gary mowed the lawn;
we got this picture on facebook...
our grandsons from KS

6 comments:

LisaShawMay 30, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Grand kids look like they had a blast!

Thanks for sharing some of your family time(s) with us.

Praying all is well with you Rebecca.
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BrendaMay 31, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Sounds like a great weekend to me. I hope your mother has recovered. It is so great that Gary is so gifted at repairs! I like the license plate.
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Crown of BeautyJune 1, 2011 at 9:40 AM
I read some of your previous posts. What happened in Joplin Missouri is so sad - hit by a monster tornado...

Wonder if people see the timing of the disaster to the announcement of Pres. Obama about dividing Jerusalem etc. during his speech at the State Dept on May 19... If the president wants the nation to be blessed, then I think he should change his advisers and get those who understand the Biblical stand about blessing Israel.

Thank you too for your heartfelt comment on my latest post. I appreciate your words and your taking time to visit.

Love
Lidj
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no spring chickenJune 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Great scripture for this post! And I love wedding season... We haven't begun yet. Our first is the first weekend of July. But then hold on to your hats because this girl is going to PARTY!

Blessings, Debbie
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elaine @ peace for the journeyJune 2, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Reminds me of something Nick's commencement speaker said a few weeks ago at graduation (it didn't originate with her):

Life is what happens when you're making other plans!

How thankful I am for parents who, like you both, go the extra mile on my behalf! You're such good folk!

peace~elaine
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PamelaJune 4, 2011 at 11:32 PM
We never know what a day will hold -- but we know who holds the morrow!
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

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