Sane, Simple, Sacred: Fun While It Lasted

Fun While It Lasted

It was all kind of a blur!

My weekend has included

Friday morning - leading Hymn Sing at a local nursing home
Friday afternoon - making 2 soups, a huge cheeseball and 2 pans of brownies

Friday evening - greeting daughter and 4 grandchildren
Saturday - much play! Indoors and out!

Saturday evening - served dinner (soups, etc.) to 10 dorm leaders who came to retreat in Indiana with our son-in-law who is a Resident Director at Moody Bible Institute.
Sunday morning - Sunday school and church
Sunday noon - I'll prepare and serve lunch to the worship leaders after church (and clean up, of course).
Sunday afternoon - I'll probably look like THIS!

or this...

It was fun while it lasted!

Yes it was!

6 comments:

JackieOctober 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Beautiful grandchildren, Rebecca.
You had a busy but fun weekend!!!
My hat is off to you....
Love,
Jackie
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Leaon MaryOctober 30, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Sounds like you've had a full weekend!
Gosh girl you've tuckered me out! lol
Did you say
brownies?
:)
We stayed home this morning as Myguy is on vacation. Think we're gonna go to an evening service though. Hope yours is wonderful today as well.
Holykisses and PEACE AND REST!!!
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Janie FoxOctober 30, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Looks perfect to me!!
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DeboraOctober 30, 2011 at 10:52 PM
You were certainly busy! Glad you had fun with those pretty grandchildren...they make everything fun, don't they!
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Cheryl October 31, 2011 at 1:08 AM
Rebecca, I am finally getting back to your blog to chat with you! Thanks so much for visiting me at Thinking About Home a few (many?) days ago. I always enjoy meeting new blog friends, especially those who are of the household of faith.
My delay comes from the fact that I am slow (ask my husband!)...which extends to my writing. So when I took on the project of a 31-day series, I had to let other things slide! (I am awed by those who can post so frequently on a regular basis.)
I suppose that after this past month, I can relate to your busy, busy weekend. Full of busyness, full of fun, full of blessing! (Full of tiredness?) :-D
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Jacquelyn StagerOctober 31, 2011 at 6:20 AM
You'll be exhausted today but your heart will be full! I know you had a wonderful time! Loved all the pics!
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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)

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"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

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-Benjamin Franklin

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~~"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

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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.
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Fun While It Lasted

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