Sane, Simple, Sacred: Saturday Miscellany

Saturday Miscellany

...my updated chalkboard

Leave it to Judy to come up with a solution to group pictures! Her comment following my last post had me laughing out loud! "My son makes us all up into little Lego figures, groups us together, and takes a picture of us. It's better that way."

The sunrises and sunsets have been extremely beautiful here the last several days! God is declaring His glory BIG time! No one is without excuse.

I'm reading an OLD book. I think they had to dig deep in the Allen County Public Library archives to find it--but I'm glad they did! Rachel Peden's Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living. Very much on the order of Gladys Taber's Stillmeadow writings.

Christmas is still alive and well on Pinterest.

Found out Thursday that our eleventh grandchild (currently in utero) will be needing a boy's name!

I've joined an on-line group for accountability in memorizing a different Bible verse every two weeks. Mine THIS week is Colossians 3:12: "Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."

I don't like the way the bullets hug the left margin here, but I don't know what to do about it.

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Janettessage.blogspot.comJanuary 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Oh another grandchild..that is just awesome! The lego thing...I can relate to that...Benjamin has legos all over the floor and got more for his 6th birthday yesterday.

Yes Pinterest...Christmas is still alive...and what ideas you can find on there...I heard Stumble Upon is even bigger...don't know if I can figure that one out.

Have a great weekend.
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Kathleen January 7, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Gotta get me some Legos :)

I just love random thoughts. They go so hand-in-hand with most of my days. I even get very intentional about them sometimes. Some people multi-task; I multi-think.

Blessings & joy,
Kathleen
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downsizersJanuary 7, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I hope this year is the year for success in losing the weight you want to lose. You have such a blessed life it seems that it is easy to rest in God's care and forget we have to do our part for getting our health in order. Be well.
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BrendaJanuary 7, 2012 at 11:27 AM
I am wondering if God gave you more than 24 hours per day. Probably not. I think I need to take lessons in accomplishing things efficiently from you! You do well! Blessings on this new year.
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Lori ZehrJanuary 7, 2012 at 1:33 PM
The book sounds very good! Also congratulations on a new grandchild!
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SandyJanuary 7, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Congratulations on your new grandchild! How very exciting! Two of my closest friends just became grandmothers for the first time. I can hardly wait to hold the babies.
I am really enjoying Pinterest. As a person who always loved making scrapbooks and keeping lists, this is right up my alley. You should start a few boards, Rebecca. I'd love to follow you as we seem to have similar tastes in things.
Have a lovely rest of the weekend!
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Breathing In GraceJanuary 7, 2012 at 6:55 PM
I got a larger chalkboard for my pantry door...and love changing out different quotes and verses of scripture on it!! Congrats on the 11th GRANDbaby...oh, what a blessing!!!
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JudyJanuary 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM
How can I find you on Facebook and Pinterest? I've looked, but really, I'm not all that bright.
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MoJanuary 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Looks like I'm going to look for a very *old* book to read!
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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

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

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