Sane, Simple, Sacred: The Week that Was

The Week that Was

Viewing sunrises

Watching the courage and determination of a precious friend...

Road-tripping and eating my lunch here while

embracing memories of days-gone-by (Winona Lake)...

Applauding & appreciating the restoration work of my talented husband...

Playing (and losing) a favorite game - Upwords...

Celebrating the birthday (from afar) of one of our granddaughters....

Taking in the colors--everywhere, the colors...

and so much more.

Lunch with Sue;

Bible study and lunch with Jannette, Christine, Ami, Joyce,

Donna, Liz, Marilyn and Martina;

making a favorite autumn dessert;

preparing to host our Home Connection tonight;

several long-distant communications with our adult children;

(WHAT DO YOU CALL ADULT CHILDREN WHEN REFERRING TO THEM???)

and praying. Always praying.

All this (and then some) plus the "normal" responsibilities and chores

comprised The Week that Was for me.

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DianaOctober 6, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Well I refer to my adult children as my adult children! I can't think of anything better,LOL!!
My you've been bust Rebecca, sounds like a great week! Love Di ♥
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Cheryl October 6, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Sounds like a week that was rich with blessings, both big and small!
(I don't have a clever name for "adult children" either.) :)
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JackieOctober 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Glorious week, my friend!
Hats off to your precious friend. May she continue to be blessed and make advances.
Hugs and love,
Jackie
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DianaOctober 6, 2012 at 11:03 AM
I just saw that I said you've been bust! What the heck does that mean, LOL!! I meant BUSY. There I learned how to spell a new word!! Love Di ♥
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myletterstoemilyOctober 6, 2012 at 1:30 PM
my kids will always be my kids no matter how old.
i can see us at 85, talking to the kids on the phone.
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Janettessage.blogspot.comOctober 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM
I love your week...well I still call my kids my kids...I might say the older ones and the younger ones...but even married they are my children...kinda like the Olympic commercials
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elaine @ peace for the journeyOctober 6, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Love the view from the week that was...

You crammed a lot of color into your days, friend. Color makes our lives unique, interesting, and wonderfully edenic. Keep looking for God's fingerprints in the week to come.

peace~elaine
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PamelaOctober 6, 2012 at 9:17 PM
What an interesting week! You always remind me to take pleasure in the moments in my day. The first picture is amazing. Just as you enjoyed the colors of your week, God enjoyed the painting of them!
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BeanOctober 9, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Sounds like a pleasant week. I refer to all of kids as the kids, as no matter how old they get they will always be my children :)

Bean
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DeeOctober 9, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Busy week with good memories.
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Nellie's Cozy PlaceOctober 11, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Hi Again............
I am like a bad penney you just can't get rid of me!! lol
Sounds like a wonderful week to me, those flowers there by Lake Winona are
gorgeous, great place to enjoy lunch I must say.

Yea we are like Bean we call them kids too! They will always be kids to us,
isn't that just like a parent! lol

Hugs and blessings, Nellie
Okay, I am going now.................
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RebeccaOctober 11, 2012 at 8:08 PM
You're FAR from a "bad penny", Nellie! It's always a delight to visit with you. It WAS a wonderful week. (As is this one, too!) They've kind of cultivated a "wild" look along the lake. It was obviously intentional -- and I liked it...

I'm still struggling with the "kids"/"children" designation. I think it's more a state of mind thing for me, I guess.
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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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The Week that Was

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